Seisho Arakaki

Aragaki was an Okinawan martial artist, born either in Kumemura village, Okinawa, or on the nearby island of Sesoku. He was an official of the royal court in Okinawa and acted as an interpreter from Chinese and petitioned to go to Beijing in September of 1870. Very little is known about his life and training, the only recorded teacher was Wai Xinxian (Wai Shinzan) from Fuzhou, a city in Fukien province, China.

He was famous for teaching the kata Unshu, Seisan, Shihohai, Niseishi, and Sanchin which were later incorporated in different styles of Karate, and weapons kata Aragaki-no-kun, Aragaki-no-sai and Sesoku-no-kun.

Aragaki did not create any specific styles, his techniques and kata are scattered throughout a number of modern karate and kobu-jutsu styles, although Chito-ryu is arguably the closest existing style to Aragaki's To-te.

Name	Seisho Arakaki 新垣世宗
Born	1840 in Kumemura, Okinawa
Where Trained
Teachers	Sokon (Bushi) Matsumura, Wai Xinxian
Died	1918
Aragaki was an Okinawan martial artist, born either in Kumemura village, Okinawa, or on the nearby island of Sesoku. He was an official of the royal court in Okinawa and acted as an interpreter from Chinese and petitioned to go to Beijing in September of 1870. Very little is known about his life and training, the only recorded teacher was Wai Xinxian (Wai Shinzan) from Fuzhou, a city in Fukien province, China. He was famous for teaching the kata Unshu, Seisan, Shihohai, Niseishi, and Sanchin which were later incorporated in different styles of Karate, and weapons kata Aragaki-no-kun, Aragaki-no-sai and Sesoku-no-kun. Aragaki did not create any specific styles, his techniques and kata are scattered throughout a number of modern karate and kobu-jutsu styles, although Chito-ryu is arguably the closest existing style to Aragaki's To-te. back to biography list of Masters.....