Pre-WWII Goju Ryu Training

Featuring Kotaro Kohama & Shinzato Jin'an Sensei (1901-1945) and was taken in the yard of the Okinawan Prefecture Teachers College. The man using the chishi is reported to be Sogen Sakiyama Roshi; now of the Okinawan Int'l Zen Center.
- The famous Itoman Karate expert Machiya Buntoku (Kinjo Matsu) was filmed. Also on the film is a demonstration of the Naha-Te kururunfa and Tensho kata. The performers include Kyoda Juhatsu (age 30), Shinzato Jinan (age 17) and 5-6 others. A group demonstration of about 50 people including Gusukuma Koki or Tahara Taizo or Nakamoto Seibun, performs Seiunchin kata. This is probably the oldest karate film in Okinawa.
For more info http://web.mclink.it/MC6954/_private/pdffiles/goju_video.pdf file that gives a history of this clip.
Some writers about this video believe that Miyagi Sensei himself is training with the 'tan', if so then it is the only video of Miyagi Sensei ever taken.
****Special thank you to Patrick McCarthy Sensei for the video clip****
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[thecontemplative2]

Wonderful. Thank you. Many of your other uploads have been valuable to me as well.

[NewEnglandBudo]

@thecontemplative2 I am vamping up to add some of my own old stuff in 2012

[Lee7676]

im very impressive guys body who was doing kata at the end.his body was well developed for karate not for show off.

[NewEnglandBudo]

@Lee7676 And you can see the hojo undo equipment used by the practitioners of that time. No weight machines, etc for them.

[lordhriley]

I wish you had more of the video to post. Oh! and look at the rythym of his kata. Very different from how it is done today.

[NewEnglandBudo]

@lordhriley Yes the tournament karate kata appears very different than the kata shown here. But most of the traditional Goju ryu dojo teach a very smooth version. Check out Chinen Sensei's Kata Part 3 of 3 in my list. He does Kururunfa full speed. I think u will enjoy.

Down load the pdf file in the description area to learn more about the video's history.

[faridperez]

That was MAN training not today's sissy training in a bunch of so-called karate dojos which are there just for the money or who-knows-why...

[kungfuxdrummer]

wow, impressive. you really know your history. osu.

[epb471]

Amazing video - to get a window into how Chojun Miyagi and his students trained is the greatest gift. Thank you for uploading!!!



[Ronin6575]

These are great old films. 

[koreanwizard94]

now this is legit old school

[MrByaeger]

a great piece of history.

[37RRSmith]

This is how it should be, instead of modern day practitioners especially young ones worrying about when will they get a black belt to impress others, this video is a breath of fresh air, for those who don,t have a black belt, master what you know already inside and out and the knowledge of a black belt and the day you attain it will come

[InformatikSuperheld]

man he's so smooth