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	Karate Do History, Sokon 'Bushi' Matsumura (1797-1889). All Iran Shitoryu Karate Do Association
		Matsumura married a woman by the name of Yonamine Chiru, who came from a family known for their martial arts skills.
		Matsumura told him that his only thought was to win, and that had defeated him.
		Another person Matsumura had an interchange of martial knowledge with was a man named Chinto, a pirate from Southern China (according to some, he was not a pirate at all, but a trader, and he did not plunder).
	www.shitokai.net /matsumura.php (906 words)

	Willis Karate Studio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sokon Matsumura at a very early age was accepted as a karate student by Master Sakugawa, when the Master was 78 years old.
		Matsumura was recruited into the service of the Sho family (Royal family of Okinawa) and eventually became the chief martial arts instructor and bodyguard for the Okinawan King.
		Matsumura was given the title "Bushi" meaning warrior by the Okinawan King in recognition of his abilities and accomplishments in the martial arts.
	home.golden.net /~renshirsw/matsumura.htm (939 words)

	NASKA: About: History: Matsumara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Matsumura Sensei was famous for his intellect and courage as a result of his hard training.
		Matsumura Sensei was a verywell-educated man and was married to a very beautiful woman, who was also a splendid martial artist in her own right..
		Matsumura Sokon Sensei died at the age of 85.
	www.usashorinryu.org /about/matsumura.cfm (1001 words)

	Katsu Dojo Karate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sokon (Title of honor) Bushi (Warrior) Matsurmura's (1797-1889) first teacher was seventy eight years old and a past student of both the great Takahara Pechin (Pechin is a title of status) (1683-1760) and Kusanku (Chinese official).
		Matsumura was the last of many students of Sakugawa but became the most famous.
		Bushi Matsumura being in the township of Shuri taught Shuri-te.
	www.katsudojo.com /Matsumura-1.htm (325 words)

	Itosu-Kai Canada - Bushi Matsumura Sokon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bushi Matsumura Sokon was born in 1809 in Shuri's Yamakawa Village.
		Matsumura was effectively out of work at the age of 70.
		The principal students of Bushi Matsumura Sokon are: Itosu Anko, Kuwae Ryosei, Yabu Kentsu, Funakoshi Gichin, Hanashiro Chomo, Kyan Chotoku, Azato Chikudon Peichin, Kiyuna Chikudon Peichin, and Sakiyama Chikudon Peichin.
	www.itosu-kai.com /Matsumura.html (213 words)

	Our Karate Lineage and History -Authentic Ancient Arts of Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sokon Matsumura is credited with having originated or having developed important variations of many of the Shorin-ryu katas practiced today: Chinto, Wansu, Passai, Seisan, and others.
		Little is known of Nabe Matsumura except that he was a prominent Karate master of his time and that, as the grandson of the great Sokon Matsumura, he became successor to the family system when Sokon died thereby serving as a link between the old masters and those of the present day.
		Matsumura drilled Soken in the basics of Karate and Kobudo for ten years before finally revealing to the young man, at the age of 23, the secrets of the Hakutsuru (White Crane) kata-a soft form that incorporates deceptive body-shifting and fosters inner Dower not related to muscular strength.
	www.aaakaratemn.com /pages/karhist.html (3826 words)

	History Page 1
		Sokon Matsumura (1797-1889), also known as Bushi (warrior) Matsumura and Shuri Matsumura, was one of the most renowned and colorful martial artists of his time.
		Matsumura was of noble birth and he was as skilled at literature and the Chinese classics as he was at military arts.
		Matsumura was born in Yamagawa Village, Shuri, Okinawa in 1797.
	www.summitmartialarts.com /history (5068 words)

	Matsumura Karate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Matsumura Karate is a Shorin Ryu form of karate that originated in Okinawa.
		Sokon Matsumura worked in Shuri, former capital of Okinawa, as a body guard to the last three successive Ryukyuan kings in the 1800's.
		Sokon Matsumura was to become one of Sakugawa's most famous students.
	www.i-way.co.uk /~gshort/experienced.html (343 words)

	Karate - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In 1820, Sokon Matsumura blended the three styles of te into "Shaolin" (Chinese 少林) or "Shorin-Ryu" (in Japanese) or "Forest Style" (English).
		However Matsumura's own students broke the style back down again into more branches and their students continued this break down adding or subtracting whatever suited them.
		Gichin Funakoshi, a student of one of Matsumura's students Anko Itosu, is said by some to have introduced and popularized karate on the main islands.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /karate.htm (1250 words)

	Sokon "Bushi" Matsumura (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bushi Matsumura was born in 1797, and died in 1889.
		Sakugawa trained him up until his death, and then Sokon was probably on his own for a while.
		Sokon asked the king to let him change the name to that, and the request was granted.
	matsumurashorinryu.tripod.com /id16.html (360 words)

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		Sokon Matsumura was one person who played this instrument, but the one who played it better than anyone else on Okinawa was a samurai named; Nomura.
		Matsumura was in his living room and asked his wife who was in the kitchen for fire for his tobacco.
		However Matsumura told the king that his karate is a martial art not a dance, the king got mad and said “If you can not dance for me now, you are a fool!” When Matsumura heard this he got sick about the king having a bad temper again.
	www.sandovalkaratekobudofederation.com /Matsumura.html (2624 words)

	Shito-ryu Shukokai Karate Union Greece - History
		Matsumura Sokon Bucha was hailing from an noble family of Ryu-Kyu.
		During this era, he changes the ideograms of his title, "Sokon", which meant "main descendant", choosing the ideograms which, with the same accent mean "teacher of the art of the stick".
		Matsumura retains the position of the King's bodyguard, under the orders of three sequential kings and parallel with his official duties, he deepens his art, by meeting Chinese masters who used to live in Ryu-Kyu or by studying martial arts of the Ryu-Kyu inhabitants.
	www.shukokai-greece.org /history/karate.html (3390 words)

	Kodenkan of Phoenix (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In spite of his samurai heritage Sokon Hohan had to work in the fields as a youth which was due to the political restructuring within the Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa), and all of Japan as a result of the Meji restoration.
		This concept is inherent and interwoven in all the katas of Matsumura Shorin Ryu.
		Sokon Hohan's senior students at the time of his death in 1982 consisted of Seiki Arakaki, (Shinbukan Shorin Ryu) who passed away in 1986, Fusei Kise, (Kenshinkan Shorin Ryu) who inherited the Menkyo Kaiden from Sokon Hohan prior to his death.
	www.mda-development.com /kdkphx/SokenHohan_bio.html (467 words)

	Maryland Shido-Kan Shorin Ryu Karate - Heritage
		Sokon "Bushi" Matsumura was born in 1809 to an upper-class (shizoku) family in the Yamagawa Village, Shuri.
		Matsumura's wife was also a noted martial artist who (before she met Matsumura) had often challenged (and bested) would-be suitors.
		Anko Itosu was born in the Yamagawa Village, Shuri, and became a student of Sokon "Bushi" Matsumura at a very early age.
	www.kokoro-karate.com /index.cfm?page=14 (1175 words)

	Shorin-Ryu History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sokon Matsumura of Shuri was at that time the Karate Teacher of the King.
		The most famous student of Sakugawa was Matsumura Sokon (born 1805) who was sent by the royal family of Okinawa, Sho Shi, to study at the Shao-lin Temple in China in 1815.
		Matsumura was awarded the tide of "Bushi" or Samurai and became known as "Bushi" Matsumura.
	homepage.mac.com /fsantander/SKKAFlorida/SKKAF/History.htm (5897 words)

	American Black Belt Academy
		Matsumura was at an advanced age at this time and shortly after Kyan began training Matsumura retired from his position with the king.
		The Tomari version of the Chinto Kata does not have the one legged stances that are prevalent in the Matsumura version which would lead you to believe that the Tomari version was an adaptation of the Matsumura Chinto, that came from the White Crane style.
		Peichin Yara had been a student of Sokon Matsumura at one time before he moved to the rural area of Chatan during the change of the political landscape of Okinawa.
	www.americanblackbeltacademy.com /ref-room/chotoku-kyan.htm (2417 words)

	e-magazine - Newsfinder.org
		Sokon -title of honor- "Bushi" -Warrior- Matsurmura was born on Okinawa in 1796 and lived until 1893.
		During this time, Matsumura had learned karate well and went on to become chief of the military for the King of the Okinawa.
		Among the many students Matsumura taught, Yasutsune Itosu was one of his greatest students.
	www.newsfinder.org /index.php?id=P352 (409 words)

	history
		Matsumura is said to have traveled to China and trained in the Shaolin temple.
		He is also said to have trained with other Chinese masters such as Iwah, Wai Shin Zan and Chinto, all of whose teachings influenced the developement of his system and did much to further the development of Shuri-te.
		His exact birth and death dates are not known for sure, but it is believed that he was born somewhere around the 1850's and died around the 1930's.
	www.geocities.com /Tokyo/Bay/7285/history.html (940 words)

	Karate Legends / Matsumura and the Bull
		The bull scraped the ground and snorted ferociously as the cheers arose from the public.
		Well, when we left Matsumura, he was in the stable with the bull strongly strapped down.
		Matsumura very pleased with the results, repeated the process every day until the bull learned to recognize and fear him.
	shotokai.com /ingles/legends/matsumura.html (697 words)

	Martial Arts History
		Sokon Matsumura was a student of these masters.
		Matsumura learned karate from Sakugawa and is credited with creating all of the Shuri-te katas which include: Seisan, Nalhanchin, Ananku, Wanshu, Gojushiho, Chinto, Passal and Kusanku.
		His father was a member of a privileged dass in society called "Shizoku." He was quite small and in poor health as a child so his father thought he would benefit by training in karate.
	www.americanblackbeltacademy.com /dojo/MartialArtsHistory.htm (2208 words)

	Masters of The Shorin-ryu: Part One, by Graham Noble
		Matsumura was not the only expert in "te" in the early 19th century, and of the thirty or so kata practiced in Shorin and Shorin-related styles, only a few can be traced back to him.
		Nevertheless, Matsumura was the most famous bushi of the time and his influence on karate development was profound.
		Matsumura was normally known as Bushi (warrior) Matsumura, and he sometimes called himself Bucho.
	seinenkai.com /articles/noble/noble-shorin1.html (3853 words)

	THE LEANEAGE
		He was known to be living in China around the 1830's, and upon returning to Okinawa he began instruction in a modified Chinese form he renamed Passai.
		Matsumura was the direct Instructior of Both Yasutsune Itosu and Yasutsune Azato.
		He was a very close friend of Matsumuras uchi deshi, Yasutsune (Ankoh) Azato and was furthermore a student of Shimpan Gusukuma and Yasuri, Iwah's uchi deshi.
	scokd.tripod.com /id16.html (710 words)

	Shinseido Shorin Ryu - Classical Shorin Ryu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		There are a number of stories about the martial skills of Sokon Matsumura, who served as a bodyguard to the last three Okinawan kings.
		Matsumura taught many of the famous Karate masters of the mid to late 19th century, including Azato and Itosu, the teachers of Gichin Funakoshi.
		Matsumura Shorin Ryu is passed on chiefly by the practice of kata and its associated bunkai.
	www.shindotrust.com /old_shinseido/shorin.html (392 words)

	Okinawan Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sokon "BUSHI" Matsumura - was born in the Okinawan village of Shuri in 1796 and later died in 1893 at the age of 97.
		Sokon was responsible for the development of the "Shuri" branch of karate.
		Nabe Matsumura - or "Nape no Tanme" (old man Nabe), was born in the Okinawan village of Shuri in the 1860's and died some time in the 1930's.
	okinawantemple.com /lineage.html (983 words)

	Kenshin Kan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As a result of his martial prowess, Bushi Matsumura was recruited into the service of the Sho family and was awarded the title of Satunuku, later rising to Chikutoshi and eventually becoming the Chief Karate Instructor to the Sho family.
		Matsumura is alleged to have remained in China for many years (some say his stay was 10 years).
		The grandson of Sokon Matsumura, Nabe Matsumura, was designated to carry on the teachings, as this was a Samurai family tradition.
	www.shorinji.net /kenshin_kan_history.htm (4707 words)

	Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan
		Matsumura Sokon functioned as a security officer to the last three consecutive Ryukyuan kings.
		Matsumura never named his particular form of tode, and it's with his students that shorin-ryu splits into many sub-styles or interpretations of Shorin-Ryu (although, his style was called "Shuri-te", just as Goju-Ryu was originally named "Naha-te", named after the villages where they were developed).
		He studied under Matsumura Sokon, but also later studied under two instructors in the village of Tomari, one of whom, Shiroma, was Chinese.
	www.mattharrell.net /personal/shorin-ryu.html (747 words)

	Karate Legends / Matsumura and the Bull
		The keeper was totally dumbfounded when he saw Matsumura's figure at the door, a man idolized by Okinawans as a semi-god.
		Even the king was dumbfounded, he asked himself how Matsumura had made the bull run out with such fear without even touching it.
		Today by royal edict, Matsumura is named 'Bushi' (warrior title), in recognition Of his unusual skill in the martial arts".
	www.shotokai.com /ingles/legends/matsumura.html (697 words)

	Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Matsumura Sokon worked as a bodyguard to three different kings while living in China.
		Around 1830 during his travels in China, Matsumura studied Shaolin Gong-Fu (Kempo or Fist method of fighting), he also learnt some of the most secret methods of fighting, which included a form called the 'White Crane' method.
		Tode, as a fighting form was used by the upper classes, 'Te' (Hand) was the name known by in Okinawa and had three types, named after the villages used in: Tomari-te, Naha-te and Shuri-te.
	homepages.tesco.net /karl.webb/Bio_Matsumura_Sokon.htm (149 words)

	Welcome to the United States Chito-ryu Karate-do Federation Website
		Matsumura Sensei was considered one of the great karate (Tode) figures of the nineteenth century.
		Matsumura Sensei started his karate training when he was thirteen years old.
		Itosu was born in Yamagawa Village, Shuri, and was a student of Sokon Matsumura.
	www.chito-ryu.com /history01.html (1293 words)

	FightingArts.com - Examining Yasutsune Itosu - Part 1: The Man And His Lineage
		It was Matsumura who was a student of Tode Sakagawa (1733-1815) who in turn studied under Kusanku -- after which the famous kata is named (Konku).
		Sokon Matumura was not known to have taught or passed on these forms.
		It was a kata taught by Soken Matsumura.
	www.fightingarts.com /content02/itosu1.shtml (2588 words)

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