Shōshin Nagamine

Nagamine Shoshin (Japanese长岭 将 真; born July 15, 1907 on Okinawa, † November 2, 1997 Naha ( Okinawa ) ), 10th Dan, Hanshi, was a Japanese martial arts expert. In 1947 he founded the Matsubayashi - Ryu Karate style.

Life

He began his studies at the age of 17 years led by Taro Shimabuku and later learned among the famous karate masters Ankichi Arakaki, Chotoku Kyan and Motobu Chōki. From 1931 to 1935 he was taught by Grandmaster Chotoku Kyan, who influenced his karate prevail. During a training period at the Police Academy in Tokyo in 1936, he learned Chōki Motubo know and talked with him, even after the return of both to Okinawa contact. Motubo was considered one of the strongest free-fighting experts on Okinawa. In 1953, Shoshin Nagamine gave up his police career and opened in Naha on Okinawa his own dojo, which he called " Matsubayashi Ryu Karate Kodokan ". Nagamine was the founder and president of the Okinawa Karate Federation Dō. In 1975 he wrote the highly acclaimed book " Essence of Okinawan Karate Do ," in which he introduced his style. In his later years, Shoshin Nagamine have devoted the interplay between karate and Zen. Shortly before his death in 1997 he held in Hawaii, a noted speech "Karate Do and World Peace ." The Matsubayashi style is continued today by his son, Soke Takayoshi Nagamine, in the home dojo in Okinawa. There are, however, particularly in the U.S., many Matsubayashi - Dojo, which are organized independently from the home dojo.

Matsubayashi - Ryu has on Okinawa, in the U.S. and also on the main Japanese island of many followers. For historical reasons, there are currently in Europe, relatively few schools that teach Matsubayashi - Ryu or other traditional karate styles from the Shorin- Ryu family. Since about 2005 there has been but also in Germany, the first dojo in which Matsubayashi - ryu is taught.