Wu Xiangui

Also known as

Go Kenki

Description

Tea merchant from Fuzhou who settled in Naha in 1912 and taught Fujian White Crane boxing at night above his shop. A member of the 1920s karate study groups with Chojun Miyagi, Kenwa Mabuni and Shinko Matayoshi; he gave the Nipai (Neipai) kata to Mabuni and Kyoda and was Miyagi's interpreter on his 1936 trip to China. Cramer gives 1886–1940.

Member of (1)

• corporate_fareKarate Kenkyukai Probable

  Probable

  Single source.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Single source.

  “This group included Gichin Funakoshi, Chojo Oshiro, Chomo Hanashiro, Chotoku Kyan, Chojun Miyagi, Kenwa Mabuni, Go Ken Ki [Wu Xiangui] (Chinese Master of White Crane Boxing), Kentsu Yabu, Chuhatso [Juhatsu] Kyoda, and Moden Yabiku.”

  — Cramer, Mark I.. (2018). The History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It: Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karate-doinfo

Students (1)

• person
  Kyoda Jūhatsu

  sports_martial_artsFujian White Crane Probable

  Probable

  Single source; it names one kata only.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  1 source expand_more

  fact_check

  Single source; it names one kata only.

  “To’on Ryu includes two kata that are not found in Goju Ryu: Jion, which Kyoda learned from Yabu Kensu, and Neipai, which he learned from Wu Xiangui.”

  — Cramer, Mark I.. (2018). The History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It: Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karate-doinfo

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