Kanryō Higaonna
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Date of birth | March 10,1853 |
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Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Naha |
Okinawa | |
Japan | |
Died | Naha |
Okinawa Prefecture | |
Japan | |
Naha | |
Okinawa | |
Japan | |
October 1915 | |
Naha | |
Okinawa | |
Japan | |
Other name | El Toro, Torito |
Style | Naha-te |
Teachers | Ryū Ryū Ko |
Arakaki Seishō | |
Iwah | |
Kojo Taitei | |
Notable students | Chōjun Miyagi |
Kenwa Mabuni | |
Sekō Higa | |
Martial art | Chinese martial arts |
Notabl student | Chōjun Miyagi |
Kenwa Mabuni | |
Higa Seiko | |
Shinpan (Gusukuma | |
Teacher | Arakaki Seishō |
Kojo Taitei | |
Liu Long Gong | |
Kojo Tatei | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 521495 |
Kanryō Higaonna Life story
Higashionna Kanryō, also known as Higashionna West, 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.