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".
FERNANDO PRIETO
6th. DAN KENSHIN RYU =
TOKU IN KAN