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"Tatsuo Shimabuku, the founder of Isshinryu karate, was born in the village of Chan (nowadays: Kinaka, a part of Gushikawa city) on Okinawa, Japan at the 19th of September 1908.

His parents were farmers and Tatsuo helped them since his youth at the farm. At his birth he first received a girls name.

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This was a Okinawan custom, adopted by the Chinese, to fool evils spirits who would be looking for a girl instead of a boy.

After the evil spirits were fooled, the baby received the Okinawan name Kana and the Japanese name Shinkichi.

The Japanese name Shinkichi can be found in Shimabuku's koseki (family register) and later on his passport. The Okinawans gave two names to their children, because they were forced by Japan (since 1879 under Japanese government) not to use any Chinese or typical Okinawan customs.

One of the things they forbid was to wear the hair in a topknot, a custom used when a boy interred manhood. They were also told not to speak Oki