Tamotsu Miyahira
is a Japanese practitioner of Chinese martial arts. He is the Head Teacher of the Tian Xing Jian Chinese Martial Arts Association, and has been teaching Chinese martial arts in Okinawa, the birthplace of karate, since 1990. He has taught Chinese martial arts to teachers of a variety of different martial arts (including karate, iai, and full contact karate) from all over Japan as well as overseas.
Biography
Tamotsu Miyahira began learning Shorin-ryu traditional Okinawan karate at the age of 10. At high school he also started full contact karate and weight training.
After this, he studied martial arts for five years at Wuhan Sports University in Hubei province, China. Here he studied traditional Chinese martial arts under Wen Jing Ming and Liu Yu Hua.
Whilst studying in China, Miyahira had many opportunities to practise techniques with masters of many different styles from all over China including Mei Hua, Hsing I, Hei Fu, Wen Zhou Nan Chuan, Ton Bei and Ba Ji.
In 1989, Miyahira graduated from Wuhan Sports University. In that year, he also married Song Li, a former member of the Szechuan martial arts team and winner of the National Martial Art sparring division in 1984, 1986, and 1987.
He returned to Okinawa in 1990 and settled in Urasoe. There he opened the Tian Xing Jian Chinese Martial Arts Association.
Media
Articles authored
- 『武術季刊誌《武術(うーしゅう)》』1992年夏号「温敬銘老師略伝」
- 『武術季刊誌《武術(うーしゅう)》』1993年夏号「中国武術の内外兼修とその哲学的基礎」
- 『武術季刊誌《武術(うーしゅう)》』1993年冬号「銬手翻子拳」
- 『武術季刊誌《武術(うーしゅう)》』1994年冬号「日本武道と中国武術いくつかの比較」
- 『武術季刊誌《武術(うーしゅう)》』1995年夏号「中国伝統哲学の知行合一と武術の攻撃特徴」
DVD
- 『天行健中国武術館DVDSeries Vol.1太極拳篇(Japanese EDition)』 (December 2007)
- 『天行健中国武術館教則DVDSeries Vol.2武術篇(Japanese edition)』 (December 2009)
External links
ja:宮平保