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I am not a person who easily expresses my feelings; however, when reading a stirring book, and especially if I am moved, tears often culminate my emotions. For this, my family has often teased me. Yet, I experienced the same feeling when reading this book. My family laughed at me, but that did nothing to change the way I felt. I was truly touched.

In this fascinating book, historical inaccuracies surrounding Okinawan martial folklore have been corrected. Hence, we can read stories about stalwarts like Makabe Choken, To-Te Sakugawa Kanga, Matsumura Sokon, Matsumora Kosaku, Itosu Anko, Higaonna Kanryo, Funakoshi Gichin, Kyan Chotoku, Motobu Choki, and Arakaki Ankichi.

This book also describes the training chronicles of Okinawa’s sumo community. For example, it recounts the stories of Akarie Matsuzo, Kawamae Kitatsu, Kinjo Masayuki, Uezu Jiryo, and Ishikawa Seijin. Moreover, this fascinating publication also introduces Kushi Jokei, who, by all accounts, enjoyed a glorious interval as a postwar leader of the sumo community in Okinawa.