Shinken Taira (平 信賢, Taira Shinken, 1897–1970) was a Japanese martial artist, born as Shinken Maezato (前里 信賢, Maezato Shinken) in 1897 on Kume island...

Japanese actor Taira Shinken (平 信賢, Taira Shinken, 1897–1970) was a Japanese martial artist Takunori Taira, Japanese engineer Tomi Taira (平良 とみ, 1928–2015)...

Urashi no Kun was taught to Shimabuku by his kobudō instructor, Shinken Taira. Taira is the founder of the Ryūkyū Kobudō Hozon Shinkokai,[user-generated...

during and following World War II were preserved and handed down by Taira Shinken (Ryūkyū Kobudō Hozon Shinkokai), Chogi Kishaba (Ryūkyū Bujustsu Kenkyu...

from left to right, Kanken Toyama, Hironori Otsuka, Takeshi Shimoda, Gichin Funakoshi, Chōki Motobu, Kenwa Mabuni, Genwa Nakasone, and Shinken Taira...

masters as Tatsuo, such as Chotoku Kyan, Chojun Miyagi, Choki Motobu, and Shinken Taira. While the older brother went on to create his own new style of karate...

Ryukyu Kobujutsu The first man to be awarded 'Hanshi' (Menkyo Kaiden) by Taira Shinken. Inoue was born in Tokyo, the son of a general and grandson of Katsura...

Kobudo is the branch of Okinawan Kobudo developed and systemized by Taira Shinken under the Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai association. Ryukyu Kobudo...

style of traditional Okinawan weapons training, under the direction of Taira Shinken. In 1963, he became acquainted with Kōga-ryū ninjutsu master Seiko Fujita...

as the main prong, with the exception of the manji sai developed by Taira Shinken, that has the direction of one of the side prongs reversed, making the...