Jesper F. Andersen, Lars F. Andersen sensei, Tokumura sensei

Jesper F. Andersen, Lars F. Andersen sensei, Tokomura sensei

Tokushinryu Kobudo er en hastigt voksende kobudo organisation i Europa. Særligt i Rumænien er interessen for at træne kobudo meget stor. I Danmark er interessen stigende, hvilket har ført til en egentlig instruktøruddannelse i Tokushinryu Kobudo, som foregår i København og Holstebro. Der er  i øjeblikket ca.  30 karateinstruktører og karateudøvere, som gennemgår instruktøruddannelsen. Det er pt. muligt at træne Tokushinryu Kobudo i København, Holstebro, Brønderslev, Næstved og Nakskov. Formålet med instruktøruddannelsen er, at skabe fundament for at kunne tilbyde undervisning i Tokushinryu Kobudo i flere byer. 

Der vil i den kommende tid kommer artikler, som beskriver kobudo og træningerne med Tokomura sensei under hans besøg i Danmark. 

 

Tokushinryu Kobudo Europe har i denne uge besøg af Tokumura Kensho sensei fra Okinawa, som har grundlagt Tokushinryu Kobudo. Anledningen er en instruktørtræningslejr, som afholdes i København med deltagere fra Danmark, Tyskland, Rumænien og USA.

Chefinstruktøren for Tokushinryu Kobudo i Danmark, sensei Lars F. Andersen, havde i dag arrangeret et møde mellem Tokumura sensei og KarateNews i smukke omgivelser ved Frederiksborg Slot i Hillerød.

Tokumura sensei har ikke været i Danmark tidligere. Flere af de danske instruktører har besøgt Tokumura sensei gentagne gange i hans dojo på Okinawa, og via denne tætte kontakt er det lykkedes at få Tokumura sensei til Danmark.

Under mødet med Tokumura sensei stod det hurtigt klart, at der var tale om en sand Budoudøver. Det var på mange måder befriende at tale med en sensei, som fokuserer 100 %  på sin kobudo og karate. Karatepolitik og organisationsforhold har ikke Tokumura senseis interesse. Når man taler med Tokumura sensei står den oprindelige mening med kobudo og karate mere klar, idet han sætter en stor ære i at være en dygtig “håndværker” indenfor den oprindelige kobudo og karate form.

Tokumura sensei har trænet kobudo og karate siden 1957 og er i dag 72 år gammel. I 2001 blev han gradueret  9. dan i kobudo. Han ønsker ikke at blive gradueret  10. dan endnu, da han mener at han var alt for ung til denne grad.

Tokumura sensei fortalte, at han i 1985 var blevet gradueret 6. dan i JKF, hvor han her modtog højeste karakter i kata af samtlige bedømmere. Han var stolt af at være 6. dan i karate.

KarateNews vil være tilstede under nogle af instruktørtræningerne i Danmark. Vores læsere kan glæde sig til at læse de kommende artikler om kobudo og Tokumura senseis besøg i Danmark.

 

Tokumura Kensho Sensei 
Tokumura Kensho was born on October 25, 1941 in the Village of Heshikiya, Katsuren Okinawa. In 1956,
he started training in Shorinryu Karate while attending Agricultural Junior High School located in
Agena Village, Okinawa.
In April 1957, Tokumura went to see the founder of Isshinryu Karate, Tatsuo Shimabuku at his Agena,
Village Dojo. Shimabuku explained to Tokumura that a person using a vertical, non twisting punch could
throw more punches than a person using traditional twist punches. A speed punching contest ensued
between Teacher and potential student with Shimabuku’s vertical punches winning. Tokumura started
Isshinryu and became a student of Shimabuku Tatsuo’s until the Masters death on May 30, 1975.
Tokumura said that Tatsuo would have him teach Americans when he was still a white belt. He was only
a teenage “school boy” and was scared to teach the older Marines. Shinsho “Ciso” Shimabuku (Tatsuo’s
2nd son) would teach during the day and Tokumura would teach at night.
He was promoted to ShoDan (1st Degree Black Belt) by Tatsuo Sensei giving him a used black belt that
had been left in the dojo. The belt was too long so Tokumura had to cut it’s length.
 After Tatsuo Shimabuku’s death on May 30, 1975, Tokumura trained in the Kinaka dojo and taught for
Kichiro Shimabuku, the founder’s first son.
On March 17, 1977, Tokumura received his Shihan License from Kichiro Shimabuku. He was promoted
to Rokudan (6th Degree Black Belt) on July 10, 1984 by the Isshinryu World Karate Association (IWKA).
Tokumura also tested for RokuDan under the Japan Karate Federation (JKF), where he received a
perfect “10” score on his kata. He received his Rokudan certificate dated March 16, 1985, signed by
President Ryoichi Hasegawa of the JKF.
Later, Tokumura would study Kobudo under Master Eisuke Akamine who was the successor to Shinken
Taira.
In October 1987 Tokumura left Isshinryu to study Gojuryu Karate at the Jundokan in Naha under
Miyagi Chojun student, Miyazato Eiichi Sensei.
With over 50 years of martial arts experience, Tokumura Sensei has developed his own style of Okinawa
Kobudo. It is called “Tokushin Kobudo” by his direct students because many of the kata bear the name
“Tokushin”. The name utilizes the first kanji of Tokumura’s name “Toku” 徳 and the kanji for “shin”
身 which means “body” or “oneself” and refers to his (Tokumura’s) personal Kobudo.
On April 28, 2001, Tokumura was promoted to Hanshi, Kudan (9th Degree Black Belt), by the Ryukyu
Traditional Kobujutsu Preservation Budo Association endorsed by President Nakamoto Yoshikazu.

Tekst: Jesper F. Andersen