Karate in Okinawa Prefecture

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Okinawa prefecture is one of four islands in southwest of Japan, Okinawa capital is Naha city,Okinawa Prefecture consists of hundreds of Ryukyu Islands; its long over 620 mile wich extends southwest of Kyūshū and administrating some Islands called Senkaku Islands , Japanese may say Okinawa prefecture as  Okinawa-ken other Okinawan call it Uchinaa-ken.
many sports has developed in Okinawa Prefecure no only the karate but Okinawan karate born in Okinawa prefecture and developed into several styles and techniques, but three styles considered as the minor styles in Okinawa prefecture,  Shorin-Ryu, Goju-Ryu and Uechi-Ryu, also these Okinawa main styles developed into many sub-styles like: Wado Ryu, Shorin-Ryu, Uechi Ryu, Goju Ryu, Shotokan, Isshin-Ryu, Shito-Ryu, Shorinjiryu Kenkokan, Shorinjiryu Koshinkai, Shorinji Ryu, Shuri-ryū, and Pangai-noon; these all Okinawa Karate styles referred as Traditional karate and represented in World Karate federation (WKF).

Karate techniques in Okinawa Prefecture

Okinawan Karate techniques:
Here is some good a sample of Karate techniques of karate Okinawa prefecture
 SHUTO UCHI: knife-hand to opponents throat
Knife hand is one of primary and most effective weapons of old Okinawa karate.
 SAGURI-TE: eye gouge
In self-defense, you can easily gouge opponents eyes with your fingers.
 HIZA GERI: knee smash
Knee is one of most formidable weapons of karate. You don’t need too much practice to understand its use.
 EMPI UCHI: elbow smash
Elbow and knee are best used in close distance.
 USHIRO EMPI UCHI: elbow smash
This is similar technique.

Students and Masters of martial arts from Okinawa Prefecture, from both the present era and the Ryūkyū Kingdom-era (before 1879). Listed here with their disciplines.
Okinawa Karate Masters of Karateka:
    Seiichi Akamine
    Ankichi Arakaki
    Arakaki Seishō
    Ankō Asato
    Chōshin Chibana
    Masami Chinen
    Chokei Kishaba
    Gichin Funakoshi
    Shinpan Gusukuma
    Chōmo Hanashiro
    Higa Peechin
    Sekō Higa
    Higaonna Kanryō
    Higaonna Kanryu
    Morio Higaonna
    Kōri Hisataka
    Seikichi Iha
    Seiichi Iju
    Ankō Itosu
    Kanki Izumigawa
    Kanken Tōyama
    Masanobu Kikukawa
    Chogi Kishaba
    Chōtoku Kyan
    Mabuni Kenei
    Kenwa Mabuni
    Masaji Taira
    Shinko Matayoshi
    Kōsaku Matsumora
    Nabe Matsumura
    Matsumura Sōkon
    Chōjun Miyagi
    Katsuya Miyahira
    Eiichi Miyazato
    Motobu Chōki
    Motobu Chōyū
    Shōshin Nagamine
    Takayoshi Nagamine
    Nakama Chozo
    Seigi Nakamura
    Shūgorō Nakazato
    Nishihira Kosei
    Seikichi Odo
    Teruyuki Okazaki
    Toshihiro Oshiro
    Kanga Sakukawa
    Tatsuo Shimabuku
    Zenryō Shimabukuro
    Kiyohide Shinjō
    Katsuhiko Shinzato
    Hohan Sōken
    Taira Shinken
    Peichin Takahara
    Seikichi Toguchi
    Kanbun Uechi
    Kanei Uechi
    Ansei Ueshiro
    Kentsū Yabu
    Meitatsu Yagi
    Meitoku Yagi
Okinawa Karate Masters of Kobudo
    Shinko Matayoshi
    Toshihiro Oshiro
    Taira Shinken

Abstract:
Karate in Okinawa Prefecture is the Original Karate techniques where it born (as sought) and developed into amazing styles, it is a dream to learn from masters of Okinawa.