Chojun miyagi biography of donald
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When your temper rises, lower your fists – when your fists rise, lower your temper.
– Chojun Miyagi
Most of us remember with fondness the character of Mr. Miyagi played by Pat Morita in the Karate Kid movies from the 80’s. Most people don’t realize that this character was based loosely on the real-life martial arts master named Chojun Miyagi. Here is his story.
Sensei Chojun Miyagi was born in 1888 in Okinawa, Japan. He began his training at an early age with his first teacher Ryuko Aragaki. When he turned 14, his teacher recognized his dedication and skill and sent to study under the revered Naha-Te master Kanryo Higaonna. Miyagi trained hard with Higaonna until his teacher’s death in 1915. In the last few years, Miyagi took his teacher in and cared for him like he was his own father.
Chojun Miyagi in China
Miyagi continued to practice and study martial arts by travelling to China. (My teacher Sifu Brown also practiced Japanese styles, including Goju-Ryu, before studying Kung Fu and Tai Chi in Michigan and during several trips to China). Miyagi was uniquely positioned for this because his father was a wealthy merchant who constantly sent ships back and forth between Japan and China. Very few Japanese martial artists had this sort of opportunity, yet Miyag
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Chojun Miyagi
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Chojun Miyagi. (1888 -1953) was an Okinawan martial artist who founded the Goju-Ryu school of karate.He was born in Naha,Okinawa, and was the adopted son of a wealthy businessman. Miyagi began his study in karate at the age of nine. He first learned martial arts from RyuKo Aragaki, who then introduced him to Naha-te Master Kanryo Higashionna when Miyagi was 14.
Under the tutelage of Higashionna, Miyagi under went a very long and difficult period of training. Miyagi traveled to Fujian Province in China as his teacher had done before him. In Chinahe studied the Shaolin and PaQua forms of Chinese boxing.From the blending of these systems, the hard linear/external form of Shaolin, the soft circular/internal form of Pa Qua, and his native Naha-Te, a new system emerged. However, it was not until 1929 that Chojun Miyagi named the system Goju-Ryu, meaning “hard soft style”. It was after his top student Shinsato returned from Kyoto, Japan, where he had done a demonstration for the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai and was asked the name of his art. He did not have an answer, so rather then be embarrassed, he called it Hanko Ryu – a phrase coming out of the 8 Poems of the Universe, where it says that everything is breathing hard and sof