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In Okinawa, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Karate was taught by the name of the city, such as Shuri ρ’, Naha ίe, and Tomari . Today both Naha-te ίeθ and Shuri-te ρ’θ are the original features of various schools of Karate. The main distinction between these two is that, in general Naha-te emphasizes flexibility in dynamic movement; Shuri-te emphasizes speed in rational movement.
Master Soshu MatsumuraCΌΊ@G i1796-1893) in Shuri and Master Kanryo HigaonnaCΆ[ °Κ (1853-1915) in Naha were the most distinguished authorities in the early period. Master Chojun MiyagiC{ι· (1888-1953) was a successor of Naha-te and later named his style of art Goju-Ryu _¬ (hard and soft.) It was 1929 that Master Miyagi was invited by Gogen Yamaguchi who was then founder and chief instructor of Ritsumeikan §½Ω εw University Karate Club in Kyoto, Japan. Master Yamaguchi became the successor of Goju-Ryu Karate school in Japan.
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