SHORIN-RYU Pioneers N.Y.C. 1960's & 1970's

[srittersporn]

Hanshi Charles Bonet is a direct student of Grand Master Eizo Shimabukuro.

[TheShotokankarateguy]

superb

[kyu64]

kobudo!!

[anaaman]

I am not impressed

[Cofresi1202]

Charles "La Pantera" Bonet...starred with Ron Van Clief in Black Dragon movies. First boricua martial arts superstar.

[newrbw923]

does anyone have any videos of james wax?

i am his son and would love to see something of him

[NewEnglandBudo]

Contact me via PM. Your Dad was a student of the late Ansei Ueshiro from NYC, I believe. I can put u in contact with some of his older students, Bob Scaglione and a few others.

[TonyNhollywood]

This man is AMAZING! You dont see very many American Karate-ka with this kind of balance of fundamentals and flash. Or such a powerful and unique kind of "Flavor" to his kata. Who is he again? Does anyone know what his lineage is?

Like Kobayashi, Shobayashi,etc?

[RenshiKF]

SHORIN-RYU

Charles Bonet Sensei

[jicudi]

@RenshiKF Forgive me being familiar, but I have herd the name "Star" Bonet. Any relation?

[Specter1957]

@TonyNhollywood Matsubayashi

[pount76]

I think this is Charles Bonet. He stared in "Death Promise" along with Speedy Leacock who is in the other clip. I have a clip in my videos from Death Promise. Same dudes and I know that was made in NYC in the mid-seventies. cool stuff.

[jerbearW]

Does anyone know the name of that Bo kata? It looks like Tokumine with some Urashi mixed in.

[SARitter]

Sensei Bonet demonstrated a combination of Tokumine No Kun and Sakugawa No Kun.

[jerbearW]

Thank you, SARitter.

[SARitter]

Sensei Charles Bonét was the Bronx representative of the Shorin-ryu system, under 10th dan Grand Master, Eizo Shimabukuro of Okinawa.