In
1933 he wrote his "An Outline of Karate-Do," and
was awarded the rank of Kyoshi 8th Dan by the Butokukai.
He was also appointed as head of the Okinawan branch of
that organization.
In
1934 Miyagi was invited to travel to Hawaii to demonstrate
and teach Karate to the Okinawans living there. During this
trip he would discover the Kongoken (large iron circle)
and bring it back to Okinawa as a training implement for
his style.
In
1936 he was also teaching at the Ritsumeikan University.
Also in 1936, he traveled to Shanghai for six weeks to demonstrate
Karate and exchange with other martial artist at the Jing
Woo Athletic Association (originally founded by Hua Yin
Jia).
Much has been said about this trip to Shanghai and its possible
influences on Goju Ryu. However, we caution the reader of
making too much of this trip, since he was only in Shanghai
for six weeks and had an extremely busy calendar of demonstrations
and lectures.
No
one regardless of talent can pick up an external martial
art, let alone a highly complex internal martial art such
as Taiji, Baqua or Hsing-I, in only six weeks.
In 1940, along with Soshin Nagamine Sensei (Matsubayashi
Shorin-Ryu), he created the kata Gekisai Dai Ichi and Gekisai
Dai Ni to be used in the Okinawa school system.
In
1940, along with Soshin Nagamine Sensei (Matsubayashi Shorin-Ryu),
he created the kata Gekisai Dai Ichi and Gekisai Dai Ni
to be used in the Okinawa school system.
1939-1945:
During the war he lost his senior student Jinan Shinzato
and three of his children.
In 1944 he lost all of his Karate records when his house
was bombed in the air raid on Naha.
In
1946, he was appointed the physical education officer of
the Ryukyu Citizens’ Government.
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