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There was an article on Choki Motobu in the martial arts newspaper Dragon Times (Vol 20). Why do we on this discussion board care about Choki? Because many people have conjectured that Motobu was the instructor of James Mitose, from whom various kenpoists trace their lineage.
I Emailed the author asking for details on the possible Mitose/Motobu relationship... the correspondance is below.
Yours in Kenpo,
Andy
At 12:10 AM 1/8/02 -0500, you wrote:
Mr Goodin -
I enjoyed reading your article in Dragon Times regarding Choki Motobu. As a practitioner of Ed Parker's American Kenpo, I would be very interested in hearing whether or how Chosei Motobu cleared up the relationship between
James Mitose and Choki Motobu as alluded to in the article. Do you have any information on this question?
I am an avid reader of karate history: both traditional and westernized variants. Please put me on your mailing list if you have one. I look forward to reading your forthcoming book.
-Andy Schein
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Aloha,
Please see our Seinenkai.com website. You can subscribe to our newletter
there.
Unfortunately, I do not believe that there was an actual link between Motobu Sensei and James Mitose. My friend Kimo Ferreira will be writing much more about this subject.
Respectfully,
Charles
I Emailed the author asking for details on the possible Mitose/Motobu relationship... the correspondance is below.
Yours in Kenpo,
Andy
At 12:10 AM 1/8/02 -0500, you wrote:
Mr Goodin -
I enjoyed reading your article in Dragon Times regarding Choki Motobu. As a practitioner of Ed Parker's American Kenpo, I would be very interested in hearing whether or how Chosei Motobu cleared up the relationship between
James Mitose and Choki Motobu as alluded to in the article. Do you have any information on this question?
I am an avid reader of karate history: both traditional and westernized variants. Please put me on your mailing list if you have one. I look forward to reading your forthcoming book.
-Andy Schein
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Aloha,
Please see our Seinenkai.com website. You can subscribe to our newletter
there.
Unfortunately, I do not believe that there was an actual link between Motobu Sensei and James Mitose. My friend Kimo Ferreira will be writing much more about this subject.
Respectfully,
Charles