Chinto Kata - Koei Kan Karate Do Club

Koei-Kan Karate-Do is a traditional style of Karate, founded on April 2, 1954, by master Eizo Onishi, with the establishment of the first dojo in Tokyo's Kanagawa Ken Prefecture. Master Onishi was the best student of two excellent teachers of Okinawa Karate, Kanken Toyama head of the Shuri-te school and Juhatsu Kiyoda head of the Naha-te school.
Kanken Toyama, the main teacher of Eizo Onishi, was born on September 24, 1888 in the city of Shuri, Okinawa, to a noble family and was given the name Oyabameri Kanken. He started Karate at the age of nine. He was trained by Yasutsune Itosu, head of the Shurite school [with whom he remained close until his death in 1916], Kanryo Higaonna head of the Naha-te school, as well as Aragaki head of the Tomari-te school. His training was supplemented by training in Kobudo [traditional Okinawan weapons] from Chodo, Oshiro, Chosin Chibana and Tani. In 1925 he went to Taiwan where he taught in a primary school and at the same time trained in Chinese Kempo with master's Chin and Pin.
At the beginning of 1930 he returned to Japan and on March 20 of the same year he opened his first dojo in Tokyo, which he called "Shu Do Kan", which means "the room for studying the way of Karate". In 1946 he founded the "All Japan Karate-DoAssociation", in an attempt to unite Okinawan and Japanese Karate.He died on November 24, 1966.
Master Eizo Onishi was born into an old and traditional Samurai family, on Shikokou Island at the foot of Ejime-Ken. One of the honored figures in the history of the Samurai is that of Sakamoto and was said by the people of the time to be a saint. Onishi's ancestors had extremely close relations with this famous warrior and to this day Onishi has in his possession a papyrus written and signed by him.
The coat of arms of the Onishi family consists of a cluster of cards which in order is 5-7-5 and originates from the royal family of Japan. There was some years ago on coins one of the ancestors of Onishi and it was considered that he was a king among the Samurai. It was a natural consequence, therefore, that the secret arts of Eastern martial arts were passed from generation to generation, with various ceremonies, throughout the line of Samurai.
From a young age Eizo trained in various weapons such as Jiu Jitsu, Kendo and Jodo [the art of the stick]. He received his academic education at Matsuyama College in Shikoku and the University of Keio in Tokyo. In his early teenage years he went to Karate training under Kanken Toyama, who was his only teacher for about ten years. Under his guidance Onishi reached 6th dan. It was Toyama who wrote a letter of recommendation and sent his student, in search of more knowledge, to Juhatsu Kiyoda.
Juhatsu Kiyoda had already been transferred to Kyusu Island. When Onishi visited him all he managed to do was get fifteen minutes of listening from a high ranking student of his who very politely asked him to go back and come later and maybe the master would accept him as his student. For a whole year Onishita traveled every month for two days asking to be accepted as a student until finally Kiyoda seeing his will accepted him. So he began training with a very demanding but good teacher who demanded perfection from his students.For example, it took Onishitria years of training to perfect the kata Sanshin, [breathing kata].
After years of hard training Toyama and Kiyoda were convinced that Onishi needed to further his martial arts studies after completing his training with them. Onishi followed their advice and actually went to other countries to study new techniques and systems. In Beijing, Hong Kong and Taiwan he was taught Chinese martial arts by master Koichi Kyo and later by master An Tenei.
Shortly before Kanken Toyama died he was awarded the Menkyo Kaiden [manuscript papyrus] where he was recognized as "Righteous-Prudent" and of excellent performance. He was also appointed President of the All Japan Karate-Do Association where he succeeded his teacher Toyama as the new leader. In 1952 he founded the "Koei-Kan" style, which is the crystallization of his long and systematic training in martial arts. The name of the style was suggested by Toyama himself and its translation is, "Happiness and Prosperity of the Hall". In 1957 he introduced Bogu protective gear as part of full contact matches.
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Gyaku Te είναι η βασική μεθοδολογία του Koei Kan Karate Do.
In this video we are watching Kata Chinto by Christos Riga, a Sho Dan black belt of Cyprus Koei Kan Karate Do Club, Limassol.
Chintō is an advance kata practiced in many styles of Karate. According to legend, it is named after a Chinese sailor whose ship crashed on the Okinawan coast. To survive, Chintō stole from the crops of the local people. Matsumura Sōkon, a Karate master was sent to defeat Chintō. In the ensuing fight, however, Matsumura found himself equally matched by the stranger, and consequently sought to learn his techniques.