Motobu Ryu

[isshinryu5toforever]

Which royal family? and what style are you talking about?

[bushido_man96]

I'm not aware of a definite "royal family" Karate. There may have been some practitioners who were royal guards and had Karate knowledge, but I think that is the extent of it.

[isshinryu5toforever]

That's what I'm getting at with my question. If the Okinawan royal family had their own martial art, that would be something interesting. If it is a specific style, it'd be something I want to know about, because it's something I haven't become aware of. Kamal, can you elaborate?

[kamahlthedruid]

http://motobu-ryu.org/udundi_en.aspx The website I posted should explain everything.

[JohnASE]

It's confusing. Apparently, Choki Motobu wasn't taught his royal family's style since he was the 3rd son, so he developed his own style.

Chosei Motobu, Choki's son, learned and teaches both the style developed by his father and his family's style, which he learned from Seikichi Uehara who learned from Choki's brother, Choyu Motobu.

Both styles have been called Motobu Ryu. The Motobu family's style is often called Motobu Udundi. Choki's style is sometimes called Motobu Ha.