Shorin Ryu Master Nagamine

Description

The Okinawan Government recognized him as a living treasure when he was alive. His students and the rest of the wqorld recognize him now that he is gone as a one of a kind.

His Matubayashi Shorin Ryu karate is taught world wide with duisciples form nearly every country in the world and his prowess is now carried on by his son Takayoshi and his students.

Thsi double DVD set will show you the master in the 1960's and then in the 1970's and then finally only a few months before his passing when he performed on stage at teh first Okinawan world Championships in 1997 in Naha Okinawa.

Plus you will see him performan Okinawan karate dance that he would do on special occcaasions.

Yes Master Shoshin Nagamine was one of Okinawa's greatest masters.

Customer Reviews:

Want more later years of Master Nagamine 10 Dan.......2004-11-21

This is two DVDs collection of Shorin Ryu as below:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009ZK60/qid=1101006056/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/102-2166207-3001769?v=glance&s=dvd

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00011HJ8E/qid=1101006056/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-2166207-3001769?v=glance&s=dvd

Initially, I expected that this collection consists MORE than the above DVDs as the running time was 80 minutes as per www.amazon.com. Unfortunately, the running times are 22:37 and 24:07 respectively.

The film of "Shorin Ryu Karate Matsubayashi" are rare but the images were unacceptably unclear. Simple "cardboard" was displayed to shown the performers before each performance. Unfortanately, some of them are wrong - even after 30 years (film was taken in 1965?).

Both DVDs are packaged with the "latest" pictures of Master Nagamine 10 Dan. However, only 4 minutes performance of Master Nagamine 10 Dan could be found in "Nagamine Shorin Ryu Karate". This 4 minutes consists of a sort of (Karate+dance) in Nagamine's own dojo (I think) and the open performance after the Okinawan World Karate Championships in 1997 (just before the master died).

His performance during his later part of life is no more just power but the essence of spirit (the "do" in karate-do). Fans of Shorin Ryu and Master Nagamine 10 Dan want to see more of his performance of his later years!

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