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Kanryō Higaonna

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Date of birth March 10,1853
Zodiac sign Pisces
Born Naha
Okinawa
Japan
DiedNaha
Okinawa Prefecture
Japan
Naha
Okinawa
Japan
October 1915
Naha
Okinawa
Japan
Other nameEl Toro, Torito
StyleNaha-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.
ID521495
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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.

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