Kokan Oyadomari
Kokan Oyadomari (1827-1905) was a disciple of the Chinese Annan (also Ahnan or Anan) and of Ason, a Chinese
sailor or possibly a
pirate. Annan was a
castaway from a
shipwreck along the coast of
Okinawa, who took refuge in the
cemetery of the mountains near
Tomari. There is a legend which indicates that Annan was the master who taught the
kata Chinto to
Sokon Matsumura.
Oyadomari was also a disciple to two local masters:
Kishin Teruya (1804-1864) and
Giko Uku (1800-1850). From Teruya, Oyadomari learned
Passai,
Rohai, and
Wanshu, and from Uku the
kata Naifanchi. According
Shoshin Nagamine (see
"Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters", Tuttle Pub, Boston, 2000), Teruya was considered by Matsumora as his true master.
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