Tags: Martial Artist.
Hohan Sōken (祖堅 方範 Soken Hōhan) was an Okinawan martial arts master who founded the Shōrin-ryū Matsumura Seito Okinawa Karate Kobudo Association.He was born May 25 1889 (although at least one text puts his birth year as 1891) in Nishihara Okinawa. He died November 30 1982 in Nishihara Okinawa.He was the nephew of Nabe Matsumura (who was the grandson of Matsumura Sōkon). He began karate training at 13 under his uncle.
