The word Shito ryu was coined by Master Kenwa Mabuni by combining the kanji characters from the surnames of his Grandmasters Anko Itosu of Shuri te and Kanryo Higaonna of Naha te in the mid thirties ( some text shows it is in 1934 ). For the emblem of the school Master Kenwa Mabuni chose the family crest. The external circle represents ‘peace’ and ‘harmony’ , and the inner lines are the Japanese character for ‘person’ or ‘people’ , so together it means ‘people living in peace and harmony’. Another interpretation for the two parallel vertical and horizontal lines adjoining them stands for the lineage from Shuri te of Master Anko Itosu and Naha te of Master Kanryo Higaonna. Thus the emblem symbolises peace and harmony of Shuri te and Naha te systems.
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| Fig. Shito Ryu logo |
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