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    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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  • Ritsumeikan University during the time Chōjun Miyagi visited, and Chōjun Miyagi stayed in Yogi's apartment. Chōjun Miyagi later gave Gōgen Yamaguchi the responsibility...
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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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    become Naha-te. One of his students was the founder of Gojū-ryū, Chōjun Miyagi. Chōjun Miyagi taught such well-known karateka as Seko Higa (who also trained...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    Morita, who played Mr. Miyagi. The Karate Kid screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen stated that Mr. Miyagi was named after Chōjun Miyagi, the founder of the Goju-ryu...
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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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  • 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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    derived from the Kusanku form. One of his close friends, Chōjun Miyagi (宮城 長順, Miyagi Chōjun) (founder of Gojū-ryū Karate) introduced Mabuni to another...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • Schlossberg define the following works as part of the "Miyagi-verse" (characters who interacted with Mr. Miyagi) canon: The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part...
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    probably derived from the 'Kusanku' form. One of his close friends, Chōjun Miyagi (宮城長順) (founder of Gōjū-ryū) introduced Mabuni to another great of that...
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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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  • under a teacher who did not speak English but himself was a student of Chōjun Miyagi. As a Hollywood screenwriter, Kamen was mentored by Frank Price, who...
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    Itosu Ankō Asato Kenwa Mabuni (Shitō-ryū) Gichin Funakoshi (Shotokan) Chōjun Miyagi (Gōjū-ryū) Chōki Motobu (Motobu-ryu) Tatsuo Shimabuku (Isshin-ryū) Kanbun...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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