Joe Noonan(Stone)

Isshin Kempo

Tim Smith(Falun)

Isshin Kempo

Tom Lyons(Tian Zhua)

Isshin Kempo

Tom Maloney(Stream Enterer)

Isshin Kempo

NAHA-TE LINEAGESoft Style. Shorei or Southern Shaolin

Peichin Takahara(1683 - 1760/66)

OkinawaOkinawan Chuan fa (Tode)

Chatan Yara(1668 - 1756)

OkinawaFirst to disseminate Te

Kung KusankuKung Hsiang Chun

Satunuku Sakugawa (Tode)(1733 - 1815)

Father of Okinawan Karate

AnanChinese Sailor

(origins of Chinto)

Kishin Teruya(1804 - 1864)

Wansu

Giko Uku(1800 - 1850)

Neifanchi

Sokon Matsumura(1809 - 1899)

Shuri-Te / Shorin Ryu

Chotoku Kyan(1870 - 1945)

Shobayashi Shorin Ryu

Chojun Miyagi(1888 - 1953)

Goju Ryu FounderTensho

Kenwa Mabuni(1889 - 1952)

Shito Ryu

Sakuma PechinTokumine Pechin

(1860 - 1910)

Kokan Oyadomori(1827 - 1905)

Ryuko Aragaki(1875 - 1961)

Kanryo Higashionna(1853 - 1916)

Arakaki Seisho(1840 - 1918)

Tode

Ryu Ryu Ko / Xie Zhongxiang(1852 - 1930)

Fujian White CraneSanchin Kata

Chan Kai ThenTai Chi

Lu He Ba FaSan Chia

Ito Mitsugi(1896 - 1987)

Aikibudo, Japan

Tatsuo Shimabuku(1908 - 1975)

Isshinryu Founder

Don Nagle(1938 - 1999)

IsshinryuFather of

New Jersey Isshinryu

Malachi Lee(1943 – 1976)

Isshinryu

Robert Murphy(1937 - 2007)

Isshin Shorin Ji RyuOkinawa Te

Aston HughIsshinryu, GojuTai Chi Chuan

Lu He Ba FaSan Chia

Frank BritaIsshinryu

Christopher J. GoedeckeHayashi Tomio

Isshin Kempo Successor

Nick Armitage(Wayfarer)

Isshin Kempo

SHORIN LINEAGEHard Style, Linear Karate

BUDDHIST KEMPOLINEAGE

Wu Hsing Tao (Mushindo) Chuan FaFocus on spiritual and personal evolution

Birth of the

China Hand Waybegan with thearrival of the

mysterious Kusankuwho settled in

Okinawa. Kusanku,an expert in Chinesehand fighting, tookon a student named

Satunuku “Tode”Sakugawa in 1756

1900-1930Between 1900

and 1930 intenserivalry developed

between theSoft and Hard

styles.

In the 1930’s,groin kicks were

prohibited intournaments.

High kicksCame into

favor.

IncreaseIn

PopularityIn Japan

In 1926KarateBecame

popular inJapan.

Okinawanmasters

organizedtheir arts

into Naha-Te,Tomari-Te

and Shuri-TeSystems

This chart presents only

pertinent genealogy to the

Isshin Kempo system.

Many additional masters

and associations,

too numerous to portray here,

have been excluded

1477Okinawan King Sho Shin bans

martial arts

1609JapaneseSatsumaConquerOkinawa

Satsuma continue the ban on

weapons. These bans contribute

to the developmentof unarmed

combatsystems

1945First US Dojo

OpensRobert Trias opens a Shuri-ryu karate dojo in Phoenix, Arizona

1962March 6, 1962 The pioneering Bank

Street Dojo opens in Summit, NJ.

Goedecke joins December 12, 1968

2000June 1, 2000

Goedecke assumes Isshin Kempo successorship

Soft Stylefavored muscular

bodies, nightfighting,

grappling,submission,

pressure points,multiple moves

on one opponentand absorbing

body blows.

ISSHIN KEMPO GENEALOGY2.20.2010

Prepared by Christopher J. GoedeckeDesign by Howard Craig 2016 by C. Goedecke

1970Isshin Kempo

Founded

1997Sanchin Seven

formed to promote internal martial art

principles

Hard Stylefavored dayfighting, one

strike killsand large body

movements.Linear karate

let a small manbeat a largerman. Double

the momentum,quadruple the

impact.

Morehei Ueshiba(1883 - 1969)

Aikido Founder

Rick SticklesAikido

Jou Tsung Hwa(1917 - 1998)

Yang Tai Chi Chuan

Sidney Austin(1925 - 1993)

Yang Tai Chi Chuan

Yoshimitsu YamadaAikido

Katsumi Tanemura(1920 - 1991)

Hokushin Aiki BujutsuFounder

Edward SmithAikibudo

Shugoro Nakazato

Chosin Chibana(1885 - 1969)

Kobayashi Shorin Ryu

Kosaku Matsumura(1829 - 1898)

Yasutsune Itosu(1831 - 1915)

Choki Motobu(1870 - 1944)

Kobayashi Shorin Ryu

Ching Kang Szu(dates unknown)

Esoteric BuddhismGrandmaster, Southern China

Chen Yen Sect

Fa Tao Meng(Ryushu Otomo)(dates unknown)

Mushindo Kempo, Okinawa

Nagaboshi Tomio(1946 - 2005)

Mushindo Kempo, England

Arakawa TomioMushindo Kempo, USA

Aikibudo

BodhidharmaEarly 5th Century

Kenwa Mabuni(1889 - 1952)

Shito Ryu

Moden Yabiku(1878 - 1941)

Gichin Funakoshi(1868 - 1957)

Shotokan Founder

Taira Shinken(1897 - 1970)

Kobudo (Weapons)

Gin Foon MarkSouthern Mantis Style

William Chung(1935 - 2009)

Hung Gar Kung Fu

W. S. Russell(1946 - 2000)

Isshin Kempo Founder

Wind School

16 Braidburn Way

Convent Station, NJ 07960

www.isshinkempo.com

Roberto Andrade(Prince Five Weapons)

Isshin Kempo

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