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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
Another depiction of the Azure Dragon (The Blue
dragon ) Seiryu (青
龍)
The constellation Scorpio (Sasori-za
さそり座
)
is found in the larger Dragon constellation, Tatsu
(龍).
On December 24, 1984, I interviewed Kaneshi Eiko,
Shigema Genyu and Kaneshiro Kenji at the home
of Hiroshi Ikemiya, Taba, Gushikawa Shi, Okinawa.
Others present were my wife Michie Advincula,
Cyrus G. and Etsuko Bess, Ikemiya Hiroshi and
his wife and my sister-in-law Ikemiya Yasue.
On the subject of the Isshin-ryu no Megami.
Advincula: “Does Kaneshi have picture of Megami
and was it copied from any other picture?”
Kaneshi: “It is not copied. Megami
was painted by my uncle according to Tatsuo Shimabuku’s
description.”
Advincula: “What does the dragon in the picture
stand for?”
Kaneshi: “The dragon stands for Shimabuku. Tatsumaki
(竜巻/龍巻) (Tornado or waterspout), there is a dragon
in tatsumaki , tatsu (龍) is dragon) and maki (巻)
is winding). He (Tatsuo) dreamed in a vision the
dragon.”
Advincula: “Then it is ok to say that the dragon
in the Megami is Tatsuo.”
