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Taira Shinken , actually Maezato Shinken ( Japanese 平 信 賢 ; * June 12, 1898 in Nakazato on the island of Kumejima ( Okinawa ); † 1970 ) was the last great, undisputed master of Kobudō .

Life

far right Taira Shinken between other karate masters in the 1930s

Shinken compiled the old kata and modified them slightly to create a uniform system. Finally he codified the Kobudō education as a whole. He created his own synthesis of the Kobudō combat systems. Taira Shinken still represents the great authority of the Kobudō, and many masters today, Okinawan as well as Japanese, refer to him.

Taira Shinken's role in Kobudō is comparable to the Funakoshi Gichins in karate, both in terms of her knowledge and in terms of what has become of her arts today. After the master's death, the technical unity of the Kobudō broke up, and since then the dispute over the legitimate succession has never settled.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.ryukyukobujutsu.de/rkfs-taira.html
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

literature

• Encyclopedia of Okinawan Weapons . Ham, taira. 2005. ISBN 0-920129-24-2 .
• Gabrielle and Roland Habersetzer : "Encyclopédie des Art Martiaux de l'Extrême-Orient". 4th edition. Editions Amphora, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-85180-660-2
• Thomas Heinze: The masters of karate and Kobudo. Part 1: Before 1900. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8391-1785-9 .

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Taira is the family name, Shinken the first name.