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Matsubyashi Shorin-Ryu Karate was developed on the island of Okinawa, about halfway between mainland China and Japan. It was developed from the teachings of masters Kyan, Motobu, and Arakiki by Shoshin Nagamine Sensei. Grand master Nagamine's Shorin-Ryu blends the arts of Shuri-te and Tomari-te, native martial arts heavily influenced by the southern Chinese Kung-Fu.
The names Matsubyashi and Shorin are both pronounciations of the same Japanese charaters for the Chinese word shaolin, or pine forest. These all refer to the Fukien Shaolin Temple which influenced the kung-fu of the southern Chinese martial artists, who either taught/demonstrated to Okinawans in China or traveled to Okinawa. The name Matsubayashi is also Grandmasters Nagamine's tribute to Kosaka Matsumora and Sokon Matsumura, early pioneers of the Shorin-Ru system of karate. The word karate originally meant Chinese hand (To-de), but was changed to mean empty hand because of Japanese influence and to underscore the weaponless, peaceful nature of the Okinawan people.
Karate was popularized in Japan and found its way to the rest of the world from there. It was after WWII, during the U.S. occupation of Japan that Karate became widely known. Many service men, especially U.S. Marines, studied techniques from the Japanese and Okinawans and brought what they learned back to America.
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