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Motobu Chōki

1870 - 1944

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Motobu Chōki (本部 朝基; April 5, 1870 – April 15, 1944) was an Okinawan karate master and founder of Motobu-ryū. He was born into a branch of the Ryukyuan royal family, and at the age of 12, he and his older brother Motobu Chōyū were invited by Ankō Itosu to be taught karate. Motobu also studied karate under Sakuma, Matsumura Sōkon, and Kōsaku Matsumora. He excelled especially in kumite and was already known throughout Okinawa in his twenties. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Motobu Chōki is the 24th most popular martial arts (down from 23rd in 2019), the 871st most popular biography from Japan (down from 812th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Martial Arts.

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Among MARTIAL ARTS

Among martial arts, Motobu Chōki ranks 24 out of 179. Before him are Chōjun Miyagi, Fedor Emelianenko, Cynthia Rothrock, Andy Hug, Randy Couture, and Hironori Ōtsuka. After him are Higaonna Kanryō, Billy Blanks, Koichi Tohei, Alex Pereira, Frank Dux, and Yoel Romero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Motobu Chōki ranks 86. Before him are Enric Prat de la Riba, Ignacio Zuloaga, Dirk Jan de Geer, Thomas Byles, Erskine Childers, and Ada Negri. After him are Charles Tournemire, Hilaire Belloc, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Francisco S. Carvajal, and Osachi Hamaguchi. Among people deceased in 1944, Motobu Chōki ranks 165. Before him are Mineichi Koga, Bruno Lüdke, Adaviye Efendiyeva, Gabriel Hanotaux, Ramón Castillo, and Adolf Diekmann. After him are Adolf Wagner, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, Benjamin Fondane, Endre Kabos, Hans Graf von Sponeck, and Mariya Oktyabrskaya.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Motobu Chōki ranks 871 out of 6,245. Before him are Hironori Ōtsuka (1892), Gorō Miyazaki (1967), Naoemon Shimizu (null), Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946), Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759), and On Kawara (1932). After him are Senhime (1597), Osamu Dezaki (1943), Takashi Ono (1931), Katō Yoshiaki (1563), Higaonna Kanryō (1853), and Sakuma Shōzan (1811).

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Among MARTIAL ARTS In Japan

Among martial arts born in Japan, Motobu Chōki ranks 10. Before him are Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Ankō Itosu (1831), Masatoshi Nakayama (1913), Kenwa Mabuni (1889), Chōjun Miyagi (1888), and Hironori Ōtsuka (1892). After him are Higaonna Kanryō (1853), Koichi Tohei (1920), Morihiro Saito (1928), Hidetaka Nishiyama (1928), Gozo Shioda (1915), and Shoji Nishio (1927).

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