比嘉佑直先生
HIGA YŪCHOKU SENSEI
Hanshi, Jū Dan, 10th Dan
The Founder of Kyūdōkan
1910 — 1994
Timeline
1910 — Born in Naha, Okinawa on February 4.
1927 — Started training Shōrin Ryū under his father's senior student: Jiro Shiroma.
1933 — Continued training under his father.
1935 — Began training Ti & Gōjū Ryū under Jinan Shinzato, Chōjun Miyagi Sensei's senior student.
1939 — Organized three sport teams for the City of Naha: Baseball, Judō and Karate.
1940 — Assistant instructor at the Karatejutsu club, under the direction of Jinan Shinzato and Shinjo Shiroma.
1945 — Studied Shōrin Ryū under Chibana Chōshin Sensei and became his Deshi and Assistant Instructor.
1946 — Founded his own Dōjō: Shōrin Ryū Kyūdōkan.
1961 — Became the Vice-President of first Shōrin Ryū Karate Dō Association, headed by Chibana Chōshin.
1962 — Zenokikuren's Shōrin Ryū representative.
1976 — Received the rank of Jū Dan, 10th Dan.
1994 — Passed away in Okinawa at age 84.
