| class="googleright"> | | | | son, he was not supposed to train in the martial |
| There's going to be a lot of opinions on who was | | | | arts, but that seemed to make him want to |
| the toughest Master of Karate, but Motobu | | | | study all the more. He spent much time bashing |
| ChÅki certainly deserves consideration. He | | | | makiwaras, lifting heavy stones, and training as he |
| was one of the first instructors to teach Karate | | | | could. |
| outside of Okinawa, and he is responsible for the | | | | Eventually, because of his tremendous agility, |
| fame and notoriety that resulted in the spread of | | | | people called him Motobu the Monkey. He also was |
| Karate through Japan. Interestingly, this 'George | | | | looked on as a fierce, though unschooled (brutal?) |
| Washington' of Karate is not a commonly known | | | | street fighter. Though he was held in low esteem |
| figure. | | | | for his street fighting, instructors took him on as |
| Motobu entered the world in Okinawa in 1870, and | | | | a student, presumably because of lineage. |
| descended from the royal lineage. As the third | | | | |