is a karate school founded in 1922 by Motobu Chà Âki from Okinawa. Its official name is Nihon Denryà « Heihà  Motobu Kenpà  ("Japan Traditional Fighting Tactics Motobu Kenpà Â"), or Motobu Kenpà  for short. Motobu-ryà « has the characteristics of koryà « (old style) karate, the martial art known as të or tà Âdë, which predates the birth of modern karate, and emphasizes kumite rather than kata.
, also sometimes called Motobu-ryà «, is the martial art of the Motobu family, a branch of the Ryukyuan royal family. The Motobu family, called the Motobu Udun (literally Motobu Palace), was one of the most prominent families in Okinawa and had the right of succession to the throne. Motobu Udundë is a comprehensive martial art that includes not only karate, but also a jujutsu-like technique called tuitë and many weapons arts.
Motobu Chà Âsei is the inheritor of both Motobu-ryà « (his father's art) and Motobu Udundë (the art of his uncle, Motobu Chà Âyà «).
Motobu Chà Âki's father, Prince Motobu Chà Âshin (Motobu Aji Chà Âsin) was a descendant of Shà  Kà Âshin, aka Prince Motobu Chà Âhei (1655 - 1687), the sixth son of Shà  Shitsu (1629âÂÂ1668), the King of Ryukyu. Chà Âki was the third son of the Motobu Udun ("Motobu Palace"), one of the cadet branches of the Ryà «kyà «an royal family.
As the last of three sons, Motobu Chà Âki was not entitled to an education in his family's style of të (an earlier name for karate). Instead, he and his brother, Chà Âyà «, invited Ankà  Itosu to the Motobu Udun as a karate teacher and began formal karate lessons. However, being five years younger than Chà Âyà «, he always lost to his brother in kumite. Therefore, in addition to Itosu, he also trained under legendary masters such as Matsumura Sà Âkon, Sakuma, and Kà Âsaku Matsumora.
From the age of 19 or 20 (c. 1890), Motobu, along with his older brother Chà Âyà « and his friend Kentsà « Yabu, began studying under Kà Âsaku Matsumora. He was taught by Matsumora, especially irikumi, an ancient form of kumite, and Matsumora praised him as being very talented in the martial arts. Yabu was a good friend of Motobu's and they practiced karate together throughout their lives. He is reported to have been very agile, which gained him the nickname Motobu no Saru, or "Motobu the Monkey."
Motobu emphasized kumite and criticized karate practitioners who practiced only kata, so he was slandered by them as a self-taught street fighter. In reality, however, he had learned koryà « kumite from the great karate teachers mentioned above. Some of his karate teachers found his habit of testing his fighting prowess via street fights in the Tsuji (red-light district) undesirable, but his noble birth (as a descendant of the royal Okinawan Shà  family) may have made it hard for them to refuse.
Around 1921, Motobu moved to Osaka, and in November 1922, he participated in a judo versus boxing match in Kyoto, knocking out a foreign boxer. He was 52 years old at the time. This unexpected victory enhanced his fame. Among other things, a feature article on the match in King, a popular magazine with a circulation of one million at the time, made Motobu's name and the Okinawan martial art of karate widely known to much of the Japanese public. Until then, karate was an unknown martial art in Japan.
The King article detailed Motobu's surprising victory, although the illustrations clearly show Funakoshi Gichin as the Okinawan fighter in question. The two were often at odds in their opinions about how karate ought to be taught and used.
In 1923 Motobu opened a dojo in Osaka. Around 1927, Motobu moved to Tokyo to establish the Daidà Âkan dojo and also became the first Shihan of the karate club at Toyo University. In 1936, Motobu temporarily closed his Daidokan dojo and returned to Okinawa, where he attended the karate masters' roundtable discussion held in Naha in October. The following year, he returned to mainland Japan and resumed teaching karate. 1942, he taught karate at Tottori Agricultural High School. He then returned to Okinawa, where he died in 1944.
Motobu Chà Âki was succeeded by his son Chà Âsei, who opened a dojo in Osaka in 1948 and began teaching karate. In 1977, he formed the Nihon Karatedà  Motobu-kai (Japan Karatedà  Motobu Association) with some of his father's students.
Motobu Chà Âki learned naihanchi and channan (prototype of pinan) from Itosu. He also learned koryà « naihanchi from Sakuma and Matsumura, but reported various differences between koryu naihanchi and Itosu's modified Naihanchi. Motobu distanced himself from Itosu's modified version, saying he follows the teachings of Sakuma and Matsumura.
Motobu also taught shirokuma, seisan, and passai kata. Of these, shirokuma and seisan are still taught at Motobu Kenpà Â. Motobu Chà Âsei also studied karate under Motobu Chà Âmei, Motobu Choyà «'s oldest son. He also studied under Uehara Seikichi, who was a student of Chà Âyà «. Thus, the current Motobu Kenpà  inherits Chà Âyà «'s kata. Thus, the kata currently inherited by Motobu Kenpà  are as follows.
Motobu Kenpà  is characterized by its emphasis on kumite as well as kata. Motobu Chà Âki learned kakidi (kakede in Japanese), an ancient form of kumite from Sakuma and Kà Âsaku Matsumora, and it is practiced at Motobu Kenpà  to this day. He also favored kumite matches based on this kakidi form, called kakidamishi (kakedameshi in Japanese). Kakidamishi is often mistaken for brawling, but it was a rules-based kumite match.
Motobu published 12 yakusoku kumite (pre-arranged kumite) in 1926, which are the oldest yakusoku kumite in existence and are still practiced in Motobu Kenpà Â. Unlike modern karate, many techniques of punching and kicking are used from holding the opponent's arm. Punching techniques include not only the straight punch (choku-zuki), but also the back fist strike (uraken-uchi) and the elbow strike (hiji-uchi). Kicking techniques include the knee kick (hiza-geri) and the side kick (sokutà Â-geri) as well as the front kick (choku-geri).
Motobu Chà Âsei, who succeeded his father Chà Âki, created 50 ippon kumite (one-step kumite) kumite in 1950 based on the basic kumite techniques he learned from his father.
Motobu Chà Âki's emphasis on naihanchi has given rise to the myth that he only knew the kata, when in fact he mastered and taught multiple kata as described above. However, it is also true that he believed that naihanchi contained all of the principles of karate. Below are some of Motobu's sayings on naihanchi and the principles of karate.
Motobu trained many students who went on to become noteworthy practitioners of karate in their own right, including:
Motobu Udundë is a martial art that has been passed down through the Motobu family, a branch of the Ryukyuan royal family that was known as the Motobu Udun (Motobu Palace) during the Ryukyu Kingdom. Dë (literally meaning "hand") means martial arts in the Okinawan dialect. Thus, Motobu Udundë means martial arts of the royal Motobu family.
Motobu Chà Âyà « (1865 - 1928), the 12th head of the Motobu family, inherited this martial art from his father, Chà Âshin, but at the age of 14 the Ryukyu Kingdom fell. He had three sons, but the downfall of the family combined with the emigration of his sons to mainland Japan made the succession of Motobu Udundë difficult.
Chà Âyà « decided to teach Motobu Udundë to his student Uehara Seikichi, and asked Uehara to teach this martial art to his second son Chà Âmà Â, who lived in Wakayama. Uehara taught Chà Âmo this martial art and then emigrated to the Philippines. Chà Âmà Â, who inherited Motobu Udundë, died in Osaka in 1945 as a result of an air raid.
Upon his return from the Philippines, Uehara learned of Chà Âmà Â's death and searched for a new member of the Motobu family to succeed Motobu Udundë, but was unable to find one. In 1976, he met Motobu Chà Âki's son Chà Âsei for the first time and asked him to succeed Motobu Udundë. Chà Âsei accepted the offer and studied under Uehara, and in 2003 Motobu Chà Âsei officially succeeded Motobu Udundë as the Sà Âke.
Motobu Udundë has two kata of Shuri sanchin called motode (mutudë in Okinawan dialect, meaning "basic hand") or motode sanchin. The motode ichi is performed with open hands, and the motode ni is performed with fists. There are also three kata called kasshindë (meaning "battle hand"), created by Uehara Seikichi.
Since the modification of Ankà  Itosu, the thrusting techniques of karate have maingly changed from nukite (spear hand) thrusting with the fingertips to fists. However, in Motobu Udundë, nukite is still common and retains the characteristics of the old style. Kicking techniques also differ from general Okinawan karate in that there are high kicking techniques. There is a high kicking technique called bà  geri (bà  jiri in the Okinawan dialect, literally stick kick).
Motobu Udundë does not use common karate blocking techniques such as age uke (high block), chà «dan uke (middle block), and gedan barai (low block). Instead, the techniques are either used to dodge an opponent's attack with tai sabaki or tsuki uke (punch block), which is both a defense and an attack at the same time.
In Okinawa, jujutsu techniques such as joint locking and throwing techniques are called tuitë (torite in Japanese). The name tuitë (torite) is mentioned in the 10 precepts of Ankà  Itosu, a technique that declined in Okinawa in the early 20th century. oshi-te (pushing hand), ogami-te (praying hand), and koneri-te (kneading hand).
Because the Motobu family was Ryukyuan royalty, Motobu Udundë uses swords, spears, and naginata in addition to the weapons (farming and fishing tools) commonly used in Okinawan kobudà Â.
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