Ken wa mabuni biography of albert
He is a technical perfectionist. Kenwa Mabuni (摩文仁 賢和, Mabuni Kenwa, 14 November - 23 May ) was one of the first karateka to teach karate in mainland Japan and is credited as developing the style known as Shitō-ryū. Originally, he chose the name Hanko-ryu, literally "half-hard style", to imply that the style used both hard and soft techniques.
He was born in
KENWA MABUNI () was born in Shuri, the 17th generation descendant of one of the bravest warriors of Okinawan nobility. As a child, Kenwa Mabuni wanted so very much to be like his great ancestors, but, unfortunately he was very sickly and weak.Creator: Mabuni Kenwa. Mabuni Kanwa Mabuni (14 November – 23 May ) The founder of Modern Karate style. Researched by Shu Nakamae. The founder of one of the 4 great styles of modern Karate, Shito-ryu. (The 4 styles being, Shotokan, Gojyu-ryu, Wado-ryu, and Shito-ryu.).
Master Shigeru Nakamura was born Kenwa Mabuni also created Myojo and Shinpa, but these kata are little known and even more rarely seen. Myojo was created for an all-girls school wanting to learn karate. The kata contained strikes which Mabuni felt were easily learned and could be applied by light-weight people (Mabuni was only 4 feet 10 inches tall himself and may have weighed.