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	Motobu Choki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Despite this Motobu was very interested in the art, spending much of his youth training on his own, hitting the makiwara, and lifting heavy stones to increase his strength.
		As a point of reference, it is important to distinguish between the "Motobu Ryu" which Chosei teaches, and "Motobu Udun Di", the unique style of the Motobu family, which bears a resemblance to aikijutsu.Now Chosei Motobu is the second Soke of Motobu Ryu and the 14th Soke of Motobu Udun Di.
		Motobu's karate is marked by a series of two man kumite drills, which were an advancement in the popular thinking and instructional methods of the time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Motobu_Choki (920 words)

	Motobu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Choki Motobu was born in 1871 in Akahira village in the Shuri region of Okinawa, born the third son to the Motobu family.
		Motobu did learn some of the techniques of his family's fighting system, but because of Okinawan tradition, only the first son, Choyu, was educated and choose to carry on the family's martial tradition.
		In 1936, at the age of 65, Motobu left Tokyo and went back to Okinawa to visit his instructors to talk about the state of karate in Japan and to make sure that he was teaching the Kata and techniques in their originally, unaltered form.
	www.seishinkai.com /history/motobu.html (671 words)

	Shugyokan Karate
		Choki Motobu was born in 1871 in Akahira village in the Shuri region of Okinawa.
		Motobu did learn some of the techniques of his family's fighting system, but because of Okinawan tradition, only the first son, Choyu, was educated and choose to carry on the family's martial tradition.
		It is obvious that Choki Motobu was very instrumental in the development of karate and that he was the inspiration for many who trained in the art.
	www.alljapankarate.com /motobu.html (763 words)

	Choki Motobu - Kobayashi Shorin-Ryu Karate Lineage - Authentic Ancient Arts of Minnesota
		Choki Motobu is perhaps the most controversial of all the great Karate masters.
		Choki's favorite kata was Naihanchi which he claimed was the only kata required for a mastery of Karate.
		Choki Motobu's famous students include Shoshin Nagamine, founder of Matsubayashi-ryu; Shigeru Nakamura, founder of Okinawan Kempo; and Tatsuo Shimabuku, founder of Isshin-ryu.
	www.aaakaratemn.com /pages/l-chokimotobu.htm (262 words)

	Choki Motobu
		Choki Motobu was born in Akahira village Shuri, the old capital of Okinawa, in 1871.
		Choki Motobu was born into a high-ranking family, his father was Choshin Motobu, an aji or lord of the highest level.
		Motobu was also very agile and quick and he got the nickname "Motobu-saru" (Monkey Motobu), not because of his rough behavior, but because of his remarkable agility in climbing trees and moving from branch to branch as nimbly as a monkey.
	www.bushidospirit.com /motobu.htm (708 words)

	Joslin's East/West Karate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In his youth Choki Motobu, having been born in an aristocratic family, was constantly getting in trouble, and fights, more from the expectation of being treated with respect, that was not forthcoming, than from any inherent meanness.
		While Konishi said that Motobu was basically a man of peace, who had to live down the reputation of his wildness in youth, he was not one to suffer insult well and this lead to many confrontations, in which the wise apologized and sought recompense, and the foolish ended up knocked out or demonstratively beaten.
		Choki Motobu referred to his art as Kempo and was very much a specialist in the use of unusual fists associated with Okinawan Karate.
	www.greatkarate.com /motobu.php (1526 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Motobu lived and taught karate in Japan until 1941, when he returned to Okinawa, dying shortly thereafter.
		Motobu Choki's third son, Chosei Motobu(1925-), still teaches the style that his father passed on to him.
		As a point of reference, it is important to distinguish between the "Motobu Ryu" which Chosei teaches, and "Motobu Udun Di", the unique style of the Motobu family, which bears a resemblance to aikijutsu.Now Chosei Motobu is the second Soke of Motobu Ryu and the 14th Soke of Motobu Udun Di.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Motobu_Choki (947 words)

	Journal of Combative Sport: Master Choki Motobu
		Choki Motobu, who was sitting in the audience, stepped up onto the stage (or ring) and in the ensuing battle he knocked the boxer out -- probably with a punch, or series of punches, to the head.
		Motobu was also very agile and quick and he got the nickname "Motobu-saru" (Monkey Motobu) not only because of his rough behaviour but also because of his remarkable agility in climbing trees and moving from branch to branch as nimbly as a monkey.
		Choki Motobu, however, never sought out such patrons, and in fact, according to Hironori Ohtsuka he was quite a solitary man. This agrees with the view of Konishi, who was quite close to Motobu for several years and never once saw him in an actual fight.
	ejmas.com /jcs/jcsart_noble1_0200.htm (7011 words)

	Martial Arts Biography - Choki Motobu
		Choki Motobu (1871-1944) was born in 1871 in Akahira village in the Shuri region of Okinawa.
		Eventually, Motobu became the student of Anko Itosu (one of Mabuni's sensei).
		Motobu, however, was persevering and is said to have watched the kumite training through holes in the fence around Matsumora's dojo.
	www.usadojo.com /biographies/choki-motobu.htm (851 words)

	Art-of-Budo.com \|\| Wado Ryu Karate: Media, Articles - © Karateschool Wadokan Gorinchem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Motobu was the third son in a great Okinawan family that had enjoyed privilege and landed nobility (Motobu peninsula), but which was largely ended by Japanese annexation of the island, modernization and social reorganization.
		Young Choki, as third son to Choshin, was regarded by the Okinawan culture of the day as the rough equivalent to a feudal lord in social status.
		Motobu in turn probably regarded Funakoshi as a mere confidence man, someone who had learned only the most superficial aspects of karate and kata and was not a strong fighter.
	www.art-of-budo.com /karate/EN/media/media_artikelen_choki_motobu2.htm (4580 words)

	Northwest Koryukan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Choki Motobu was a rough fighter by nature.
		Choki's fighting skills were created in the real fights, although people frowned upon his street fighting.
		Choki was told to put on the boxing gloves, but he refused to put on them.
	www.northwest-koryukan.com /motobu.htm (1883 words)

	Master Choki Motobu
		Motobu blocked all the boxer's attacks and Horiguchi was unable to land a single clean punch.
		Motobu was born into a high ranking family at a time when education and privilege were reserved for the first born son.
		Motobu taught that the forward hand, being closer to the opponent is quicker in action and should be used for striking effectively.
	www.dragon-tsunami.org /Dtimes/Pages/articlec.htm (4936 words)

	Motobu Choki - Definition, explanation
		The Okinawan karate practitioner Motobu Choki (1871–1944) was born in Akahira village of Shuri, Okinawa.
		Motobu Choki's eldest son, Chosei Motobu, still teaches the style that his father passed on to him.
		As a point of reference, it is important to distinguish between the "Motobu Ryu" which Chosei teaches, and "Motobu Udon Ti", the unique style of the Motobu family, which bears a resemblance to aikijutsu.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/m/mo/motobu_choki.php (846 words)

	Motobu
		In 1922 Motobu Sensei moved to Osaka, Japan, and although he was not expert in Japanese, with the help of a translator, found young people who wanted to train in Karate with him.
		However, this is because Choki was trying to keep people from stealing his "Ti" and thus did not take on many students, and of those, he only taught kata to the most trusted.
		Choki himself had said that kata are the kihon of karate, had studied under several of the karate masters of his time, in an age when karate practice was centered upon kata.
	www.hgweb.nl /isshinryu/articles/motobu2.htm (2217 words)

	Motobu Palace Tradition
		Choki Motobu came from an aristocratic family and this is what hurt the man's image for many people.
		Motobu's Kumite was of a give and take nature, where he would defend against an attack, have his partner block his defense and counterattack, then he would counter this second attack and finish him off.
		While Choki's own son is now developing and perpetuating a school in honor of his father, prior to this, there was no direct school from Choki Motobu's lineage.
	kiyojuteryu.org:8084 /soke/articles/motobupalace.shtml (3472 words)

	FightingArts.com - Book Review: Motobu Choki Karate-My Art
		When read cover to cover this book helps flush out the true Motobu for readers, a man who is today being rediscovered by new generations of karate-ka, and appreciated for his practical, no-nonsense outlook: a person intensively focused on his art for its effective fighting techniques and self-defense rather than its philosophy and theory.
		Clearly, Motobu was one of the great pioneers of modern karate, a respected teacher and proven fighter.
		There are also articles on Motobu by his contemporaries and others giving their recollections and viewpoints, many historic photos, and an overview of Motobu and his relationship with Funakoshi in Japan written Patrick McCarthy.
	www.fightingarts.com /reading/article.php?id=399 (762 words)

	Journal of Combative Sport: Master Choki Motobu
		Motobu was born in Shuri, the old capital of Okinawa, in 1871.
		Choki Motobu relied mainly on hand techniques, with the feet and knees being used in a supporting -- but effective -- role, aiming his kicks at the stomach, groin and knee joints.
		Motobu did not speak mainland Japanese very well -- the Okinawans had their own dialect which was often incomprehensible to the Japanese -- and even when he moved to Tokyo he had to use Yasuhiro Konishi as an interpreter.
	www.ejmas.com /jcs/jcsart_noble1_0200.htm (7011 words)

	Legend of Choki Motobu
		After Master Tokumine was exiled to a remote island, Choki Motobu went to the karate Dojo of Master Kosaku Matsumora.
		Choki Motobu or Motobu Saaruu's jumping and karate skills were really amazing.
		But it may be suitable for Choki Motobu who very rarely accepted disciples as he was afraid that his karate techniques might be "stolen".
	uk.geocities.com /sanzinsoo/choki.html (1839 words)

	MSISSHINRYU.COM \| Masters: Choki Motobu
		Yasuhiro Konishi, Choki Motobu's main interpreter on Japan, said that those who ran afoul of the man usually did so because they started to treat him with disrespect, acting like he was a country bumpkin from Okinawa.
		Thus in discussing Motobu Ryu it is important to know whether the term is used in the Japanese manner referring to Choki Motobu's art, or in the Okinawan manner referring to Choyu Motobu's art.
		Motobu taught that distancing was the most important factor to delivering a punch, Seiken Zuki, with fatal force.
	www.msisshinryu.com /masters/motobu (1537 words)

	VIDEO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Contrary to popular belief, Choki Motubu knew many of the "Traditional" Okinawan katas, but put his emphasis upon "effective fighting techniques" as opposed to spending his time practicing kata.
		Of historical importance: Chosei Motobu will clear up -- once and for all -- the relationship (if any) between James M. Mitose and Choki Motobu.
		Tanaka's "Live Blade" seminar is a hands-on "knife seminar." Koshiro Tanaka was assisted by Ryutaro Ohshima and Satoshi Kubomura.
	www.tracyskarate.com /Videos/video-MOTOBU.htm (165 words)

	Shorei Kempo Karate - Martial Arts/Weapons - shoreikempo.com
		Motobu was born in Akahira Village, Shuri, the third son of a high-ranking anji (feudal lord).
		The eldest son, Choyu, was trained by their father, Motobu Udun, in the family's secret ti system (now Motobu-ryu).
		As the third son, Choki's education was not a top priority.
	www.shoreikempo.com /history_choki_motobu.php (131 words)

	Choki Motobu 1871-1944 Student of Itosu and Matsumra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Choki Motobu was born in Shuri, the old capital of Okinawa, in 1871.
		Motobu originally studied karate with the famous Ankoh Itosu (1830-1915), the leading master of Shuri-te.
		Motobu went to Japan in 1921, where Yasuhiro Konishi became his chief instructor.
	www.shuri-ryu.org /shuri-ryu/motobu.htm (139 words)

	FightingArts.com - On Choki Motobu — Part 1
		Motobu Choki, who is teaching several hundred students in Tokyo, is well known as an authority on karate/martial arts.
		According to Motobu Chosei “his father was incensed by this and suspected that it had been done in an effort to give Funakoshi credit for something that he had not done.
		Motobu Choki’s detractors responded by attempting to discredit him personally (for his speech, manners, appearance, etc.).
	www.fightingarts.com /reading/article.php?id=398 (2180 words)

	Hawaii Karate Seinenkai Salutes Choki Motobu
		Motobu's visit to Hawaii is discussed in The Roots of Karate in Hawaii, by Charles C. Goodin.
		Motobu's visit to Hawaii is discussed in Thomas Shigeru Miyashiro: Hawaii's First Nisei Karate Sensei, by Charles C. Goodin.
		Motobu is discussed in Kata: The Living History of Matsubayashi-ryu Karate.
	seinenkai.com /salute-motobu.html (744 words)

	The People of Kenpo Karate
		In a nutshell, Choki Motobu beat a Russian Boxer using kicks to the amazement of a packed Tokyo nightclub.
		This left Choki to explore only the fighting aspects of Kenpo and this kept him from becoming trapped into the constant Kata repetition that many Karate masters insisted upon in their students.
		With the main focus of his training spent on fighting Choki was able to popularize and perfect the early forms of brute force combat.
	www.kenpousa.com /ke00002.htm (1627 words)

	Original Okinawan Karate - Choki Motobu
		Choki Motobu is considered by some to be a bit of a loose canon, as he had no master to whom he gave his allegiance.
		Motobu was born in Akahira Village, Shuri, the third son of a high-ranking anji (feudal lord).
		As the third son, Choki's education was not a top priority.
	www.ibonddesigns.com /nyshidokan/about/lineage/motobu.php (162 words)

	Master Choki Motobu, 'A Real Fighter' By Graham Noble - MartialTalk.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This is the first of a two articles exploring the truths and misconceptions about Choki Motobu who was arguably one of Okinawa's greatest early twentieth century karate masters, and the most colorful.
		Editor's Note: This is the second of a two articles exploring the truths and misconceptions about Choki Motobu who was arguably one of Okinawa's greatest early twentieth century karate masters.
		But I read Motobu also talked about what should happen to naihanchi-dachi in applications and that naihanchi-derived stance looks very much like the way you stand when unbalancing the opponent with your knee, very much like tate seishan dachi.
	martialtalk.com /forum/showthread.php?t=21847 (12043 words)

	E-Budo.com - Thoughts on "Motobu Choki - Karate My Art"
		Motobu probably felt about Funakoshi the way a lot of people in E-budo feel about the "soke" of McDojo - that it's all a money-making scheme and that the head instructor doesn't have the skill to back it up.
		Victor is right, Choki did also train from his brother though his own karate is not his brother's, yet the apps he used are influenced by his brother's teaching, after his brother handled Choki easily in a fight or kumite match.Flinging him about like unto a rag doll, heh heh.
		Chosei is the son of Choki Motobu who introduced Ryukyu Kenpo to Japan in the 1920s by defeating a European boxing exhibitionist in an open all-comers match.
	www.e-budo.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-11689.html (2107 words)

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