History

Karate lineage flow chart

Introduction

Chinese fighting arts

Early Okinawan karate

Goju-ryu
References

 

 

Shorin-ryu

 

Goju-ryu

 

 
 









 
    


Sokon Matsumura

       


Yasatsune (Anko) Itosu

 

 
 Xie Zhonghxiang / Ryu Ru Ko 

       

 
Kanryo Higaonna

  

 

  

       


Gichin Funakoshi

      

Yoshitaka Funakoshi

      

Masatoshi Nakayama

              
Hiroshi Shirai      Taiji Kase
             

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 An'ichi Miyagi  

 

 

 

 

    

       


Chojun Miyagi

        


Ei'ichi Miyazato                             


Morio Higaonna

  
   

 

Denis St John Thompson

                                                    

   
 Bob Davies

        

 
                              

 
Graham Ravey		  
   

   Nenad Djurdjevic        Dejan Djurdjevic