Another student of Wai Xianxian was Kojo Tatei. Very little is known about this martial artist.

We know that he was a descendant of one of the original 36 Chinese families, that his family were very wealthy merchants, and that he studied under Wai Xianxian in Okinawa.

We also know that he was Kanryu Higaonna’s second teacher after Aragaki left for China in 1870, and that he helped finance Higaonna’s trip to Fuzhou in Fujian.

Furthermore, his family supported Wai Xianxian’s Dojo which was found in the Okinawan district of Fuzhou and which has more recently become known as the Kojo Dojo.

As a classmate of Aragaki’s and a student of Wai Xianxian, Kojo Tatei would have also taught the Shorei style of To-Te.

Higaonna Kanryu