Kiyoshi Shinjo, Senior student of Shoshin Nagamine.Yoshitaka Taira, student of Shoshin Nagamine.Toshimitsu Arakaki, Senior student of Shoshin Nagamine.Yasuharu Makishi, Senior student of Shoshin Nagamine (DECEASED).Masao Shima, Senior student of Shoshin Nagamine (DECEASED).Nakamura Seigi, Senior student of Shoshin Nagamine, and Chief Instructor at the Honbu dojo (DECEASED).USA in 1967 to teach in Cincinnati Ohio until 1979. Takayoshi Nagamine, Second generation headmaster ( Soke) of Matsubayashi-Ryu.Shoshin Nagamine, Founder of Matsubayashi-Ryu, O-sensei (DECEASED) 1907 - 1997.Ranks and honorifics have been excluded from the list for simplicity. SKKA Canada - Well-known Matsubayashi-Ryu Practitioners.Shorin Ryu Karate-Do International headed by Tamaki Takeshi Sensei.Matsubayashi-Ryu (Shorin-ryu) Karate-Do Argentina, Argentina, headed by Shigehide Akamine Hanshi Matsubayashi-ryu (Shorin-Ryu) Karate-Do Argentina.Matsubayashi Shorin-ryu International, Ireland - Patrick Beaumont Sensei.World Shorin-ryu Karate-Do Federation (WSKF), United States - Board of Directors.Okinawan Shorin Ryu Karate - Midwest-honbu-dojo (USA) - Bill George sensei.Matsubayashi-ryu Karate Association of Australia (MKAA), Australia - John Carlyle.Okinawa Shorin-ryu New Zealand, New Zealand - Kevin Plaisted.European Matsubayashi-ryu (Shorin-ryu) Karate-Do Association (EMKA)], Europe - Ole-Bjørn Tuftedal.NAMKA North American Matsubayashi Ryu Karate Association - Don Caponigro Sensei.SKKA North American Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu Karate & Kobudo Association, Gardena California.Matsubayashi Associations or Honbu dojos throughout the World ***.World Matsubayashi-ryu Karate-Do Association (WMKA), headed by Yoshitaka Taira and Toshimitsu Arakaki.Major Organizations of Matsubayashi-ryu Īfter the passing of the Matsubayashi-ryu founder, Shoshin Nagamine, in 1997 many practitioners of Matsubayashi-ryu Karate-do were affiliated with the Nagamine Honbu Dojo and the Okinawan Matsubayashi-ryu Karate-do Federation. Hanshisei (10th Dan) - Black Belt with four stripes.Hanshi (9th & 10th Dan) - Black Belt with three stripes.Kyoshi (7th & 8th Dan) - Black Belt with two stripes.Renshi (6th Dan) - Black Belt with one stripe.2nd Kyu - Brown Belt, two white stripes.3rd Kyu - Brown Belt, three white stripes.5th Kyu - Green Belt, two white stripes.6th Kyu - Green Belt, three white stripes.7th Kyu - White Belt, two green stripes.These are the ranks as set out by the World Matsubayashi-ryu (Shorin-ryu) Karate-Do Association (WMKA) and the Kodokan Nagamine Karate Dojo (World Honbu). Kata are sets of moves in Karate and are considered the most important part of the Matsubayashi-ryu style. There are now, many other organizations which are continuing the teachings of O Sensei outside of the WMKA. Since 2012, Yoshitaka Taira has been the association president. In the years following Nagamine Soke, continued to lead the organization, but was unable to get unification, due to politics within the organization. Takayoshi NagamineĪfter the death of Nagamine O Sensei in 1997, many of his senior students formed their own organisations to teach Matsubayashi-ryū. as well as Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters. Matsubayashi-ryū is one of the better-documented traditional karate styles, owing to Nagamine's book, The Essence of Okinawan Karate-dō. Nagamine also credited Motobu Chōki as the teacher who inspired his seven Yakusoku Kumite Forms. Normally, the style is referred to as Shōrin-ryū, but when a definite distinction is required between the other styles of the Shōrin-ryū family ( Kobayashi Shōrin-ryū, Shōbayashi Shōrin-ryū and Matsumura Seito Hohan Sōken) then it is called Matsubayashi-ryū. Matsubayashi-ryū is a style of Shōrin-ryū and the terms Matsubayashi-ryū and Shōrin-ryū can be used interchangeably. He chose to name the school using the first kanji characters from both master's names Matsu (松) and the style is pronounced in Japanese 'Matsubayashi'. Nagamine named his style in honor of the two most important masters that his teachings were based upon: Sōkon Matsumura of Shuri-te, and Kosaku Matsumora of Tomari-te. Its curriculum includes 18 kata, seven two-man yakusoku kumite (pre-arranged sparring) routines, and kobudō (weapons) practice.

Matsubayashi-Ryū (松林流), is a style of Okinawan karate founded in 1947 by Shōshin Nagamine (1907–1997) (an Okina Sensei ). Takayoshi Nagamine Soke (deceased), Masao Shima, Eihachi Ota.

Matsu sensei