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Chōshin Chibana

Okinawen karateka (1885-1969)

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Lived 1885–1969, aged 84Japan
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    1885–1969
    Aged 84
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Updated 2026-08-06

Chōshin Chibana was an Okinawan martial artist who developed Kobayashi Shōrin-ryū karate based on what he had learned from Ankō Itosu. He was the last of the pre-World War karate masters, also called the "Last Warrior of Shuri" He was the first to establish a Japanese ryu name for an Okinawan karate style, calling Itosu's karate "Shorin-Ryu" in 1929.

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