Shorin-ryu Seibukan
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, also known as Sukunaihayashi, is one of the many Okinawan Shorin-ryu
styles of karate
. Seibukan was founded by Zenryo Shimabukuro
in 1962.
Shorin-Ryu
is one of the major modern Okinawan martial arts. It was founded by Choshin Chibana in 1933. Shōrin-ryū combines elements of the traditional Okinawan fighting styles of Shuri-te.-History:Chosin Chibana was a top student of the great master of shuri-te, Anko Itosu...
styles of karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
. Seibukan was founded by Zenryo Shimabukuro
Zenryo Shimabukuro
was a karate master and the founder of Shorin-ryu Seibukan karate.Zenryo Shimabukuro was born in Shuri, Okinawa in 1908 . He earned his living as a baker and tatami maker, but had studied karate under the karate master Chotoku Kyan...
in 1962.