Okinawa-Te (Uchina-Di)
In 1429, the three kingdoms on Okinawa unified to form the Kingdom of Ryūkyū. When King Shō Shin came into power in 1477, he banned the practice of martial arts. Tō-te and Okinawan kobudō continued to be taught in secret. The ban was continued in 1609 after Okinawa was invaded by the Satsuma Domain of Japan. The bans contributed to the development of Okinawan kobudō, which uses common household and farming implements as weaponry. The Okinawans combined Chinese martial arts with the existing local variants to form Tōde (唐手) Tuidii, T'ang hand, China hand), sometimes called Okinawa-te (沖縄手).
By the 18th century, different types of Te had developed in three different villages – Naha, Shuri, and Tomari. The styles were named Naha-te, Shuri-te, and Tomari-te, respectively. Practitioners from these three villages went on to develop modern karate.[3] Well into the 20th century, the martial arts of Okinawa were generally referred to as te 手, which is Japanese for "hand". Te often varied from one town to another, so to distinguish among the various types of te, the word was often prefaced with its area of origin; for example, Naha-te, Shuri-te, or Tomari-te.
Naha-te, Shuri-te and Tomari-te belong to a family of martial arts that were collectively defined as Tode-jutsu or To-de.
By the 1930s, a number of formal organizations were founded to oversee Okinawan martial arts, and due to their influence, the word karate came to be widely accepted as a generic term for all sorts of Okinawan unarmed martial arts. With the popularity of the term karate, the practice of naming a type of martial art after its area of origin declined.
The genealogy of Shuri-te
Shuri-te (首里手), Okinawan: Suidii) is a pre-World War II term for a type of indigenous martial art to the area around Shuri, the old capital city of the Ryūkyū Kingdom.
Important Okinawan masters of Shuri-te:
Sakugawa Kanga
Matsumura Sōkon
Itosu Ankō
Asato Ankō
Chōyū Motobu
Motobu Chōki
Yabu Kentsū
Chōmo Hanashiro
Funakoshi Gichin
Kyan Chōtoku
Chibana Chōshin
Mabuni Kenwa
Important katas:
Naihanchi
Pinan
Kūsankū
Passai
Chinto
Jion
Jitte
Gojushiho
The successor styles to Shuri-te include Shōrin-ryū,Shōrinji-ryū, and Motobu-ryū among others.
The genealogy of Tomari-te
Tomari-te (泊手), Okinawan: Tumai-dii) refers to a tradition of martial arts originating from the village of Tomari, Okinawa. Tomari-te arose largely through the influence of Chinese diplomats and other personages skilled in Quan fa, such as Wang Ji, Anan, and Ason, in the late 17th century.
Important Okinawan masters of Tomari-te:
Matsumora Kōsaku
Oyadomari Kokan
Motobu Chōki
Kyan Chōtoku
Important katas:
Seisan
Naihanchi
Rōhai
Passai (Tomari)
Wankan
Wanshū
The successor styles to Tomari-te include Motobu-ryū and Matsubayashi-ryu
The genealogy of Naha-te
Naha-te (那覇手), Okinawan: Naafa-di) is a pre-World War II term for a type of martial art indigenous to the area around Naha, the old commercial city of the Ryūkyū Kingdom and now the capital city of the island of Okinawa.
Naha-te was primarily based on the Fujian White Crane systems of Southern China, which trickled into Okinawa in the early 19th century through Kumemura (Kuninda), the Chinese suburb of Naha, and continued developing and evolving until being finally formalized by Higaonna Kanryō in the 1880s.
Important Okinawan masters of Naha-te:
Arakaki Seisho
Higaonna Kanryō
Miyagi Chōjun
Kyoda Jūhatsu
Mabuni Kenwa
Uechi Kanbun
Important katas:
Sanchin
Saifā
Seiunchin
Shisōchin
Seipai
Seisan
The successor styles to Naha-te include Gōjū-ryū, Uechi-ryū, Ryūei-ryū, and Tōon-ryū (developed by the students of Higaonna Kanryō).
By the 18th century, different types of Te had developed in three different villages – Naha, Shuri, and Tomari. The styles were named Naha-te, Shuri-te, and Tomari-te, respectively. Practitioners from these three villages went on to develop modern karate.[3] Well into the 20th century, the martial arts of Okinawa were generally referred to as te 手, which is Japanese for "hand". Te often varied from one town to another, so to distinguish among the various types of te, the word was often prefaced with its area of origin; for example, Naha-te, Shuri-te, or Tomari-te.
Naha-te, Shuri-te and Tomari-te belong to a family of martial arts that were collectively defined as Tode-jutsu or To-de.
By the 1930s, a number of formal organizations were founded to oversee Okinawan martial arts, and due to their influence, the word karate came to be widely accepted as a generic term for all sorts of Okinawan unarmed martial arts. With the popularity of the term karate, the practice of naming a type of martial art after its area of origin declined.
The genealogy of Shuri-te
Shuri-te (首里手), Okinawan: Suidii) is a pre-World War II term for a type of indigenous martial art to the area around Shuri, the old capital city of the Ryūkyū Kingdom.
Important Okinawan masters of Shuri-te:
Sakugawa Kanga
Matsumura Sōkon
Itosu Ankō
Asato Ankō
Chōyū Motobu
Motobu Chōki
Yabu Kentsū
Chōmo Hanashiro
Funakoshi Gichin
Kyan Chōtoku
Chibana Chōshin
Mabuni Kenwa
Important katas:
Naihanchi
Pinan
Kūsankū
Passai
Chinto
Jion
Jitte
Gojushiho
The successor styles to Shuri-te include Shōrin-ryū,Shōrinji-ryū, and Motobu-ryū among others.
The genealogy of Tomari-te
Tomari-te (泊手), Okinawan: Tumai-dii) refers to a tradition of martial arts originating from the village of Tomari, Okinawa. Tomari-te arose largely through the influence of Chinese diplomats and other personages skilled in Quan fa, such as Wang Ji, Anan, and Ason, in the late 17th century.
Important Okinawan masters of Tomari-te:
Matsumora Kōsaku
Oyadomari Kokan
Motobu Chōki
Kyan Chōtoku
Important katas:
Seisan
Naihanchi
Rōhai
Passai (Tomari)
Wankan
Wanshū
The successor styles to Tomari-te include Motobu-ryū and Matsubayashi-ryu
The genealogy of Naha-te
Naha-te (那覇手), Okinawan: Naafa-di) is a pre-World War II term for a type of martial art indigenous to the area around Naha, the old commercial city of the Ryūkyū Kingdom and now the capital city of the island of Okinawa.
Naha-te was primarily based on the Fujian White Crane systems of Southern China, which trickled into Okinawa in the early 19th century through Kumemura (Kuninda), the Chinese suburb of Naha, and continued developing and evolving until being finally formalized by Higaonna Kanryō in the 1880s.
Important Okinawan masters of Naha-te:
Arakaki Seisho
Higaonna Kanryō
Miyagi Chōjun
Kyoda Jūhatsu
Mabuni Kenwa
Uechi Kanbun
Important katas:
Sanchin
Saifā
Seiunchin
Shisōchin
Seipai
Seisan
The successor styles to Naha-te include Gōjū-ryū, Uechi-ryū, Ryūei-ryū, and Tōon-ryū (developed by the students of Higaonna Kanryō).
