Matsubayashi Shorin-Ryu

   There are many styles of Karate widely practiced throughout the world, all of them are derivatives from the original styles developed on the small island of Okinawa. Shorin styles of Karate are some of the oldest of Okinawan Karate. The Late Supreme Master Shoshin Nagamine is the founder of Matsubayashi Shorin-Ryu Karate. Matsubayashi-Ryu Karate can trace it's lineage from Chinese Kung-Fu to the original Okinawan Karate, “Te.” It also is closely related to the other two styles of Shorin Ryu, Kobayashi and Shobayashi. This because two of Hanshi Nagamine's most influencial teachers were Chotoku Kyan and Choki Motobu. Hanshi Nagamine created the name "Matsubayashi" out of respect for two great Sensei who taught two of his teachers (Kyan and Motobu). These two masters were Bushi Matsumura and Kosaku Matsumora.

   The head of Okinawan Budokai, sometime referred to as, “Ota-Kai,” is Sensei Eihachi Ota, 9th Dan. He is pictured above. Sensei Ota was a direct student of Hanshi Nagamine and also trained under Sensei Masao Shima. Sensei Ota received his 7th Dan from Hanshi Nagamine, his 8th and 9th Dan from his last teacher Sensei Masao Shima. Sensei Ota was a direct student of Hanshi Nagamine.

   Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu and Ota Sensei are represented in New Brunswick by the New Brunswick Karate Dojo Association (NBKD). NBKD's main headquarters is in St Stephen, New Brunswick, at the Milltown United Church Hall. The Chief of Operations for NBKD is Sensei Bill Conley, 4th Dan. NBKD also has a Dojo in Black’s Harbour, and in McAdam, NB, and one in Calais, Maine. .

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