喜屋武朝徳
Chotoku Kyan
Reading: きゃん ちょうとく
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Meaning
Okinawan karate master (1870-1945) whose teaching influenced many Shorin-ryu lineages. His students included Shoshin Nagamine and Tatsuo Shimabuku.
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