Shōshin Nagamine (長嶺 将真, Nagamine Shōshin, 15 July 1907 – 2 November 1997) was an Okinawa karate master as well as a soldier, police superintendent, mayor of Naha City, play director and author. Nagamine was born in Tomari, in Naha, Okinawa.

Shorin-ryu karate is one of the major branches of karate. It was born out of the fighting forms, techniques, and traditions practiced in the Shuri and Tomari villages of Okinawa. It is a blending of both Chinese and native fighting methods that includes simple strikes, vital target/pressure point attacks, and stand-up grappling.

In Memory of O’Sensei Nagamine Shoshin (November 2, 1997) Founder of Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu: On 15 July 1907, I was born in Tomari-son, Naha City, of my father, Shoho and my mother Gozei.

Autobiography of Grand Master Shoshin Nagamine Creator of Shorin-Ryu Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate (From the article "ENCOUNTER WITH 'TI' OR 'KARATE' written by Master Nagamine before his death) Introduction. On 15 July 1907, I was born in Tomari-son, Naha City, of my father, Shoho and my mother Gozei.

Shoshin Nagamine (1907-1997) Founder Matsubayashi-ryu Karate On 15 July 1907, I was born in Tomari-son, Naha City, of my father, Shoho and my mother Gozei. Though my physique was rather small, I was active and aggressive as any other healthy boys in my preschool days.

Founder and Master of Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate-Do for more than 70 years, Grand Master Nagamine held the rank of 10th Dan and Hanshi, the highest title in the Art of Karate. Highly respected in the community and Government, he is renowned worldwide for his principles, ideas and philosophies.

NAGAMINE, Shoshin (1907-1997) Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu . Nagamine was born in Tomari, in Naha City, Okinawa. He was a small and sickly child, and he contracted a gastroenteric disorder in 1926, his second year of high school. He began a self-imposed diet and took up karate under the watchful eye of his next-door neighbor, Chojin Kuba.

May 23, 2023 · Shoshin Nagamine (1907–1997) Matsubayashi-Ryu. Shōshin Nagamine, born on July 15, 1907, in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, was a renowned karate master who made significant contributions to the development and promotion of traditional Okinawan martial arts.

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Shoshin Nagamine was born on July 15, 1907 in Tomari Village in Okinawa. In his youth, he was not a healthy child. By the time he was a teenager, he had developed a digestive disorder and doctors seemed unable to find a cure.