The Karate of Choki Motobu DVD by Chosei Motobu Yukiyoshi Marutani Contents: The history of Matsubayashi

Contents: The history of Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu and a biography of its founder

Side Sword Hold (6 Types)

Run time: 88 min

renowned for his extraordinary demonstrations

Run time: 150 min

The Karate of Choki Motobu DVD by Chosei Motobu Yukiyoshi Marutani Contents: The history of MatsubayashiProbably the event most responsible for the worldwide popularity of karate is Master Choki Motobu's defeat of a western boxer in 1925. Initially ridiculed by the audience at an "all comers" prizefight in Kyoto, Japan, laughter turned to stunned silence when the middle aged and rather portly Okinawan karate man knocked his strongly built young opponent unconscious within seconds. Karate became an overnight sensation, and the mainland Japanese embraced