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He'd been teaching to the end. Here is an example from his life:

Kenei Mabuni: Empty Hand, The Essence of Budo Karate

Just a few lines from this excellent book.

"In the early 1960’s I was invited to Panama to attend the first south American kumite meeting. At that time there were no rules and nothing was used to protect face or hands. Many fighters were injured, had their noses broken etc. So, my skills as a „judo chiropractor” were urgently needed. Besides this, the referees were not up to their job at all and so the mood of the audience was rather tense. Hence the spectators made their feelings clear in a noisy way. And in this situation I was asked to do a kata performance. At that time, at judo events the masters used to do performances of their art during the intermissions. At these occasions they wore hakama trousers adorned with their family crest. So, I also wore my hakama with the Mabuni family crest and performed the Gojushiho, the kata of the „54 steps”. This is an old kata thought by the masters of the Shuri-te, as the very last kata int he training of a disciple. Today even children practice it on karate events. Buti n the past, this kata was only allowed to be practiced by people over 40 years of age. 70 percent of the techniques included in this kata are receving or blocking techniques. Therefore this kata represents the essence of the way of karate – „there is no first attack in karate”. My father liked to perform thsi kata whenever he was asked to.
Int he middle of all this noise I was regulating my breathing, positioning the opponent in my imagination and starting slowly to execute the first blocks. Step by step the movements of my fists were filled with the soul and I felt that I was becoming one with the kata. After the last blocking technique I stayed int he state of zanshin, breathing slowly. Suddenly I realized that the audience were all sitting on their heels int he formal seiza position and watching me in total silence. Then storm of applause broke out. Buta t that time I did not feel particularly happy about this as one might imagine. In fact I did not even really realize it. It was if everything around had disappeared and I had performed the kata alone int he world. The people who had become an entity and the bloodthirsty atmosphere that had governed before had totally changed. I had „stopped the spear”. Bu, the martial power, was transformed into harmony."

RIP Dai-Sensei Kenei Mabuni, 10th Dan.
1918-2015.
Taught us Sh*to-Ryu Karate with an inimitable understated style over 3 decades. His understanding of karate technique was unsurpassed. At 80 years of age, he threw us 4/5th dans around like we were white belts and led us to understand that Karate transcends physical strength.

Recognised Sensei Moses Thilaks' genius and awarded him the 8th Dan and titles "Dai-Sensei" and So-Shihan. Had the honour of bringing him from Singapore to India in 1993 and watched him meditating peacefully on the flight. Will always remember Mabuni Sensei with gratitude.

Valour.......

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