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Just received the sad news that Yao Chengguang has passed away.

He together with his twin brother Yao Chengrong made considerable achievement in spreading the martial arts of Yiquan to the world, sons of great master Yao Zongxun, Yao Chengguang was the true inheritor of the Yiquan system founded by great grandmaster Wang Xiangzhai .

Yao Chengguang and h...

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Firstly, do the terms describe the same art? I would have thought so, but I have read suggestions that Isshin Ryu [with or without the hyphen] is a separate critter from Isshinryu.

Secondly, it seems that Isshin Ryu is not very popular in Okinawa, but is doing quite well elsewhere, particularly in the USA. Why is that?

Thanks for any wisdom.

I was watching some Youtube clips of Asai Sensei last night and was amazing by his karate.
he was truly unique

Got tired of checking a dozen federation sites separately, so I built Fightbase (fightbase.io) to track it all in one place. Planning to turn it into a proper app next. Curious what people think, or what's missing.