Kenwa Mabuni (摩文仁 賢和, Mabuni Kenwa, 14 November 1889 - 23 May 1952) was one of the first karateka to teach karate in mainland Japan and is credited as...

Shitō-ryū (糸東流) is a form of karate that was founded in 1934 by Kenwa Mabuni (摩文仁 賢和, Mabuni Kenwa). Shitō-ryū is synthesis of the Okinawan Shuri-te and Naha-te...

the 10th Dan. Kenei Mabuni was born in Shuri, Okinawa. As the son of Kenwa Mabuni, the founder of the Shitō-ryū and one of the most important karate experts...

substitution. In his book Kobo Kenpo Karatedo Nyumon, Shitō-ryū karate master Kenwa Mabuni wrote that when kata change direction, the angle turned to does not indicate...

Mabuni Kenwa to Tani Chōjirō to carry on his learning. Upon graduating from university, Tani began learning Shuri-te and then Shitō-ryū from Mabuni as...

Kentsū Chōmo Hanashiro Funakoshi Gichin Kyan Chōtoku Chibana Chōshin Mabuni Kenwa Tōyama Kanken Tatsuo Shimabuku Important kata: Naihanchi sanchin (shuri...

[citation needed] Subsequently, Konishi learned Karate from Motobu Choki and Kenwa Mabuni (founder of Shito-ryu Karate), and learned Aikido (then Daito-ryu Aikijujutsu)...

The Shitō-ryū style also contains many elements of Shōrei-ryū, since Mabuni Kenwa was a student of Higaonna, and even the Shōtōkan style contains kata...

Uechi Kanbun, founder of Uechi-ryū; Kanken Tōyama, founder of Shūdōkan; Mabuni Kenwa, founder of Shitō-ryū; and Chitose Tsuyoshi, founder of Chitō-ryū. Some...

Kanryō in the Naha-te style. Gusukuma went on to establish Shitō-ryū with Kenwa Mabuni. Gusukuma Shinpan born in 1890 in the town of Taira in Shuri, Okinawa...