Masami Chinen

Masami Chinen
Born	1898 Okinawa, Japan
Died	1976 Okinawa, Japan
Style	Shōrin-ryū, Yamani Ryu or Yamane Ryu
Teacher(s)	Sanda Chinen, Chinen PECHIN (Yamagusuku Andaya), Shichiyanaka Chinen[1]
Notable students	Chokei Kishaba,[1] Seitoku Higa, Shūgorō Nakazato[2]

Masami Chinen was an Okinawan martial arts master who formed Yamani ryu. He taught Bōjutsu privately at his home in the village of Tobaru, in Shuri, Okinawa.

Life

Like many martial arts masters Chinen had been a policeman. During the Second World War he lived with the martial arts master Horoku Ishikawa in Tainan, Taiwan.^[3] He also worked at the Shuri City Hall in Shuri, Okinawa.^[4]

Yamani Ryu Bōjutsu

Chinen named the style after his father Sanda Chinen who was also a teacher of Bōjutsu and known as Yamani USUMEI and Yamane TANMEI.^[1]

Legacy

Although the style ceased to exist after his death some of his katas were preserved by Seitoku Higa of the Bugeikan and Shūgorō Nakazato of Shōrin-ryū.^[1] Another student of Chinen's, Chogi Kishaba and his student Toshihiro Oshiro also privately practised Yamani Ryu katas. Oshiro teaches Bōjutsu today ^[5] and so does Chinen's grandnephew Teruo Chinen.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Okinawan Karate, Second Edition, by Mark Bishop, p. 120, ISBN 0-8048-3205-6
2. ^ Okinawan Karate, Second Edition, by Mark Bishop, p. 101, ISBN 0-8048-3205-6
3. ^ Okinawan Karate, Second Edition, by Mark Bishop, p. 121, ISBN 0-8048-3205-6
4. ^ ^{a b} Interview with Teruo Chinen (Masami Chinen's grandnephew)
5. ^ Okinawan Karate, Second Edition, by Mark Bishop, p. 122, ISBN 0-8048-3205-6

See also

Okinawan martial arts

External links

• Interview with Teruo Chinen (Masami Chinen's grandnephew)