Kiyohide Shinjo (新城 清秀, Shinjō Kiyohide, born November 3, 1951, Ie Island) is a nine-time All-Okinawa kata and kumite champion, and a 10th dan in Uechi Ryū karate. One of his most memorable moments was his three second knock out with a high toe kick.[1] His success in Okinawan karate competition earned him the nickname "Okinawa's Superman".[2]
Kiyohide Shinjo is the son and student of the Late Seiyu Shinjo. Shinjo earned his shodan at the age of 16.[3] After his father's death in 1981, Shinjo retired undefeated from karate competition and founded the Kenyukai Association within the Uechi Ryū Association. "Ken" means "fist", "yu" is derived from Seiyu Shinjo's name, and "kai" means "group" to give, "Seiyu Shinjo's strong fist group".[4] At that time he also took over his father's dōjō in Kadena, Okinawa.[4]
Shinjo has served on the Okinawa Karate Federation Board of Directors since 1980. He was elected chairman of that board for periods spanning 1991 through 1994, and he was the youngest person ever elected to that position.[4]
In 2004, Shinjo moved his dōjō to Toguchi in Yomitan, Okinawa and has senior students all over the world.
References
edit- ^ "3 seconds KO by Karate Master; Kiyohide Shinjo - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ Dollar, Allan "The Indomitable Shinjos of Okinawan Uechi-ryu Karate," Meibukan Magazine No. 8, December 2006. p. 26.
- ^ Dollar, Allan "The Indomitable Shinjos of Okinawan Uechi-ryu Karate," Meibukan Magazine No. 8, December 2006. p. 25.
- ^ a b c Dollar, Allan "The Indomitable Shinjos of Okinawan Uechi-ryu Karate," Meibukan Magazine No. 8, December 2006. p. 29.
- "Meet Okinawa's Superman," by Chris Willson, in Okinawa Living, issue #155, November 2006, p. 72.
- "Martial Arts: Way of the Warrior & Kung Fu Fighter DVD," produced by the Discovery Channel, stock item #697292.
- Alan Dollar's Uechi Ryū web site
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