Six Dojos come together to perform Karate demonstration praying for the Shuri Castle reconstruction and to give courage to the region

Six Dojos come together to perform Karate demonstration praying for the Shuri Castle reconstruction and to give courage to the region

Children performing Karate to pray for Shuri Castle (in the background) to be restored as soon as possible. November 3, Sakiyama Park in the Sakiyama neighborhood of Shuri, Naha. (Photograph by Naoya Oshiro)


November 4, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo

Six dojos in Shuri, Naha gathered November 3 at the Sakiyama Park in Sakiyama, Shuri, where around seventy participants performed kata in a votive martial arts demonstration praying for the reconstruction of the recently burned down Shuri Castle.

The castle could be seen in behind the performers on the high ground of the park where they gallantly performed, hoping that Shuri Castle, the symbol of the place known as the birthplace of Karate, would shine once again.

Sakiyama Park was a martial arts appreciation and training ground, and there is an inscribed stone monument there denoting the birthplace of Karate.

With experiences such as the children from Shuri Dai-ichi Elementary school learned Karate in front of the castle’s main hall in 1938, Shuri Castle resonates deeply as the home of Karate.

There was even a martial arts demonstration planned for the upcoming Ryukyu Dynasty Festival.

The six Dojos participated at the request of the Shorin-ryu Shubukan. The children who regularly train at these dojos put their hearts into the kata as a way to encourage the people of Okinawa.

Shubukan master Yasuhiro Uema commented, “We held the event to lift the spirits of those who were grieving.

Shuri Castle has come to be known as the birthplace of Karate. I want to use Karate to give our strength to the Shuri Castle rebuilding effort.”

(English translation by T&CT and Sam Grieb)

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