Motobu Naoki·Oct 20, 2025Motobu Chōsei: Headmaster of Motobu Kenpō and Motobu UdundīA biographical article about my father, Motobu Chōsei, was recently featured on the website of Monthly Hiden, Japan’s leading martial arts…
Motobu Naoki·Jun 9, 2025Records about Kakidī after WWIIIn 2013, I published several articles about kakidī (掛け手, the pronunciation of kakede in the Okinawan dialect) on Facebook, and around 2015…
Motobu Naoki·Jan 3, 2025Did Motobu Chōki Hold a Karate vs. Boxing Exhibition Match in Okinawa?This question has been occasionally raised over time. Recently, it became a topic of discussion again, so I decided to write a brief…A response icon1A response icon1
Motobu Naoki·Dec 20, 2024The People of Motobu Town Skilled in Martial ArtsThe following passage is from the Ryūkyū Shimpō article titled “Sports Fudoki: Motobu Town — Defiant Spirit Forged by the Sea” (April 30…
Motobu Naoki·Nov 27, 2024Yamada Tatsuo’s TuitīIn “Yamada Tatsuo and Motobu Chōsei”, the instructional manual “An Introduction to Japanese Kenpō Karatedō: A Guidebook” that Yamada Tatsuo…A response icon1A response icon1
Motobu Naoki·Nov 21, 2024Yamada Tatsuo and Motobu ChōseiYamada Tatsuo was one of Motobu Chōki’s early students, and after the war, he corresponded with the Sōke (Motobu Chōsei). This…A response icon7A response icon7
Motobu Naoki·Aug 17, 2024An Undiscovered Article by Motobu ChōkiRecently, I discovered an article signed by Motobu Chōki in a book published in 1930 titled Kaken Monogatari (The Story of Family…
Motobu Naoki·Jul 19, 2024100th Anniversary of Motobu Chōki’s Victory Over a BoxerThe following article was written in 2022.A response icon1A response icon1
Motobu Naoki·Jun 27, 2024Meoto-de or Husband and Wife HandNakata Mizuhiko wrote about a question he asked Motobu Chōki about meoto-de, which is interesting and a bit long, but I quote it below.A response icon1A response icon1
