Chōjun Miyagi (宮城 長順, Miyagi Chōjun, April 25, 1888 – October 8, 1953) was an Okinawan martial artist who founded the Gōjū-ryū school of karate by blending...
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village. In addition, he learned karate and fishing from his father Miyagi Chōjun, a fisherman. Breaking family tradition, his father also taught karate...
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reported this incident to Chōjun Miyagi, who decided on the name Gōjū-ryū ("hard soft style") as a name for his style. Chojun Miyagi took the name from a line...
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Gōgen Yamaguchi (section Gogen meets Chōjun Miyagi)
was a Japanese martial artist and student of Gōjū-ryū Karate under Chōjun Miyagi. He was one of the most well-known karate-dō masters from Japan and...
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include: Atsushi Miyagi (宮城 淳, born 1931), Japanese tennis player Chōjun Miyagi (宮城 長順, 1888–1953), Okinawan martial artist Kintaro Miyagi, Filipino footballer...
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karate practitioners. There were many karate practitioners, such as Chōjun Miyagi, who still used te in everyday conversation until World War II. When...
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leading Okinawan master of Goju-ryu karate. He was a senior student of Chōjun Miyagi, founder of the Goju-ryu style. Miyazato held the rank of 10th dan in...
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region of China who returned with those skills to Okinawa. His student, Chōjun Miyagi, would later found Gōjū ryū Karate. Higaonna was born in Nishimura,...
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Higashionna (or Higaonna), teacher of Chojun Miyagi, taught (and not to the modified version taught by Chojun Miyagi himself). Saifa (Saiha) A kata with...
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from Kyan, not Miyagi. The Seiunchin kata was brought into Isshin-ryū from Shimabuku's studies with the Gojū-ryū founder, Chojun Miyagi. It is theorized...
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Japanese teacher who did not speak English but had been a student of Chōjun Miyagi. As a Hollywood screenwriter, Kamen was mentored by Frank Price who...
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needed] kata of Goju-ryu karate. It was taught by Goju-ryu's founder, Chojun Miyagi, who in turn learned it from his teacher, Kanryo Higaonna. Seiunchin...
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master and teacher. He learned Goju-ryu from its legendary founder Chojun Miyagi. On April 29, 1986, Emperor Hirohito named Yagi a Living National Treasure...
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also studied under the same masters as Tatsuo, such as Chotoku Kyan, Chojun Miyagi, Choki Motobu, and Shinken Taira. While the older brother went on to...
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with its harder counterpart sanchin, was developed by Goju ryu founder Chojun Miyagi from earlier Chinese forms. Tensho may be a variant of the Southern...
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there are two Sanchin kata. The first, "Miyagi's Sanchin" or sanchin dai ichi, was created by Chōjun Miyagi. The second, "Higashionna's sanchin" or sanchin...
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and set of rules of thumb which were used by Gōjū-ryū karate masters (Chōjun Miyagi, Seikichi Toguchi) to extract the primary fighting applications (Oyo)...
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Eizo Shimabuku also added two kata from his time in Goju-ryu with Chojun Miyagi. These kata being Seiyunchin and Sanchin (Eizo Shimabukuro used to call...
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Oyama's native province and a senior student of the system's founder, Chojun Miyagi. At sometime between 1946 and 1950, Mas Oyama trained at Kanbukan, a...
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Japanese teacher who did not speak English, but was himself a student of Chōjun Miyagi. As a Hollywood screenwriter, Kamen was mentored by Frank Price who...
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Sekō Higa and later under Chojun Miyagi as one of his principal students. He studied under Higa for over 33 years and under Miyagi for more than 25 years...
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Sawayama invited Kenwa Mabuni (founder of Shito-ryu) and his friend Chojun Miyagi (founder of Goju-ryu), who had moved from Okinawa to Osaka and started...
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Kazuki Ganaha, football (soccer) player Ankō Itosu, karate practitioner Chōjun Miyagi, martial artist who founded the Gōjū-ryū school of karate Fumi Nikaidō...
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Kyoda (1887-1968), Chojun Miyagi (1888-1953), and Seko Higa (1898-1966). Kyoda went on to create his style, To'on Ryu, and Miyagi assumed the mantle of...
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training Goju-Ryu Karate under So-Nei Chu (a pupil of Goju-Ryu founder Chojun Miyagi) and finally became an assistant instructor, along with Gogen Yamaguchi...
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Chojun Miyagi. Meibukan means "House of the pure-minded warrior." Yagi opened the first Meibukan dojo in 1952. He was the first student of Miyagi recorded...
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kayōkyoku pop singer Daichi Miura, pop singer, dancer and choreographer Chōjun Miyagi, martial artist, founder of Gōjū-ryū Yukie Nakama, singer, musician...
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cultural treasure in its original form as passed on by Gōjū-ryū founder, Chojun Miyagi. In 2012 Higaonna took up an advisory role within the Federation and...
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Okinawa Gojuryu Kenkyu Kai. His teacher was Eiichi Miyazato, a student of Chojun Miyagi and the founder of the Okinawan Jundokan dojo. Taira's karate is that...
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visited the Ryobu-Kan. Among them were Choki Motobu, Kenwa Mabuni and Chojun Miyagi. Konishi considered Motobu a martial arts genius and trained with him...
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