Whats in a name? That which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet. Students from Kaneshi Eiko, Shigema Genyu and Kaneshiro Kenji lineage performing Sunsu kata at Shishi (Lion) festival Uezu, Uruma City, Okinawa. August 27, 2011 Because of politics and conflicts, most senior Okinawan students of Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei left Isshin-ryū and reverted back to using what they call the old Shōrin-ryū. One of the reason some of Tatsuo’s senior Okinawan students left because they disagreed with Tatsuo Sensei changing Shōrin-ryū and creating Isshin-ryū. They thought that what he had taught them before was more traditional and keeping with old karatedō traditions. Since his senior Okinawa student like Kinjo Chinsaku, Tome Yushin, Kaneshi Eiko, Shigema Genyu and Kaneshiro Kenji were all taught Chan Migwa Ti which was mostly Shōrin-ryū karate, when they left they all reverted back to using the full rotating horizontal twist punch and used older term Shōrin-ryū. While these senior Okinawans continued to teach what they were taught by Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei and also paid tribute to him, some like Kaneshi Eiko had thought Isshin-ryū was made more for the Americans and sport. While there is some truth to the sport aspect simply because Americans were being taught recreational karate by Marine Corps Special Services, Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei according to his second son Ciso, said his father wanted to teach more but since Americans were only on Okinawa a short time, around one year, he never got to teach them what Ciso called, the innermost meaning or gokui of Isshin-ryū karate. Today on Okinawa, Isshin-ryū karate is considered a branch of Shōrin-ryū from Kyan Chōtoku (1870-1945) lineage. Nevertheless, the teachings of Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei live on through his first Okinawans who have passed his teachings on to other generations of Okinawans such as Nagahama Soichi, Nakamine Kojun and Miyagi Atsushi. Isshin-ryū karate today is considered a branch of Shōrin-ryū. So if we are a branch Shōrin-ryū and Tatsuo Sensei taught Shōrin-ryū before he changed and named Isshin-ryū on January 15, 1956, is it important to say we are Isshin-ryū Shōrin-ryū, or Shōrin-ryū Isshin-ryū. Other branches of Shōrin-ryū karate call themselves: Shōrin-ryū Seibukan; Kobayashi Shōrin-ryū; Shōrin-ryū Kyudōkan; Matsubayashi-ryū Shōrin-ryū; Shōrin-ryū Shidōkan; Shōbayashi Shōrin-ryū; Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan If dōjo from Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei’s lineage on Okinawa today just use the word Shōrin-ryū and not use Isshin-ryū Shōrin-ryū, or Shōrin-ryū Isshin-ryū are they still teaching Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei’s karatedō. What’s more important. The name or teaching the “dō (道)’. Juliet: Whats in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 07:48:03 +0000
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