Jackson, GA Karate
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Important People
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- Motobu Choki
- Motobu Choki was born in Okinawa in 1871. He trained Kokuba Kosei in karate in Okinawa. Later, both moved to mainland Japan and Motobu opened the Dai Do Kan dojo. Kuniba remained a student in Motobu karate. Motobu Choki died in 1947.
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- Kokuba Kosei
- Kokuba Kosei, in the Hogan dialect of Okinawa and the Japanese dialect, would be Kuniba Yukimori. Kokuba Kosei is the father of Kokuba Kosho. Kokuba Kosei formed a dojo to teach Motobu karate and called his dojo Seishinkan, meaning Pure Heart Hall. Kokuba Kosei died in 1959.
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- Kokuba Kosho
- Kokuba Kosho was the son of Kokuba Kosei. He was born in 1935 and died in 1992. Kosho took the karate name of Shogo, meaning Young Warrior. He founded Motobu ha Shito ryu/Seishinkai.
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