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Shorinkan
JPN
calendar_month1955
Also known as
Shorin-ryu Shorinkan
Shōrin-ryū Shōrinkan
Description

Shorinkan is the school of Kobayashi Shorin-ryu karate founded by Shugoro Nakazato, who trained under Seiichi Iju (1935-1940) and Chosin Chibana (from 1942) and received his shihan license from Chibana in 1955 before opening his Nakazato Dojo at Aja, near Naha. Nakazato was designated an intangible cultural asset holder by Okinawa Prefecture in 2000 and awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, 5th Class in 2007.

Related styles
Tags
karateshorin-ryu gendai
Sources
Shūgorō Nakazato - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)linkinfo
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