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Pereira, Leonardo. Teruo Chinen Shihan - Jundokan Goju Ryu (Shuriway). International Shuriway Karate & Kobudo Society

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Teruo Chinen

1941-06-08 - 2015-09-09

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Shuriway biography of Teruo Chinen (1941-2015) by Leonardo Pereira, president of Jundokan International in Portugal. Born June 8, 1941 in Kobe; family moved to Shuri at five and Naha at six; grandfather a Shorin-ryu instructor and father practiced bo, sai and nunchaku; influenced by the school next door, Chojun Miyagi's dojo. Began training in 1954 under Eiichi Miyazato at the Jundokan dojo; after five years left for Tokyo, joining Morio Higaonna in 1959; trained together five years and developed randori. In 1969 came to Spokane as technical advisor to the Spokane School of Karate; IOGKF technical advisor 1973-1984; formed Jundokan International in 1984 in honor of his teacher Eiichi Miyazato.

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