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Katsuhiko Shinzato is an Okinawan martial arts

Okinawan martial arts

Okinawan martial arts refers to the martial arts which originated among the indigenous people of Okinawa Island in Japan, most notably karate, tegumi, and Okinawan kobudō....

master and head of the Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku

Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku

Okinawa Karate-Dō Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku, also called, familiarly, Kishaba Juku, is Sensei Chokei Kishaba's private academy of the Matsubayashi-ryu style of Okinawan Karate...

Life and Karate-do

Shinzato was born in Manila, in the Philippines. His father was a fisherman. During the Second World War, when the war reached the Pacific, his family relocated to Ueyonabaru, Yonabaru-cho, Okinawa.

Whilst attending the University of the Ryukyus

University of the Ryukyus

The , abbreviated to Ryūdai , is a national university of Japan. It is located in the town of Nishihara on Okinawa Honto in Okinawa Prefecture. There are also campuses in Nakagusuku and Ginowan. It is the westernmost national university of Japan and the largest public university in Okinawa Prefecture...

where he studied English and English Literature. He started to practice Karate in 1957 under Tsunetaka Shimabukuro. After completing his degree in Japan he then studied Applied Linguistics

Applied linguistics

Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field of study that identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems...

in the United States at Indiana University

Indiana University

Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...

.

He returned to Okinawa in 1967 where he joined the dojo of Shoshin Nagamine

Shoshin Nagamine

was a Japanese author, soldier, police officer and karate master.-Early Life and Karate-do:Nagamine was born in Tomari, in Naha City, Okinawa. He was a small and sickly child, and he contracted a gastroenteric disorder in 1926, his second year of high school. He began a self-imposed diet and took...

. Shinzato translated Nagamine's book "The Essence of Okinawan Karate-do" in to the English language. Shinzato also studied under Seigi Nakamura

Seigi Nakamura

Seigi Nakamura was an Okinawan martial arts master who learned both the Shōrin-ryū and Gōjū-ryū styles of karate.-Karate-do:Nakamura practised with Shoshin Nagamine and was also influenced by Shinyei Kyan and Jokei Kushi who were both senior students in Nagamine's dojo...

and Chokei Kishaba

Chokei Kishaba

Chokei Kishaba was an Okinawan martial arts master and founder of the Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku.He was born October 4, 1929 in Okinawa and died in the year 2000.Kishaba's younger brother Chogi Kishaba is also an Okinawan martial arts master....

. Shinzato is a professor at Okinawa International University and the head of Okinawa Karate-do Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku.

Shinzato is also a member of the Okinawan Karate-do and Kobudo Encyclopaedia Committee.

Okinawa Karate-do Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku

Shinzato became the Juko Cho, head of the Kishaba Juku, after the passing of Chokei Kishaba in the year 2000.

Dojos affiliated to the Kishaba Juku are located in Japan, the United States, France, Israel, and Slovenia. Within the United States there are dojos in California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Virginia.

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