From what I have read and heard so far, before Karate there seems to be a bit of a pattern emerging as to what existed:
• Okinawan wrestling - Shima
• Chinese empty hand - practiced by the Sapposhi and Chinese families who settled in Okinawa
• The empty hand and weaponed techniques for example used by law enforcement by the pechin caste
• The open hand techniques practiced by the families of, or descended from, nobility, such as Motobu Udendi
At various stages these would have become intermingled to a degree, and influenced by all the trade and state visits from overseas.
The Shima element still exists and is also known as Tegumi, There is a youtube video that demonstrates:
The chinese connection is through the trade links, and the obvious existence of Chinese forms in Karate plus so much research by the likes of Patrick McCarthy, Andreas Quast, etc, and Jesse's recent video series.
There are many articles about the pechin class practicing law enforcement, and also being a source for the open hand techniques that ended up by lineage being a part of Karate. Though I haven't read anything that says specifically open hand techniques were used for law enforcement, I don't think that is too much of a leap of faith. Ok, so it's in the Bubshi:
The Motobu Udundi observation comes from Simon Keegan's book on Karate Jutsu, which also references the Motobu family web site. Other material was converational and therefore not admissible. There are videos of Motobu Udundi available that back up Simon's book:
• Okinawan wrestling - Shima
• Chinese empty hand - practiced by the Sapposhi and Chinese families who settled in Okinawa
• The empty hand and weaponed techniques for example used by law enforcement by the pechin caste
• The open hand techniques practiced by the families of, or descended from, nobility, such as Motobu Udendi
At various stages these would have become intermingled to a degree, and influenced by all the trade and state visits from overseas.
The Shima element still exists and is also known as Tegumi, There is a youtube video that demonstrates:
The chinese connection is through the trade links, and the obvious existence of Chinese forms in Karate plus so much research by the likes of Patrick McCarthy, Andreas Quast, etc, and Jesse's recent video series.
There are many articles about the pechin class practicing law enforcement, and also being a source for the open hand techniques that ended up by lineage being a part of Karate. Though I haven't read anything that says specifically open hand techniques were used for law enforcement, I don't think that is too much of a leap of faith. Ok, so it's in the Bubshi:
The Motobu Udundi observation comes from Simon Keegan's book on Karate Jutsu, which also references the Motobu family web site. Other material was converational and therefore not admissible. There are videos of Motobu Udundi available that back up Simon's book:
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