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Rhode Island Kodokan
Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate |
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Rhode Island Kodokan
Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate |
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HISTORY |
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While there is a dearth of historical material with which to date the beginnings of karate on Okinawa, there are written references to Okinawa te, ti, tode, and other terms that refer to unarmed martial arts going back at least 300 years, and it can be assumed that some form of martial technique existed in Okinawa prior to that. These indigenous arts, combined with influences from various other martial traditions, formed the base of what we now call karate. ... more It
is very difficult to tell the true story about the development of the Okinawa
Kobudo because almost all written documents about it were destroyed in the hard
fightings, bombings and the outbreaks of fire that followed during the second
world war. However, it seems that in the 12th century, regional lords called aji
emerged and exerted power from their fortified manors called gusuku. Soon power
was divided among three small kingdoms in 1326, which led to a lot of internal
and continuous warfare until 1429. This was the best period to develop and
perfect martial arts combat techniques.
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