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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 Pangainūn (Uechi Ryū) style, founded
in 1990 by master Itokazu Seiki (1915-2006). Itokazu
Seiki was born in Nishihara - Okinawa in 1915. Itokazu
sensei had started in the practice of Shuri-te to
finally continue with the practice of the Pangainūn
style (Uechi Ryū)
with the master 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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