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segunda-feira, 9 de janeiro de 2017

Okinawa Karate in Brazil - a rare historical document


The video below shows a summary of the demonstration of Karate organized by Master Motoku Yabiku in São Paulo, Brazil, in the year 1951. The location was the Pacaembu Gymnasium. Motoku Yabiku was then the president of Okinawa Kenjinkai of Brazil. The three students were (from left to right) the Kukuba brothers and Toguchi.

In the video you can see parts of the kata Naifanchi, Gojushiho (Useishi), Passai and Kusanku, as they were practiced at that time and still preserved in some dojos.


Okinawa Karate demo in São Paulo, Brazil, 1951