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Higaonna Kan-yu
Higaonna (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, founder of Gojū Ryū karate-do * Higaonna Kanryu (1849–1922), calligrapher and martial arts practitioner *, Gojū Ryū practitioner, chief instructor of IOGKF {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higaonna Kanryō
, and sometimes known as Higashionna West to distinguish him from his cousin, was a Ryukyuan martial artist who founded a fighting style known at the time as Naha-te. He is recognized as one of the first students of Fujian White Crane Kung Fu masters, namely Ryū Ryū Ko, in the Fuzhou region of China who returned with those skills to Okinawa. His student, Chōjun Miyagi, would later found Gōjū ryū Karate. Early life Higaonna was born in Nishimura, Naha to a merchant family, whose business was selling goods to the north of Okinawa and shipping firewood back to Naha. Firewood was an expensive commodity in the Ryukyu Islands. His family belonged to the lower Shizoku class known as the Chikudun Peichin. The characters of his family name (東恩納) are pronounced "Higaonna" in Okinawan, and "Higashionna" in Japanese. In Western articles the two spellings are often used interchangeably. He had an older relative, 5 years older, called Higaonna Kanryu who lived in Higas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Higaonna Kanryu
Higaonna Kanryu (1849-1922) was a Ryukyuan karateka well known for his calligraphy and Chinese studies as well as his martial arts. He learned his martial arts under Wai Shinzan and not under Ru Ru Ko as some believe. His relative Higaonna Kanryō studied under both these Chinese kung fu Chinese martial arts, commonly referred to with umbrella terms Kung fu (term), kung fu (; ), kuoshu () or wushu (sport), wushu (), are Styles of Chinese martial arts, multiple fighting styles that have developed over the centuries in Greater Ch ... masters. Because of the similarity of their names, Higaonna Kanryu ("East Higaonna") and Higaonna Kanryō ("West Higaonna") are frequently confused with each other. References 1849 births 1922 deaths Okinawan male karateka 19th-century Ryukyuan people {{Japan-karate-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morio Higaonna
is a world renowned Okinawan karate master who is the founder and Chief Instructor of the Traditional Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-do Federation.TOGKF – Traditional Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-Do Federation He also founded the International Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate-do Federation (IOGKF). He is a holder of the highest rank in Goju-Ryu karate, 10th '' dan''. Higaonna Sensei has written several books on Okinawan Goju-Ryu karate, including the technical series, "''Traditional Karate-do: Okinawa Goju Ryu'' (1985)Higaonna, M. (1985): ''Traditional Karate-do: Okinawa Goju Ryu''. Tokyo: Minato Research. () and "''The History of Karate: Okinawan Goju Ryu"'' (1st edition1996).Higaonna, M. (2001): ''The history of Karate: Okinawan Goju Ryu'' (2nd ed.). Westlake Village, CA: Dragon Books. () Martial arts scholar Donn Draeger (1922–1982) reportedly once described him as "the most dangerous man in Japan in a real fight." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |