Kanryo higaonna biography
- (March 10, 1853 - December 1916) was a.
- Early life.
- Kanryo Higaonna was born in Naha, Okinawa in 1853, he was one of eight children.
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Higaonna Kanryō
Okinawan karateka
In this Okinawan name, the 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 known as Higashionna West to distinguish him from his cousin,[1] 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 CraneKung 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 ryūKarate.[2]
Early life
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Please note that owing to the different ways Japanese can be translated into English you may often see Kanryo Hiagaonna referred to as Higashionna Kanryo.
Kanryo Higaonna was born in Naha, Okinawa in 1853, he was one of eight children. His father made his living trading firewood between the local islands. Kanryo Sensei helped his father from the age of ten, and the hard work made him very strong. From childhood Kanryo Higaonna showed great interest in the fighting arts and was eager to learn as much as possible. By all accounts he was known for being very supple and quick on his feet, despite his small size.
At age fourteen Kanryo Higaonna began to learn Chinese Kempo. His well developed and strong body enabled him to master Chinese Kempo and he quickly built a reputation as a martial artist master in Naha. Unsatisfied with his level of skill, Kanryo Higaonna longed to go to China to study the Chinese martial arts and their culture. Unfortunately, his family´s financial circumstances was unable to offer him the freedom to travel.
As chance would have it, Higaonna Sensei´s instr
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Kanryo Hiagonna
According to late Dr. Shiro Hattori, a Japanese linguist Okinawans and Japanese share the same linguistic family lineage. They, however, apparently separated at least two thousand years ago, so the two do not sound like the same language. Both linguistic cultures adapted Chinese characters for writing both family and given name. And yet, the Okinawan pronunciation of their family names is not neccessarily same as the Japanese pronounciation. For example, the surname can be pronounced “Higashionna” by the Japanese, thus those who have that surname in the current island now pronounce their name “Higashionna”.The prominent historian, Dr. Kanjun Higahionna, claimed his family name should be pronounced “Higashionna”. The historian, in fact, is related to Kanryo Higaonna. Ever since the Japanese government enforced Okinawa to be part of its prefecture in 1872, all the islanders had to speak standardized Japanese as the official language.
There was a time in Okinawa when the same surname was pronounced “Higanuma”. During my childhood, I was more accustomed to calling th
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