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硬軟流空手錬成会© Kōnan Ryū Karate Rensei Kai © |
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The Kōnan Ryū style is
one that split from the Uechi Ryū
style, founded in 1990 by master Itokazu Seiki
(1915-2006). Itokazu
Seiki was born in Nishihara - Okinawa in 1915. In 1933, he began to practise Shuri-te under the
instruction of Kyan Chōtoku
(1870-1945). In 1938 he went on to practise the Pangainūn style with Uechi
Kanbun, and on the death of Master Uechi, he continued to practice under the guidance of his
son Uechi Kanei
(1911-1991). In
1997, the Itokazu master was recognised
as Intangible Cultural Heritage in the field of Karate and Kobudō by the Government of Okinawa. |
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Shu Shi
Wa (1874-1926) |
Uechi Kanbun
(1877-1946) |
Uechi Kanei
(1911-1991) |
Itokazu Seiki
(1915-2006) |
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Master
Uechi Kanbun was born in Motobu - Okinawa, in 1877. At the age of nineteen (1896),
he travelled to Fuzhou (China) where he remained until 1909. During that
time, he learnt a kenpō system called Pangainūn from the master Shu Shi Wa. Pangainūn is a style
based on the fighting techniques of a tiger, a dragon and a crane. |
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In 1932,
Master Uechi Kanbun
formally opened his dōjō in Wakayama
(Japan) to teach the Pangainūn style, although
the style would later be renamed Uechi-ryū in 1940
by his son Uechi Kanei. |
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The name
Pangainūn in the Fujian dialect means Half Hard - Half Soft, thus making reference to the principle of the
combination of hardness and flexibility in the techniques used in that style.
The Japanese reading for Pangainūn would be
Han Kō Nan, so the line created by Master Itokazu, called Kōnan Ryū, is reaffirmed in the style that was initially
transmitted by Uechi Kanbun
sensei. |
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