Shimabuku was a farmer and karate teacher during the mid and late 1930s. With Motobu, he honed his skills in kumite (grappling). In the 1930s, Shimabuku studied with Choki Motobu as he continued to study with Sensei Kyan. Shimabuku had reached his full maturity of five feet two inches and about 120 pounds by this time in his life. Shimabuku looked at Master Kyan as his first formal karate sensei, and developed and practiced the ki for which Kyan was known. He studied with his uncle for about ten years.Īround 1926, he began studying with Master Chotoku Kyan in the village of Katena. At an early age, he began to study karate from his uncle lrshu Matsumora (Kamasu Chan), in the village of Chun. Young Shimabuku grew into a strong lad with a strong desire to learn and achieve. He was given the name Chinkichi Shimabuku. On September 19,1906 a baby boy was born in the village of Chun to a farming family. The following is an excerpt from Sensei Joel Chandlers new book ISSHINRYU KARATE HISTORY AND KATA: SOKE TATSUO SHIMABUKU AND THE HISTORY OF ISSHINRYU KARATE
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