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...

village. In addition, he learned karate and fishing from his father Miyagi Chōjun, a fisherman. Breaking family tradition, his father also taught karate...

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...

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...

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...

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...

karate practitioners. There were many karate practitioners, such as Chōjun Miyagi, who still used te in everyday conversation until World War II. When...

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,...

Higashionna (or Higaonna), teacher of Chojun Miyagi, taught (and not to the modified version taught by Chojun Miyagi himself). Saifa (Saiha) A kata with...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

practitioner and activist Chikako Yamashiro filmmaker and video artist Chōjun Miyagi founder of Gōjū-ryū, "hard/soft" style of Okinawan Karate. Daichi Miura...

Kazuki Ganaha, football (soccer) player Ankō Itosu, karate practitioner Chōjun Miyagi, martial artist who founded the Gōjū-ryū school of karate Fumi Nikaidō...

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...

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...

Yasuhiro Konishi, who studied under and alongside Gichin Funakoshi, Chojun Miyagi, Kenwa Mabuni, and Choki Motobu. Konishi also trained extensively under...

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...

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...