was an
Okinawan martial arts master and founder of the
Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku.
Chokei Kishaba at the Hawaii Karate Seinenkai
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He was born October 4, 1929 in Okinawa
is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi).
Naha is the capital and largest city ...
and died in the year 2000.
Kishaba's younger brother Chogi Kishaba
, also Choji Kishaba, (1934 - October 20, 2017) was an Okinawan martial arts master and founder of the Ryukyu Bujutsu Kenkyu Doyukai (RBKD).
Kishaba's older brother, Chokei Kishaba, was also an Okinawan martial arts master.
Ryukyu Bujutsu Ke ...
is also an Okinawan martial arts master.
Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku
Kishaba's senior student in Okinawa was Katsuhiko Shinzato
is an Okinawan martial arts master and head of the Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku.
Life and Karate-do
Shinzato was born in Manila, in the Philippines. His father was a fisherman. During the Second World War, when the war reached the Pacific, his f ...
who currently heads the Kishaba Juku.
Dojos affiliated to the Kishaba Juku are located in Germany, Japan, the United States, and Slovenia. Within the United States there are dojos in California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, Oregon and Virginia.
See also
Okinawan martial arts
References
Martial arts school founders
Okinawan male karateka
1929 births
2000 deaths
20th-century philanthropists
Shōrin-ryū practitioners
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