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Kenwa Mabuni (1889 – 1952) was born in Shuri,
Okinawa and was a weak, frail child.
Considered by many to be the “guru” of Karate, he originated the Shito Ryu style, which combines the influences of Shorei Ryu and Shorin Ryu. When Kenwa Mabuni moved to Osaka, his style was called Hanko Ryu (half-soft style), before he officially founded Shito Ryu (Funakoshi = Shotokan; Mabuni = Shito; Miyagi = Goju; Ohtsuka = Wado) when the 4 main styles of karate were introduced to the Dai Nippon Butokukai. The word Shito was Mabuni’s way of honoring his two greatest teachers: Higashionna [shi], who taught Naha-te style, and Itosu [to], who taught Shuri-te style. Mabuni first trained with Itosu, Ankoh from age 13 to 27, with whom he became proficient with such weapons as the Bo and Sai. At 20, Mabuni began to train with Higashionna of Naha, a Shorei-ryu master who brought from China most of the Naha-Te Kata (Kururunfa, Seienchin, Sochin…) popularized by Goju Ryu. Kiyoda Juhatsu, a student of Miyagi’s, was one of 3 men in history to train with two leading masters of the art at their time. The other to men to train with these masters were Toyama (1888-1966) and Gusukuma Shimpan (1890-1954). Mabuni also trained under Arakaki. In 1913, at the age of 23, he joined civil law enforcement and became a detective. Then he met Arakaki Seisho, who did a lot of traveling as an interpreter for the Government, and his student Su uji Peichin (1840-1920), who taught Higaonna. During his travels Arakaki learned Niseishi and Unshu from the Fuchou Province and brought them over with him. Peichin first taught Higaonna before he moved to Kojo. (Kojo family – Matsu Higa). Kenwa Mabuni also studied with Sueshi and Tawada
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