Motobu-ryu

Motobu-ryu (本部流)
Motoburyu in 1926.
Date founded	1922[1]
Country of origin	Osaka, Japan
Founder	Choki Motobu (1870–1944)
Current head	Chosei Motobu
Arts taught	Karate
Ancestor schools	Shuri-te [2]• Tomari-te[2]
Descendant schools	Wadō-ryū[2] • Shindō jinen-ryū [2]• Matsubayashi Ryu[2] • Nihon Kenpo Karatedo[2]
Official Site	Motobu-ryu

Motobu-ryu (本部流^?) is a school of karate founded by Choki Motobu in 1922. The official full name is Nihon Denryu Heiho Motobu Kenpo ("Japan's traditional tactics Motobu Kenpo").

Motobu Udun-di (本部御殿手^?), a Motobu family style of Karate, is also sometimes called Motobu-ryu or Motobu-ryu Udundi. It is a combination of the native Okinawan martial arts Te (an earlier name for Karate), Okinawan kobudō and Ryukyuan Dance.

Chosei Motobu is the inheritor of both Motobu-Ryu (his father's art) and Motobu Udundi (the art of his uncle, Choyu Motobu).^[3]

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f} McCarthy, Patrick and Yuriko (2002). "Motobu Teacher/Student Lineage Chart". Motobu Choki: Karate, My Art. Australia: International Ryukyu Karate Research Group. p. 118. 
3. ^ seinenkai.com

External links

• Motobu-ryu