Kiichi Nakamoto

Kiichi Nakamoto
- Hanshi 10th Dan
Birth: 28 Oct 1932. Miyako island (Okinawa)
Degree in Architecture (hold and directed a big construction company from 1965 to 1980)
Organization: Gojuryu Okinawakan Karatedo Association and Ryukyu Traditional Kobujutsu Preservation Association (Ryukyu Dento Kobujutsu Hozon Budo Kyokai)
Record of Martial arts
Oct 1938, learned Bujutsu from Sensei Rim in Taiwan (to here its family moved).
Apr 1946, went back to Okinawa by the end of Pacific war.
Feb 1948, learned Goju-ryu from founder Sensei Chojun Miyagi, until his pass away in 8 Oct 1953, under the supervision of Eiichi Miyazato.
1954-1955, after Chojun Miyagi sensei pass away, went to all over main land Japan to learn all kinds of Japanese martial arts from Japanese Senseis (Tokyo, Osaka, etc) for 2 years and came back to Okinawa.
May 1956, learned Ryukyu Traditional Kobujutsu from Sensei Syosei Kina. Sensei Kina gave Sensei Nakamoto Hanshi 9 Dan in 5 Jan 1981. Sensei Shinei Kyan who took over from Sensei Kina gave Sensei Nakamoto Hanshi 10 Dan in 28 Oct 1995.
Nihon Budo Yoshinryu Jujutsu Hanshi 9 Dan from Sensei Kunimasa Kai in 28 Feb 1997.
Hanshi 9 Dan of Goju-ryu Karate from Eiichi Miyazato of the Okinawa Goju-ryu Karatedo Association in 21 Jun 1997, started to practice again under Eiichi Miyazato at the Jundokan since 1980. By the end of that decade became common assistant in overseas seminar’s and also teaching at the Jundokan (mainly kata Sanseiru).
Hanshi 10 Dan from All Japan Dojo Federation in 7 Jan 2002.
Hanshi 10 Dan from the first Kaicho of Gojyuryu Okinawakan Karatedo institute Choko Kiyuna in 28 Oct 2003.
Other records
Open Okinawakan Dojo in 1963.
Became the 2nd Kaicho of Ryukyu Traditional Kobujyutsu Preservation Association in 28 Oct 1997 (formed on July 28th, 1994 and first headed by Shinei Kyan).
5 Apr 2004, 2nd Kaicho of Gojyuryu Okinawakan.
resigned from the Jundokan on July 25th, 2005.
<Oliveira, Humberto Nuno de (2007). “Hanshi Kiichi Nakamoto”. Boxing. Desportos de combate & fitness, ano III, nº 21 (Jul), pp. 21-24>

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