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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 organization, chaired by master
Matayoshi Shimpo (1921-1997). In the year
2002, Yogi sensei occupied the position of vice-president in an Okinawa
Kobudō organisation 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 Hanshi 9th Dan degree in
Okinawa Kobudō. Yogi sensei
continues at his 89 years old (as of 2023) with the continued teaching of Okinawa
Kobudō and Karate Kōnan
Ryū. (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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