Kentsū Yabu (屋部 憲通, Yabu Kentsū, September 23, 1866 - August 27, 1937) was a karate master in Okinawa, and was among the first people to demonstrate karate...

Kan'yu, but only passed on the Kan'yu version. He learned Jion from Kentsū Yabu and Nepai from Go Kenki. By far Higaonna Kanryō had the most profound...

(Motobu-ryu) Tatsuo Shimabuku (Isshin-ryū) Kanbun Uechi (Uechi-ryū) Kentsū Yabu (Shōrin-ryū) Sai On Shō Shōken Tei Junsoku Iha Fuyū Higashionna Kanjun...

19 or 20, Motobu, along with his older brother Chōyū and his friend Kentsū Yabu, began studying under Kōsaku Matsumora. He was taught by Matsumora, especially...

students included Choyu Motobu (1857–1927), Choki Motobu (1870–1944), Kentsu Yabu (1866–1937), Chomo Hanashiro (1869–1945), Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957)...

founder of Uechi-ryū Mitsuru Ushijima, general at the Battle of Okinawa Kentsū Yabu, martial artist prominent in Shōrin-ryū Chikako Yamashiro, filmmaker...

general at the Battle of Okinawa, during the final stages of World War II. Kentsū Yabu was a prominent teacher of Shōrin-ryū karate in Okinawa from the 1910s...

(c. 1890), Motobu, along with his older brother Chōyū and his friend Kentsū Yabu, began studying under Kōsaku Matsumora. He was taught by Matsumora, especially...

Zen Buddhism. On October 25, 1936, Hanashiro also participated with Kentsu Yabu, in the assembly of the "Great Masters of Okinawa Karate", where he advocated...

Kanga Matsumura Sōkon Itosu Ankō Asato Ankō Chōyū Motobu Motobu Chōki Yabu Kentsū Chōmo Hanashiro Funakoshi Gichin Kyan Chōtoku Chibana Chōshin Mabuni...

Iwah Other information Notable students Ankō Asato, Ankō Itosu, Motobu Chōyū, Motobu Chōki, Kentsu Yabu, Nabe Matsumura, Chōtoku Kyan, Gichin Funakoshi...

Shotokan Ronnie Watt (born 1947), Shotokan James Yabe (born 1941), Shotokan Kentsū Yabu (1866–1937), Shōrin-ryū Meitoku Yagi (1912–2003), Gōjū-ryū Yutaka Yaguchi...

kata, and bunkai (applications of technique). Chosin Chibana (founder) Kentsu Yabu Joe Lewis (martial artist) Mike Stone (karate) Bill Wallace (martial...

the original kata. The form is so important to old style karate that Kentsu Yabu (a student of Itosu) often told his students 'Karate begins and ends...

with Chomo Hanashiro, Chōtoku Kyan, Kenwa Mabuni, Choki Motobu, and Kentsu Yabu. Nakama taught karate in Shuri, Okinawa, from c. 1935 to 1982. Habersetzer...

24 or 25, Chōyū, along with his younger brother Chōki and his friend Kentsū Yabu, began studying under Matsumora Kōsaku from Tomari. Chōyū had three sons...

Naihanchi Sandan Pinan Shodan, Pinan Nidan, Pinan Sandan, Pinan Yondan, Pinan Godan Kunishi Tomari Seisan Niseishi Motobu Choyu Passai Kentsu Yabu Kusanku...

(1869–1945) were the karate instructors. Itosu Ankō (1830–1915) as well as Kentsu Yabu (1863–1937) also made visits to the school. After middle school, Nakamura...

Arakaki Ankichi Chao Hsu Lie Chen Chin Wuan Kaneko-sensei Toyama Kanken Yabu Kentsu Yoshida Kotaro Mizuho Mutsu Kenichi Sawai [citation needed] Tachibana...

and under Ankichi Aragaki, Azato Anko, Chosho Chibana, Oshiro, Tana, Yabu Kentsu and Kanryo Higashionna. At 9 years old (c. 1897), he began his karate...

most well-known karate masters, including Motobu Chōyū, Motobu Chōki, Yabu Kentsū, Hanashiro Chōmo, Gichin Funakoshi and Kenwa Mabuni. Itosu is sometimes...