In August 2005 Matsubayashi Ryu New Zealand members Shihan Kevin Plaisted, Tim Herlihy, Paul Williams and Megan Arden travelled to Okinawa to train at Taira dojo. During this visit the group visited and laid flowers at the monument of Matsumora Kosaku who had greatly influenced Nagamine Shoshin.
Matsumora Chikudan Peichin Kosaku was born in Tomari village (now a district of Naha) and studied martial arts under the guidance of Uku Giko and Teruya Kishin.

He became a prominent and respected bushi.

On May 8 1983 the monument to honour Matsumora Kosaku's life was erected in Tomari Arayashiki Park.
It can be found opposite the International cemetery. just off Naha New port Route 58.

The great honour of writing the epitaph inscribed on the monument was entrusted to Nagamine Shoshin. Late President and founder of Matsubayashi Ryu Karatedo Kodokan.

Matsumora Kosaku was born in Tomari village. Remarkably talented, the bushi from Tomari was a man who took full advantage of his small but powerful body. As a youth, Matsumora studied the fighting traditions of Tomari village under Uku Giko and Teruya Kishin. Under the astute tutelage of teachers like Uku and Teruya, so too did Matsumora ultimately distinguish himself as a brave bujin.
He became well known for his chivalry and vibrant spirit and was well remembered for once preventing a sword-wielding Satsuma samurai from harming Tomari villagers. Then, in an effort to avoid any subsequent repercussions, he confined himself in obscurity in a remote part of Nago. Matsumora is also remembered for his efforts to protect specific village property and a special communal endowment in the name of Governor Yamazato Choken, known as the Neewagumuchi. By 1879, both the property and legal tender of this sizable contribution were in danger of being confiscated by the Meiji Government after the King abdicated and the kingdom was abolished. However, the efforts of the Japanese officials to confiscate the special assets of Tomari village were thwarted thanks, in a large part, to the efforts of Bushi Matsumora and his diligently trained supporters. Since Matsumora's historical efforts, the Neewagumuchi has been meticulously managed until it was ultimately used to establish the Senkaku Kenshokai, a society that continues on even to this day.
In knowing this, the name of Kensei (Fist Saint) Matsumora Kosaku,