Matsubayashi-ryū


Matsubayashi-Ryū, is a style of Okinawan karate founded in 1947 by Shōshin Nagamine . Its curriculum includes 18 kata, seven two-man yakusoku kumite routines, and kobudō practice.
Nagamine named his style in honor of the two most important masters that his teachings were based upon, Sōkon Matsumura of Shuri-te, and Kosaku Matsumora of Tomari-te. He chose to name the school using the first kanji characters from both master's names Matsu and the style is pronounced in Japanese "Matsubayashi". Matsubayashi-ryū is a style of Shōrin-ryū and the terms Matsubayashi-ryū and Shōrin-ryū can be used interchangeably. Normally, the style is referred to as Shōrin-ryū, but when a definite distinction is required between the other styles of the Shōrin-ryū family then it is called Matsubayashi-ryū. Nagamine also credited Motobu Chōki as the teacher who inspired his seven Yakusoku Kumite Forms.
Matsubayashi-ryū is one of the better-documented traditional karate styles, owing to Nagamine's book, The Essence of Okinawan Karate-dō. as well as Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters. Takayoshi Nagamine
After the death of Nagamine O Sensei in 1997, many of his senior students formed their own organisations to teach Matsubayashi-ryū. In the years following Nagamine Soke, continued to lead the organization, but was unable to get unification, due to politics within the organization. Since 2012, Yoshitaka Taira has been the association president. There are now, many other organizations which are continuing the teachings of O Sensei outside of the WMKA.

Kata

are sets of moves in Karate and are considered the most important part of the Matsubayashi-ryu style.
These are the ranks as set out by the World Matsubayashi-ryu Karate-Do Association and the Kodokan Nagamine Karate Dojo.
Mudansha
Yudansha
Shogo Titles
After the passing of the Matsubayashi-ryu founder, Shoshin Nagamine, in 1997 many practitioners of Matsubayashi-ryu Karate-do were affiliated with the Nagamine Honbu Dojo and the Okinawan Matsubayashi-ryu Karate-do Federation.
Ranks and honorifics have been excluded from the list for simplicity.
Okinawa
United States
Canada
Ireland
Spain
Norway