Higaonna Kanryō, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Okinawan karateka
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Place of Birth: Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
About Higaonna Kanryō
- Higaonna Kanryo (??? ??, Higaonna Kanryo, March 10, 1853 – October 1915), 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 Ryu Ryu Ko, in the Fuzhou region of China who returned with those skills to Okinawa.
- His student, Chojun Miyagi, would later found Goju ryu Karate.
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