Katsuya Miyahira - Shorin Ryu

[@Loptr177]

小林 is the way Chibana Chosin Sensei wrote Shorin; some think it was a mistake, but the probable reason is that it was a way of honoring the Shaolin roots while also marking it as a distinct Martial Art from Shaolin 少林; both can be pronounced Shorin, but the first characters can also be pronounced as Kobayashi in Japanese, and that is how some call this school, although not those who belong to it.

[@Loptr177]

Sorry for removing comments, but they somehow were repeated and difficult to understand: Chibana Sensei was the first to use the name Shorin, to honor its Chinese Shaolin roots. Okinawans had no problem with connecting to China, the old Okinawan name for Karate was To- de or To-te, "To" coming from "Tang", so it meant "Chinese hand". It was changed when Karate Do was taken to Japan.

[@Loptr177]

Sorry for removing comments but they somehow repeated themselves and became difficult to understand: Chibana Sensei was the first to use the name Shorin, to honor its Chinese Shaolin roots. Okinawans had no problem with connecting to China, the old Okinawan name for Karate was To- de or To-te, "To" coming from "Tang", so it meant "Chinese hand".

[@NewEnglandBudo]

Sadly,Miyahira Katsuya sensei has passed away at the age of 92 this week..

[@NewEnglandBudo]

@jiggahippo Sad in the sense of losing a National Treasure and a direct link to history

[@Ryukyukenpo74]

May i ask if this is taken from a dvd ,if so can you give me details please, I would love to have a dvd of Miyahira Sensei as i think he is just out of this world, THANK YOU FOR THIS VID 5*

[@Specter1957]

kanji is correct for kobayshi ryu ( the style of shorin ryu of Miyahira) the kanji for Shobayshi is almost the same with the addition of one penstroke,,,,matsubayashiis two pine tree 's all of these can also be pronounced shorin Ryu