Chokei Kishaba Explained

Chokei Kishaba
Birth Date:4 October 1929
Birth Place:Okinawa, Japan
Death Date:2000 (aged 71)
Death Place:Okinawa, Japan
Martial Art:Shōrin-ryū, Yamane Ryu[1]
Teacher:Hohan Sōken, Shōshin Nagamine, Seigi Nakamura
Students:Katsuhiko Shinzato
Website:KishabaJuku.org

was an Okinawan martial arts master and founder of the Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku.[2]

He was born October 4, 1929, in Okinawa and died in the year 2000.

Kishaba's younger brother Chogi Kishaba is also an Okinawan martial arts master.

Shōrin-ryū Kishaba Juku

Kishaba's senior student in Okinawa was Katsuhiko Shinzato who currently heads the Kishaba Juku.

Dojos affiliated to the Kishaba Juku are located in Germany, Japan, the United States, and Slovenia. Within the United States there are dojos in California, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, Oregon and Virginia.

See also

Okinawan martial arts

Notes and References

  1. Okinawan Karate, Second Edition, by Mark Bishop, Tuttle Publishing, p. 122,
  2. http://seinenkai.com/salute-kishaba.html Chokei Kishaba at the Hawaii Karate Seinenkai