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Interview with Chotoku Kyan by Nisaburo Miki


Introduction


In 1929 a young Japanese karate enthusiast by the name of Nisaburo Miki went to Okinawa to uncover as much background information on Okinawan karate, which was becoming a Japanese martial art. Mike had the opportunity to interview several senior Okinawan teachers and recorded the interviews in his book, Kempo Gaisetsu. The book was published in January of 1930 and had a limited distribution.

The interview with Chotoku Kyan produced the only written record that we have giving Kyan’s thoughts, philosophies and training directions on Okinawan karate. I have taken the translations of this work and edited the work to match the comments that have been passed to me from Zenryo Shimabukuro and my teacher, Zenpo Shimabukuro.

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