Kyan's Written Account of His Life and Training.....Published in the Ryukyu Shimpo in 1942. Kyan's account is a must read for all Kyan Karate enthusiast......the below is an excerpt from the full article on the Members Only Page.

Therefore, as soon as the ritual to mark  my attainment of manhood was finished on the day I became 15 years old, my father stood in front of myself and my brother and told us that we could not become true men unless we studied the martial arts. He said that he would teach us real martial arts from then on. He told us that it would be rough and tough, but that we should do our best, and not give up becoming men. Next day we started to train. It was not called karate in those days; it was simply called “te.” For example they used to say Passai no Te and Chinto no Te, etc.

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