Seigi Nakamura
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Seigi Nakamura was an Okinawan martial arts
master who learned both the Shōrin-ryū and Gōjū-ryū styles of karate.
and was also influenced by Shinyei Kyan and Jokei Kushi who were both senior students in Nagamine's dojo. For a number of years, Nakamura was the senior instructor at Nagamine's honbu dojo in Naha, Okinawa
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and developed and founded by his students Chokei Kishaba
and Katsuhiko Shinzato
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Okinawan martial arts
Okinawan martial arts refers to the martial arts which originated among the indigenous people of Okinawa Island in Japan, most notably karate, tegumi, and Okinawan kobudō....
master who learned both the Shōrin-ryū and Gōjū-ryū styles of karate.
Karate-do
Nakamura practised with Shoshin NagamineShoshin Nagamine
was a Japanese author, soldier, police officer and karate master.-Early Life and Karate-do:Nagamine was born in Tomari, in Naha City, Okinawa. He was a small and sickly child, and he contracted a gastroenteric disorder in 1926, his second year of high school. He began a self-imposed diet and took...
and was also influenced by Shinyei Kyan and Jokei Kushi who were both senior students in Nagamine's dojo. For a number of years, Nakamura was the senior instructor at Nagamine's honbu dojo in Naha, Okinawa
Naha, Okinawa
is the capital city of the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa.Naha is a coastal city located on the East China Sea coast of the southern part of Okinawa Island, the largest of the Ryukyu Islands...
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Legacy
Nakamura profoundly influenced and inspired what is taught in Shōrin-ryū Kishaba JukuShōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku
Okinawa Karate-Dō Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku, also called, familiarly, Kishaba Juku, is Sensei Chokei Kishaba's private academy of the Matsubayashi-ryu style of Okinawan Karate...
and developed and founded by his students Chokei Kishaba
Chokei Kishaba
Chokei Kishaba was an Okinawan martial arts master and founder of the Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku.He was born October 4, 1929 in Okinawa and died in the year 2000.Kishaba's younger brother Chogi Kishaba is also an Okinawan martial arts master....
and Katsuhiko Shinzato
Katsuhiko Shinzato
Katsuhiko Shinzato is an Okinawan martial arts master and head of the Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku.-Life and Karate-do:Shinzato was born in Manila, in the Philippines. His father was a fisherman...
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