The Master of Matsumura was Born in the city of Shuri (there is a bit of
uncertainty on the exact year) on
the island of Okinawa, early in his life he was sent to train to the Master
Sakugawa school. He furthermore was taught directly by Master Kushanku.
There
is also enough information to believe that he also was taught by a Chinese
Master called Iwah and on the other hand some master of the Jigen sword school
of the Satsuma clan, most surely a Master called Yashuhiro Ijuin.
Among
his most important students we can count Yasutsune Itosu and Yasutsune Azato.
From time to time he would teach Gichin Funakoshi directly but his greatest
influence was surely indirectly through Azato and Itosu.
Among
his teaching we have:
If you want to
understand the truth of the Martial Arts, you must study intensely. In their
foundations arts and martial arts are the same thing.
If
we consider Budo:
- Gukushi no bugei, to have nothing more than a superficial technical knowledge.
Budo no bugei, this is what I
admire. At this level you can make the enemy destroy himself. The people that practice this are loyal to their
friends, their family and their country
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