THE LEGEND OF CHOKI MOTOBU (Part 6)

Some say that Choki Motobu is the strongest warrior in Okinawa. With
his combative karate, he contributed to promotion of karate and let
people know how powerful karate is. Others say that his karate is
just for fights, and it is out of the Way of Karate-Do. He is
not "Bushi" but "Busaa". "Bushi" is a karate expert who is not only
good at karate but also is very well-mannered and observes the
proprieties. On the other hand, "Busaa" is good at fighting, but he
just shows off his fighting skill. He is a violent man in a short.

Choki Motobu was called "Paafuchaa" (= a bigmouth or a bragger in
Okinawan dialect), a great contributor to promotion of karate, a
violent man. What kind of man was he?

Unfortunately, there are few articles written about Choki. Even if
we find them, they tell us only about karate. There is no book
written by Choki himself. He had been so enthusiastic about training
in karate since childhood, he did not learn how to read or write. He
was almost illiterate. I have a book entitled "Okinawa Kenpo Karate-
Jutsu: Kumite by Choki Motobu" illustrated with photos of Kumite.
But this book was written by dictation from Choki.

I need to interview directly with the persons who were close to
Choki in order to find the true image of him. They talked about him
that he was a strong fighter, but they talked less about his private
life or his personality. One of them said to me, "Sorry, I can�ft
tell you about him. If I talk about him, it will sound as if I
slander him."

Among them, I think the story talked by Mr. Nakama gave me the most
real image of Choki Motobu who was also called Saaruu of Motobu.
Therefore, I, Seijin Jahana, wrote this article based on the story
told by Mr. Chozo Nakama.

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