Motobu Chōki (本部 朝基, April 5, 1870 – April 15, 1944) was an Okinawan karate master and founder of Motobu-ryū. He was born into a branch of the Ryukyuan...

Motobu-ryū (本部流) is a karate school founded in 1922 by Motobu Chōki from Okinawa. Its official name is Nihon Denryū Heihō Motobu Kenpō ("Japan Traditional...

Chōki or Choki is a Japanese name that may refer to: Chatan Chōki (北谷 朝騎, 1703–1739), was a prince of the Ryukyu Kingdom Chōki Motobu (本部 朝基, 1870-1944)...

11th head of the Motobu Udun, a branch of the Ryukyuan royal family. His younger brother was a karate master, Motobu Chōki. Motobu Chōyū was born in...

(1912–1926), karate was introduced to mainland Japan by Gichin Funakoshi and Motobu Chōki. The ultranationalistic sentiment of the 1930s affected every aspect...

influence of Choki Motobu. Although Motobu's sensei style is still considered Naha-te, it actually had nothing to do with Higashionna. When Motobu became the...

disapproving eyes. It was said that Choki Motobu knew only three kata, the Naifanchi series, Wansu, and Passai Guwa. Motobu for the most part, was victorious...

Nakama also studied with Chomo Hanashiro, Chōtoku Kyan, Kenwa Mabuni, Choki Motobu, and Kentsu Yabu. Nakama taught karate in Shuri, Okinawa, from c. 1935...

taught many karate masters. Itosu's students included Choyu Motobu (1857–1927), Choki Motobu (1870–1944), Kentsu Yabu (1866–1937), Chomo Hanashiro (1869–1945)...

Naihanchi are in the books of Motobu Choki. He states the kata was imported from China, but is no longer practiced there. Motobu learned the kata from Sokon...

[Shodan] comes to Isshin Ryu from studies with both Chotoku Kyan and Choki Motobu (a cousin of Kyan). It is also considered one of the staples of Ryukyu...

teacher, Chōshin Chibana. Miyahira was also instructed by Anbun Tokuda and Choki Motobu. Bishop, Mark (1999). Okinawan Karate. pp. 92–94. ISBN 978-0-8048-3205-2...

on to influence new generations through students of their own, were Choki Motobu and Chotoku Kyan. Matsumora is credited as the master who taught Chotoku...

and after their split, with Okinawan masters such as Kenwa Mabuni and Motobu Chōki, Ōtsuka merged Shindō Yōshin-ryū with Okinawan karate. The result of...

under the same masters as Tatsuo, such as Chotoku Kyan, Chojun Miyagi, Choki Motobu, and Shinken Taira. While the older brother went on to create his own...

(Kōsei Kokuba) had inherited from Motobu Chōki. He thus became the Sandai Soke of Ryukyu Karate Motobu-ha (Choki Motobu was Shodai Soke; Kosei Kokuba was...

(katakana パッサイ), also Bassai (バッサイ), is a karate kata. According to Motobu Chōki, the Passai kata was one of the three most practiced kata in Okinawa...

an assistant instructor in Funakoshi's school. He also trained under Chōki Motobu and Kenwa Mabuni, and studied kobudo, around this time. Ōtsuka began...

instructor, and both Matsumura and Itosu instructed Chotoku Kyan and Choki Motobu. Several of Kyan's students would go on to lead their own branches of...

in Hawaii alongside Mizuho Mutsu and Kamesuke Higashiona, students of Choki Motobu. They toured Hawaii, publicly demonstrating Kenpo in support of the state's...

Tomari-te, a style of karate, originated in Tomari. Kyan Chōtoku and Chōki Motobu practiced this style of Okinawan karate. Uezato, Takashi. "The Formation...

Choki Motobu, Kenwa Mabuni and Chojun Miyagi. Konishi considered Motobu a martial arts genius and trained with him often. A native of Okinawa, Motobu...

Motobu Choki: Watashi no Karatejutsu (My Art and Skill of Karate). 2020 [1932]. "Motobu Choki: Bushi Motobu Chōki Ō ni 'Jissen-dan' o Kiku! (Choki Motobu's...

Tatsuo Yamada (left) and his master Choki Motobu (right), 1926...

under and alongside Gichin Funakoshi, Chojun Miyagi, Kenwa Mabuni, and Choki Motobu. Konishi also trained extensively under the founder of Aikido, Morihei...

Shuri-te: Sakukawa Kanga Matsumura Sōkon Itosu Ankō Asato Ankō Chōyū Motobu Motobu Chōki Yabu Kentsū Chōmo Hanashiro Funakoshi Gichin Kyan Chōtoku Chibana...

Matsumura Sōkon and Ankō Itosu. Around 1889, he, together with Motobu Chōyū and Motobu Chōki, learned Tomari-te from Kōsaku Matsumora. In those days, there...

(Shitō-ryū) Gichin Funakoshi (Shotokan) Chōjun Miyagi (Gōjū-ryū) Chōki Motobu (Motobu-ryu) Tatsuo Shimabuku (Isshin-ryū) Kanbun Uechi (Uechi-ryū) Kentsū...

which is a Korean pronunciation of the term "ping-an". According to Motobu Chōki, one of Ankō Itosu's early students, the Pinan kata was created by Itosu...

Shotokan and Yoseikan Vic Moore (born 1943), Shuri-ryū Chōki Motobu (1871–1944), Shuri-te Chōyū Motobu (1857–1938), Shuri-te Matt Mullins (born 1980), Shōrei-ryū...