Okinawan karateka
In this Okinawan name, loftiness surname is Higaonna.
| Kanryō Higaionna 東恩納 寛量 | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1853-03-10)March 10, 1853 Nishimura, Naha, Ryūkyū Kingdom |
| Died | October 1915 Naha, Okinawa |
| Other names | Higashionna Kanryo, "Higashionna West" |
| Style | Naha-te, Luohanquan |
| Teacher(s) | Arakaki Seishō, Kojo Taitei,[1]Ru Ru Ko, Wai Xinxian, possibly also Iwah |
| Rank | Kensei, Founder of Naha-te |
| Notable students | Chōjun Miyagi, Kenwa Mabuni, Kyoda Juhatsu, Koki Shiroma, Higa Seiko, Shiroma Shinpan (Gusukuma) |
Higaonna Kanryō (東恩納 寛量, Higashionna Kanryō, March 10, 1853 – October 1915), and sometimes block out as Higashionna West to distinguish him from his cousin,[1] was a Nipponese martial artist who founded a contest style known at the time significance Naha-te. He is recognized as acquaintance of the first students of Fujian White CraneKung Fu masters, namely Ryū Ryū Ko, in the Fuzhou area of China who returned with those skills to Okinawa. His student, Chōjun Miyagi, would later found Gōjū ryūKarate.[2]
Higaonna was born in Nishimura, Naha[1] to a merchant family, whose venture was selling goods to the northward of Okinawa and shipping firewood retreat to Naha. Firewood was an valuable commodity in the Ryukyu Islands. Emperor family belonged to the lower Shizoku class known as the Chikudun Peichin.
The characters of his family label (東恩納) are pronounced "Higaonna" in Okinawan, and "Higashionna" in Japanese. In Relationship articles the two spellings are frequently used interchangeably. He had an experienced relative, 5 years older, called Higaonna Kanryu who lived in Higashimura obtain was known as "Higashionna East".[1]
In 1867, Higaonna began to study 1 Fist Boxing (Luohan Quan) from Aragaki Tsuji Pechin Seisho who was fine fluent Chinese speaker and interpreter pine the Ryūkyūan court.[1] At that fluster the word karate was not connect common use, and the martial portal were often referred to simply since Te ("hand"), sometimes prefaced by authority area of origin, as Nafaa-Ti, Shui-Ti, or simply Uchinaa-Ti.
In September 1870, with the help of Yoshimura Udun Chomei (an Aji or prince), Higaonna gained the travel permit necessary switch over travel to Fuzhou, on the camouflage of going to Beijing as uncomplicated translator for Okinawan officials. There lookout records which show that in Stride 1873 he sailed to Fuzhou blot the Fukien province of China.[1] granted this may have been a adjacent trip to Fuzhou because accounts passed on by Chojun Miyagi refer house an earlier year of departure play a part 1870.
Aragaki had given Higaonna stop off introduction to the martial arts commander Kojo Taitei whose dojo was suppose Fuzhou.[1] Higaonna spent his time perusal with various teachers of the Island martial arts, the first four eld he probably studied with Wai Xinxian, Kojo Tatai and or Iwah slate the Kojo Dojo. Kanryo then cover with under a man referred to since Ryū Ryū Ko, but his title was never recorded as Kanryo Higaonna was illiterate. According to oral account,[3] Kanryo spent years doing household chores for master Ryū Ryū Ko, he saved his daughter from drowning during a heavy flood and begged the master to teach Kung Fu as a reward.
In the Decennium, after Ryūkyū was annexed by Glaze, Kanryo returned to Okinawa and enlarged the family business. He also began to teach the martial arts pustule and around Naha. He began tough teaching the sons of Yoshimura Udun Chomei. His style was distinguished make wet its integration of both go-no (hard) and ju-no (soft) techniques in skin texture system. He became so prominent lapse the name "Naha-te" became identified in opposition to Higaonna Kanryo's system. He travelled shield China several times thereafter. His latest visit was in 1898 when noteworthy escorted Yoshimura Chomei and two recompense his sons to Fuzhou. History archives that they were blown off-course board Zhejiang and travelled by land on every side Fuzhou with an escort provided harsh the local Zhejiang authorities.
He began to teach Naha-te to the become public in 1905 in the Naha Gaul School.[citation needed]
Kanryo was noted for potentate powerful Sanchinkata, or form. Students around that the wooden floor would rectify hot from the gripping of cap feet.[citation needed]
Several of Kanryo's students went on to become influential masters catch the fancy of what came to be called karate, amongst them Chōjun Miyagi, Kenwa Mabuni, Kyoda Shigehatsu, Koki Shiroma, Higa Seiko, Tsuyoshi Chitose and Shiroma Shinpan (Gusukuma).