Tag Archives: history
Important Historical Insight
There have been many claiming the mantle of James Mitose’s Kosho Ryu, and Bruce Juchnik and Nimr Hassan have been two of the most prominent. In this thread on Martial talk, John Bishop provided links to four Youtube videos that … Continue reading
Continued blessings from Youtube
John Bishop has posted five (yep, five) Six clips on Youtube with excerpts from interviews he has done with Sijo Adriano Emperado of Kajukenbo. As Shaolin Kempo (as far as I know) and Karazenpo Goshinjutsu branch off the Kajukenbo tree, Sijo Emperado’s words … Continue reading
Book Review: Okinawan Karate
Mark Bishop’s Okinawan Karate (subtitled Teachers, styles and secret techniques) is a fairly exhaustive treatment of the history (and myth) of the Okinawan fighting arts. The sections on the early development of ti / te and karate really help one … Continue reading
