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Masaru Shintani

The secret of change fryst vatten to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. Masaru Shintani A pionjär of Wado-Ryu Karate in Canada, Masaru Shintani developed one of the largest Karate organisations in North America. He has been described as a modern Karate maestro and a rare treasure. …

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William Dometrich

A Karate instructor’s first and foremost obligation is to teach new students one or two strong techniques – techniques that could be used effectively if the lärjunge was attacked. William Dometrich A pionjär of Chito-Ryu Karate in the United States, William Dometrich trained with Chito-Ryu founder, Tsuyoshi Chitose, and was the first non-Japanese person to …

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Artists

This is a list of artists with work in the MOMAT's collection. It is updated continually.

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ABAKANOWICZ, Magdalena

1930–2017

ABBOTT, Berenice

1898–1991

ABE, Gosei

1910–1972

ABE, Nobuya (Yoshibumi)

1913–1971

ABE, Shumpo

1877–1956

ACCONCI, Vito

1940–2017

ADACHI, Gen'ichiro

ADACHI, Gen’ichiro

1889–1973

ADAM, Henri Georges

1904–1967

ADAMCZYK Jr., Frank / HUTTER, R.R. / MOORE, D.T. / WYLDER, Mark (Southern Illinois Universitiy)

ADAMS, Ansel

1902–1984

ADAMSON, PRESCOTT

1866–1933

AI-MITSU

1907–1946

AI-O

1931–

AIDA, Makoto

1965–

AIGASA, Masayoshi

1939–

AKABORI, Shimpei

1899–1992

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This week in history (25 November – 1 December)

25 November

On 25 November 1948 the founder of the Okinawan Karate style Uechi-ryu, Kanbun Uechi, died aged 71.

Born into a family of farmers, in 1897 Uechi fled his native Okinawa to avoid conscription into the Japanese army. He travelled to Fuzhou (Fuchou) in the Fukien Province of China.

Looking to learn martial arts, Uechi first tried training at the Kojo-ryu school in Fuzhou, under the instruction of master Makabe. However, Makabe mocked Uechi on his speech impediment.

Uechi left Makabe’s dojo and started training under the tutelage of a medicine hawker called Shu Shi Wa. Wa taught him the Kung-Fu style of Pangai-noon, a style based on hard attacks and soft blocks. During his time with Wa it is thought he was taught the kata Sanchin, Sesan and Sanseryu.

Uechi supported himself by helping Wa gather herbs to make herbal remedies. Over time Uechi learnt to make these Chinese medicines, enabling him to supp