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Name |
Choshin Chibana |
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Born |
1885 | ||
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Where Trained |
Okinawa | ||
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Died |
1969 | ||
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The creator of the Kobayashi-ryū & Shorin-ryū styles of
karate, was Choshin Chibana (1885-1969), a top
pupil of Anko Itosu (1831-1915), the great master of the Shuri-te
style.
Kanga Sakugawa (commonly known as Todi Sakugawa), Sokon Matsumura and others went to China and learned Kenpo there. Returning to Okinawa, they brought Kenpo into the Okinawan Te and systematized the two styles into one. That was then passed on to Choshin Chibana through Anko Itosu, and was named 'Shorin-ryu' in 1933. You may be interested in some books about the Shorin-ryu style;-
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