SHIKAN = short name

The Pa Chi Chuan was developed around the year 1700 - in Ching's dynasty - during Kan Shi's government.
Ma Fong Tu - in honor to this emperor that promoted the development of this Martial Art - put this name ("Kan Shi") to his Dojo.

Later on - in honor to Ma Fong Tu - was Seiko Higa who put the name "Shi Kan" to his first Dojo.

Because of numerology and changes of names, Ma Fong Tu advised to Seiko Higa that "gave turn" Kan Shi to Shi Kan.

Running the time was Master Seiichi Yoshitaka Akamine - in honor to Seiko Higa - who called "Shikan" to his first dojo in Japan, and he decided that this ("Shikan") would be his short name and pseudonym. Because of that reason the style that Master Akamine taught it was known as "Shikan Ryu", that means style of Shikan or style of Seiichi Akamine.
Master Akamine - because of numerology, symbolic signals, and changes of names - also changed the name Shi Kan (two separate words) to Shikan (a single word).

Master Akamine put three stamps to the diplomas and documents that he granted.
A square stamp (the biggest) always with red ink; a circle stamp (intermediate size) always with red ink too, and finally the smallest stamp sometimes with red ink and sometimes with black ink.
This smaller stamp, also round - although says "Akamine" - symbolically corresponds to his pseudonyym "Shikan", and this ("Shikan") it was the short name that Akamine used to sign.

Master Akamine was an excellent draftsman and painter, and he signed all his paintings and pictures with the alias "Shikan".

Although it is certain that Seiichi Akamine was the Master's long name, this doesn't mean that Akamine (without Seiichi) it was his short name.

Master Akamine simplified - and joined - his name and his last name in the following way:

" S eiic hi A ka mi n e "

and he adopted it as pseudonym and as short name.

We should observe that the red letters form the name "Shikan".