| Motobu-ryu (本部流) |
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Motoburyu in 1926. |
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| Date founded | 1922[1] |
| Country of origin | Osaka, Japan |
| Founder | Choki Motobu (1870–1944) |
| Current head | Chosei Motobu |
| Arts taught | Karate |
| Ancestor schools | Shuri-te [2]• Tomari-te[2] |
| Descendant schools | Wadō-ryū[2] • Shindō jinen-ryū [2]• Matsubayashi Ryu[2] • Nihon Kenpo Karatedo[2] |
| Official Site | Motobu-ryu |
Motobu-ryu (本部流) is a school of karate founded by Choki Motobu in 1922. The official full name is Nihon Denryu Heiho Motobu Kenpo ("Japan's traditional tactics Motobu Kenpo").
Motobu Udun-di (本部御殿手), a Motobu family style of Karate, is also sometimes called Motobu-ryu or Motobu-ryu Udundi. It is a combination of the native Okinawan martial arts Te (an earlier name for Karate), Okinawan kobudō and Ryukyuan Dance.
Chosei Motobu is the inheritor of both Motobu-Ryu (his father's art) and Motobu Udundi (the art of his uncle, Choyu Motobu).[3]
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