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Eisuke Akamine Sensei was the son of Tokusuke Akamine and Kamadu Akamine. Born in Kakazu, a small village in the Tomigusuku district on the 1st of May 1925. The opportunity to practice martial arts came only at the age of 23 as Eisuke Akamine Sensei?s father died when he was about 12 and he helped his mother run the family farm.

Eisuke Akamine Sensei was an Okinawan Martial Arts Master, who lived for his art. His Dojo in Tomigusuku was lovingly called a Teacher?s Dojo. He learned his art directly from some of the most prominent pioneers of Kobujutsu, (Kobudo) meaning a traditional weapons martial art.

Eisuke Akamine Senseiwas student to Sanru Chinen and learned Bo-jutsu from Seichiro Higa, Raisuke Higa, Yohei Akamine and Jinsaburo Higa.

Eisuke Akamine Sensei was certified as a Kobudo Shihan at the age of 40 by Shinken Taira, the founder of the Association for the Promotion and Preservation of Ryukyu Kobudo (Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai). At 43, was he inaugurated as the 2nd President of RKHSK, inheriting the leadership from the founder. Thereafter, he was awarded the title Hanshi (10th Dan) and assumed the position of director of the Okinawan Karate Union.