Arakaki Seishō

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In this Okinawan name, the surname is Arakaki.
Seishō Arakaki
新垣 世璋
Wai Xinxian
Notable studentsChitose Tsuyoshi, Funakoshi Gichin, Higaonna Kanryō, Uechi Kanbun, Kanken Tōyama, Mabuni Kenwa

Arakaki Seishō (新垣 世璋, 1840–1918) was a prominent

Tōde who influenced the development of several major karate styles.[1][2][3] He was known by many other names, including Aragaki Tsuji Pechin Seisho.[4]

Life and martial arts

Arakaki was born in 1840 in either

Wai Xinxian from Fuzhou, a city in the Fujian province of Qing dynasty China.[1][2][3] Arakaki died in 1918.[2][3]

Kata

Arakaki was famous for teaching the

Niseishi, and Sanchin (which were later incorporated into different styles of karate), and weapons kata Arakaki-no-kun, Arakaki-no-sai, and Sesoku-no-kun.[3]

Legacy

While Arakaki did not develop any specific styles himself, his techniques and kata are obvious throughout a number of modern karate and

Uechi-ryū; Kanken Tōyama, founder of Shūdōkan; Mabuni Kenwa, founder of Shitō-ryū; and Chitose Tsuyoshi, founder of Chitō-ryū.[1][2]

Some consider Chitō-ryū the closest existing style to Arakaki's martial arts,[3] while others have noted that Arakaki's descendants are mostly involved with Gōjū-ryū.[1]



References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Sato, S. (c. 2005): Seisho Aragaki Archived August 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 17 March 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Karate-Do Shito-Kai Murayama USA: Shito-Kai Kata Archived May 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (c. 2006). Retrieved on 17 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Traditional Japanese Shotokan Karate Academy: Seisho Arakaki (24 January 2008). Retrieved on 17 March 2010.
  4. ISBN 0-8048-2015-5
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