During
the post-war period Miyagi was teaching several private
disciples in his back yard. This Dojo would later be known
as the "Garden Dojo."
At
this time Miyagi Chojun’s Goju Ryu consisted of the
following elements:
From
Higaonna |
Travels
and research |
Created |
Borrowed |
Sanchin
Seisan
Suparinpei
Shisochin (maybe)
Hojo
Undo
|
Saifa
Seipai
Sieunchin
Kururunfa |
Tensho
Gekisai Dai ichi
Gekisai Dai Ni
Yobi Undo exercises.
|
|
-In
1953 and like his teacher before him, he was appointed the
Karate teacher for the Ryukyu Police Academy.
-In October 1953, Miyagi Sensei died at the age of 65 from
a cerebral hemorrhage while he was still teaching at the
Police Academy. Having survived through the tumultuous years
and the occupation of Okinawa probably explains his early
demise.
Legendary
Prowess:
Miyagi
Chojun like Wai Xianxian before him was known for his supernatural
gripping power.
He
was known to be able to rip chunks of meat off a hind of
beef using his Nukite (hand spear).
A
journalist (Tokuda Anshu) wrote of one of Miyagi’s
demonstrations: “Miyagi thrust his hand into a bunch
of bamboo and pulled out one from the center. He stuck his
hand into a slab of meat and tore out chunks. He put white
chalk on the bottom of his feet, jumped up, and kicked the
ceiling—leaving footprints on the ceiling for all
to see.
Spectators hit him with long staffs to no effect. With his
fingers, he tore off the bark of a tree and with his big
toe, he punctured a hole in a kerosene can. And he did many
more feats which had to be seen to be believed.” (Quoted
in Richard Kim, The Classical Man (Masters Publication,
1995).
Over
the years Miyagi had several public and private students.
The most famous would include: Shinzato Jinan (1901-1945)
Yagi Meitoku (Meibukan) (1912-2003), Higa Seiko (1889-1966)
(Shobukan), Toguchi Seikichi (1917-1998) (Shoreikan) and
Miyazato Ei'ichi (1922-1999) (Jundokan).
Yagi
Meitoku
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