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Yogi Josei1 sensei was born in 1934 in Okinawa. At the age
of 16, he began practising the Pangainūn
(Uechi Ryū) Karate
style in the dōjō of the master Uechi Kanei (1911-1991) in Futenma,
where he practised for several years. The master Kanei was the son and
successor of the master Uechi Kanbun (1977-1948). Master Kanbun had lived in
Fujian (China) for thirteen years and learnet a kenpō system called
Pangainūn, a fighting style on which the Uechi-ryū style is based. Due to his work
commitments, Yogi sensei was subsequently forced to stop going to the
Dōjō of Futenma, although he continued to practise on his own. When
his responsibilities allowed, he returned to a dōjō of
Uechi-ryū, but this time under the guidance of the master Itokazu Seikō (1933-2023). The master Itakazu
was a prominent sensei of Pangainūn (Uechi-Ryū) who, led by his uncle Itakazu
Seiki (1915-2006), and together with other masters, founded in 1978 the Pangainūn Karate Dō Kyōkai organization. Subsequently this organization
was renamed in 1990 as Okinawa Kōnan-Ryū
Karate Dō Kyōkai.
Yogi sensei is currently in possession of the 10th Dan Hanshi degree of
Kōnan-Ryū Karate for that organisation. |
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In 2016, Yogi sensei
created his own Karate organization called Kōnan Ryū
Karate Rensei Kai ©. Parallel to his training
in karate, Yogi sensei also started practicing Okinawa Kobudō with the
master Maeshiro Shusei (1934 -). Yogi sensei was linked to the Zen Okinawa
Kobudō Renmei organisation chaired by master Matayoshi Shimpo
(1921-1997). In the year 2002 Yogi
sensei occupied the position of vice-president in an Okinawa Kobudō
organization created by the master Gakiya Yoshiaki (1950 -). In the year
2012, a year after Gakiya sensei retired for health reasons, Yogi sensei
created his own association of Kobudō called Okinawa Kobudō Rensei
Kai ©. Yogi sensei currently holds the degree of Hanshi 9th Dan in Okinawa
Kobudō. Yogi sensei continues at
89 years old (as of 2023) with the continued teaching of Karate Kōnan
Ryū and Okinawa Kobudō. (1) Translator Note: The
name of Master Yogi Josei can also be written as Yogi Jyosei
if the Japanese language romanization system called
Nihon-Shiki is used. However, this website uses the system called Hebun-Shiki or standard style for Japanese terms. |
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