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"All things begin with
one"
The above statement
was Shimabuku Tatsuo's reply when Kaneshi Eiko, one
of Tatsuo's senior students, asked him why he was naming
his new style of karate Isshin-ryu
Ryuzu Kannon
(音
観頭龍)
Dragon Head Kannon
DRAGON OF THE EAST AND SCORPIO
一心
The Heart of Isshin-ryu
“Isshin-ryu starts from one heart.”
~ Shimabuku Tatsuo
On January 15, 1956, Shimabuku(ro) Tatsuo
Sensei named his style Isshin-ryu. Tatsuo had called
a meeting at his house at Chan and one of
his senior students, Kaneshi Eiko attended. Uezu
Angi had stated that Kaneshi had named our
system, Isshin-ryu so in 1984, I interviewed Kaneshi
and asked if he indeed named our system Isshin-ryu
. Kaneshi said he didn’t name the style and
at the meeting after Tatsuo announced he was
going to call his style Isshin-ryu, asked Tatsuo,
“What a funny name. Why don’t you call it Shorin-ryu!?”
Shimabuku replied “Because everything started from
one. Isshin (一
心)
starts from one heart.”
***
(火
星)
The heart of Scorpio. The three stars on line in
the center of the constellation Scorpio represent
the heart of Scorpio. The center star is the giant
red star Antares. The Chinese looked on Antares
as a star to be worshipped as a safeguard against
fire. They named the giant red star Ho xin
(Huo Shing)(火
星),
meaning "the Fire Star."
