The Bubishi Karate Do Organization, Inc. (Not-For-Profit) New York, USA, 1995

Editor: Katherine Loukopoulos Special Edition - Issue # 32 - July 2015

Email: kloukopoulos2001@yahoo.com © 2015 Katherine Loukopoulos

Yoshimi Inoue

28 September 1946 – 1 May, 2015

Yoshimi Inoue was born on September 28, 1946 in Tottori, Japan. He dabbled in other sports

such as Judo and baseball at an earlier age. At that time, Karate-Do was not very popular in

Japan. In movies, Karate was usually portrayed in matches against Judo, and Judo always won.

But even so, at 15 years old he bought a book and started teaching himself Karate-Do. After

some time, the Tottori University Karate Club got stronger, and Karate-Do became more

popular. As soon as he finished high school, Inoue went to Osaka in order to look for the teacher

he had read about in his Karate book, Soke Teruo Hayashi. Inoue asked to be his student for

about 6 months and was finally accepted as his Uchideshi (live in student). He stayed there for 4

years living with Soke Hayashi and looking after his dojo and home.

Soke Inoue had to go back to Tottori when his father became ill. In order to help his family

financially, Inoue got a day job and at the same time, opened a Hayashi-Ha Shito Ryu Kai

branch in Tottori. His classes were tough, since Soke Inoue believed that only hard practice

would bring results. Until his passing, Soke Inoue sat on the technical committee for the All

Japan Karate-Do Federation and on the board of examiners for the JKF.

One of his most prominent students, three-time World Kata Champion Mie Nakayama,

started training at his dojo with one of his assistant instructors at 18 years old. He pointed out to

Soke that she was talented and after two months of training, Inoue took her to the Hayashi-Ha

All Japan Karate-Do Championships. She participated in the kyu rank category. Within 48

competitors, being the last one to perform her Pinan Nidan Kata, she was the winner. After that,

the first thing Soke did was to ask Nakayama's father's permission to install a Makiwara at her

house, which she began to use every day. Nakayama accompanied Inoue in his 1000-abs-a-day

routine and two hours of Ido Kihon. According to Soke, Nakayama developed very good "Karate

muscles".

As he said, "Cry in the dojo, smile in competition". She also competed in Kumite. In her first

fight, she knocked out her opponent with a Chudan Mae Geri, which incurred a Hansoku upon

her. Although she was disqualified, Soke said that he was happy, since his teachings were really

working. In two years, Nakayama was JKF All Japan Champion. In addition to training Sensei

Nakayama, Soke Inoue had successfully led to victory Karate-Do champions including Atsuko

Wakai and Ryoki Abe of the Goju-Ryu style, the world famous Hasegawa brothers of the Shito-

Kai, Nao Morooka and Hisao Yokoyama also of the Shito-Kai. From his own dojo, Kusuga

Wakabayashi has won the All Asian Karate-Do Championship and Rika Usami is the current All

Japan Kata champion.

Source: http://www.karatemiamilakes.com/inouehistory.html

The Venue

The Arrivals

Breakfast in heaven… Seedose Restaurant, 9 AM, July 18th

The Architect Director of Operations

Right Hand to the Architect & to the Director The Event Organizer

“Remembering Soke Inoue” were the Opening Remarks at the Training Camp‟s Welcome

Party which was held on the grounds of Castle Viehofen, in the afternoon of July 18th

Smiling faces were thinking: “How beautiful we look …tomorrow we‟ll start to sweat…”

Our view from the grounds of Castle Viehofen was the cherry on top of the cake… wonderful!

The Masters

The Official Escort The Translator

The Professional Photographers & IT Support

Brief moment in the In-Process…

The 2nd

World Inoue Ha Summer Camp attracted approximately 240 participants from 25

countries. Kyoshi Marianne Kellner pulled double duty before, during and after the event in

order to ensure a smooth operation. Marianne Sensei did this in addition to the six hours of daily

training!

It‟s Showtime!

The first three-hour session: Kihon with Mie Nakayama Sensei…

The Warm-ups of Antonio Diaz Sensei were as serious as kata itself…

From Greece, the youngest Usami fan, Katerina Lemonis, paid

close attention as Rika Usami Sensei explained and demonstrated in great detail…

Antonio Diaz Sensei kept emphasizing the importance of even the smallest of details…

Every day the schedule was packed! Today, however, we had the afternoon off, and what a

treat it was… we took an over three hour boat ride down the Danube River and admired

landscapes only possible in fairy tales…

Big hearted Erhard Kellner Sensei treated all of us to a delicious Chinese dinner… July 22nd

Marianne Kellner Sensei stayed back… working…

The next day, Rudi Zampa Sensei rescued me from the

Sports Hall for some more Chinese Dinner! July 23rd

Of course it was after the day‟s six hours of training…

Back to the rigorous program: Trained, observed, listened, and wrote down notes…

And, when possible, I also did this…

“In Shiko Dachi & Zenkutsu Dachi the power goes out” explained Usami Sensei…

a. b.

“…while in Neko Ashi Dachi, the body becomes small…” Usami Sensei continued…

Striking differences between Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu and that of Inoue Ha Shito Ryu were

observed especially in the Neko Ashi stance:

On Page 64 of his book The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do*, Master Shoshin Nagamine

indicated one fist width separation between the two heels (right figure above), while in Inoue Ha

Shito Ryu the heels meet and the forward leg is on a straight line without the separation as Usami

Sensei explained and demonstrated (left photo above).

* Shoshin Nagamine, The Essence of Okinawan Karate-Do, Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.,

Tokyo, Japan, 1976, Page 64

A second striking difference is that in the Inoue Ha Shito Ryu the Shuto Uke open palm hands

pull away from each other, while in Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu the second hand moves towards

the same direction as the hand that blocks… in other words, one hand assists the other.

A third difference is that the blocking hand is almost in a right angle with an almost straight

forearm while in Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu the measurements do not differ from those of a

closed fist Chudan Uke with the wrist being twisted for the open palm Shuto Uke.

Antonio Diaz Sensei did not skip a beat as practitioners did their very best to please him…

Ni Pai Po Kata

was instructed

by Mie

Nakayama

Sensei in the

span of two

days…

On the 2nd

day, practitioners exhibited amazing skill and speed…

Mie Nakayama Sensei and I have met on three prior occasions: 1980, 1982, and 1984 (V, VI,

and VII WUKO Championships). After 35 years we met again… it was wonderful!

The most important people in any venue are the staff… busy with our endeavors we pay little

thought on how hard they work to make our life comfortable and efficient… a BIG „thank you‟

for the spectacular work done by all staff at the Lower Austrian Athletic Compound…

That‟s us! We did it!

After the Training Camp I spent the next day in heaven!

First we went to the market for some fresh vegetables, and while I rested by the pool side,

Rudi Sensei and his daughter Louise cooked up a scrumptious meal…

Lounged in a reclining chair, facing the garden, hearing the birds, savoring a strong Austrian

beer, all, while Rudi Zampa Sensei and his two lovely daughters Louise and Madeleine (left to

right) were preparing a divine meal and bringing me many different treats…can‟t imagine what

I‟ve done to deserve all that!

Here are some of Rudi Zampa Sensei‟s prized collections:

The 12 Goju Ryu Kata and the Jundokan‟s Dojo Kun were created by hand calligraphy by

Kendo Master Ryutaro Kamemoto Sensei right here in Vienna… Vienna also has a little

Budokan… Lucky Austrians!

“Cry in the dojo, smile in competition.”

Soke Yoshimi Inoue