Excerpts from:

Old Grand Master:
Yasuhiro Konishi "Karate-and-his-life"

by Kozo Kazu.

Copyright © 1993 by Yasuhiro Konishi

Please bear through the English translation. I tried to keep my editing to a minimum. However, it was necessary to change some wordings to make the translation a little better.... The wordings are still awkward in some areas, but I think the idea comes across. - Howard High

1 Yasuhiro Konishi, the founder of Japan Karate-Do Ryobu-Kai first meets Gichin Funakoshi at Keio University. There, the "Study Group for To-te" was formed.
2 Choki Motobu
Yasuhiro Konishi considered Motobu Sensei to be one of the great Martial Arts Masters. ...also, find out what Motobu said about Funakoshi.
3 Kenwa Mabuni
Yasuhiro Konishi's relationship with Kenwa Mabuni. Though short, this excerpt has much historical significance
4 Morihei Ueshiba
Find out what the founder of Aikido said about karate and how he influenced the development of Shindo Jinen Ryu.
5 General overview of how Karate developed in Japan. Find out who was given what title whe the Dai Nippon Butokukai first recognized Karate.

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