Masami Chinen
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| Born | 知念 正美 (Chinen Masami)[1][2] 1898 Okinawa, Japan |
| Died | 1976 (aged 77–78) Okinawa, Japan |
| Style | Shōrin-ryū, Yamani Ryu or Yamane Ryu |
| Teachers | Sanra Chinen,[1] Chinen- PECHIN (Yamagusuku Andaya), Shichiyanaka Chinen[3] |
| Other information | |
| Notable students | Chokei Kishaba,[3] Shūgorō Nakazato[4] |
Masami Chinen (知念 正美, Chinen Masami; 1898-1976)[1][2] 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
[edit | edit source]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.[5] He also worked at the Shuri City Hall in Shuri, Okinawa.[6]
Yamani Ryu Bōjutsu
[edit | edit source]Chinen named the style after his father Sanra Chinen who was also a teacher of Bōjutsu[2] and known as Yamani Usumei and Yamane Tanmei.[3][7]
Legacy
[edit | edit source]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.[3] Another student of Chinen's, Chōgi Kishaba and his student Toshihiro Ōshiro also privately practised Yamani Ryu katas. Ōshiro teaches Bōjutsu today,[8] and so does Chinen's grandnephew Teruo Chinen.[6]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c With family tree diagram of master and students, starting with Chinen Sanra. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c Originally published on Okinawa Taimusu (ja) on November 21, 1961 and translated into English. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b c d Bishop 1999, p. 120.
- ^ Bishop 1999, p. 101.
- ^ Bishop 1999, p. 121.
- ^ a b Interview with Teruo Chinen on May 31, 1997 (Masami Chinen's grandnephew). Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ In Okinawan dialect of Naha area, when referring to a man older than you, usumē/usumei was used for a commoner meaning uncle, grandpa or old man. Originally, an older person from a family with traditional Ryukyu Kingdom rank had been called tanmē/tanmei, which has been applied as a honorific meaning sir or grandpa mainly on Okinawa island. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Bishop 1999, p. 122.
Further reading
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Interview with Teruo Chinen (Masami Chinen's grandnephew) (as of May 21, 2018.)
- Chinen Masami and "Sakugawa no kon" (bojutsu) archived February 17, 2015.
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