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Seiken Shukumine (Saiko Shihan)

Saiko Shihan / Founder

Okinawan-Japanese grandmaster, innovator, founder of Gensei-ryu Karate and the 3D martial art Taido (1965).

Quick Facts

Date of Birth12/9/1925
Date of Death11/26/2001
Era20th century
Country of OriginOkinawa / JapanOkinawa / Japan
Rank / TitleFounder of Gensei-ryu & Taido
Active Years1949–2001

Biography

Seiken Shukumine developed Gensei-ryu Karate before evolving it into Taido in 1965, incorporating gymnastics, 3D body rotations, and spatial movement axes.

Associated Martial Arts

Gensei-ryuFounder→

Seiken Shukumine's karate from 1950. It grew from the objection that karate moves only in a plane, and so adds turns, drops and jumps.

TaidoFounder→

A modern Japanese art from 1965 that moves combat into three dimensions — attacks from inverted positions, somersaults and handstands.