Higaonna Kanryo

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Higaonna Kanryo

Higaonna Kanryō ( Japanese 東 恩納 寛 量 ; born March 10, 1853 in Naha , Okinawa ; † December 1916 in Naha) was the founder of the karate style Shōrei-Ryū and, among other things, teacher Miyagi Chōjuns and Mabuni Kenwas .

The family name Higaonna comes from the Okinawan dialect. The name Higashioanna, which is also often used in articles, is the Japanese reading.

Life

Higaonna was born as the fourth child of the merchant Higaonna Kanyō. He began practicing Naha-te under Arakaki Seishō in 1870 . However, when he accepted a job as a translator in Beijing three years later , he left the young Higaonna, but first introduced him to the two masters Kojo Daitei and Yoshimura Chomei . These two masters made sure that Higaonna could travel to China , more precisely to Fuzhou in Fujian Province, at the age of 22 . There he found a master of Baihequan , named Ryū Ryū Ko , who after a long time finally accepted him as a student and taught in the crane style (Hequan). The information on his length of stay varies: according to Nagamine it was 16 years, according to Miyazato 8 years. He then returned to Okinawa and initially worked in his parents' firewood store before opening his first own dojo after a few years . There Higaonna taught a mixture of Chinese martial arts and the Okinawan tode. He called his style Shōrei-Ryū .

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