Shimabukuro Zenpo Hanshi 10 dan Shorin ryu Seibukan / kata Seisan / Okinawa Karate kaikan

第1回沖縄空手国際大会　沖縄県立武道館8/1【閉会式・表彰式】THE 1st OKINAWA KARATE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT Wednesday, August 1, 2018 Okinawa Karate Kaikan (Special Dojo) a. The holder of the “Okinawa Karate and Kobujutsu” Intangible Cultural Asset designated by Okinawa Prefecture b. Representatives of four affiliated organizations of the Okinawa Dento Karatedo Shinkokai (hereinafter referred to as the “Four Organizations”). Hanshi Zenpo Shimabukuro Hanshi, 10 dan Black Belt and Supreme Instructor of the International Seibukan Shorin Ryu Karate Association was born in Chatan Cho, Okinawa, on October 11, 1943. He was the fourth of five children of Master Zenryo Shimabukuro. His father was the student of Master Chotoku Kyan, and founded the Seibukan Shorin Ryu (Sukunaihayashi) School in July of 1962 in Jagaru, Okinawa. Hanshi Zenpo Shimabukuro was born during a period in history when the island of Okinawa was preparing for . One of his sisters died as the war was beginning and a younger brother died shor