#Mr miyagi wife professional#

Miyagi' himself, but Chojun Miyagi dedicated his professional life to Karate.Īn Okinawan Japanese immigrant to the United States, Mr. Finally, the film dynasty were fishermen with the exception of the 'Mr.

The authentic Miyagi also opened schools to teach others his style, whereas the film dynasty passed karate on only to their own sons (and exceptionally a very good friend of their sons'). Chojun Miyagi learned karate in Japan and only later travelled to China, unlike the forefather of the film character. He himself lived in Okinawa during the lifetime of Chojun Miyagi, but never mentions him. Miyagi tells that his Karate style is centuries old, but the founder was born only in 1888.

Nonetheless, several other details, especially in the second film, rule out the relation: Mr. Miyagi tries to do throughout the series. Lastly, the real Chojun Miyagi was indeed able to catch flies with chopsticks, something Mr. Miyagi explains in the second film that the founder of his family's style learned his skills in China, where Chojun Miyagi indeed travelled, although the film character refers to an involuntary travel due to unfortunate winds. Miyagi's knowledge of Chinese acupressure techniques show that the style of karate he practices is very likely Goju-ryu. The film hints repeatedly that the character could be a descendant of Chojun Miyagi (1888-1953), the legendary founder of Goju-ryu Karate, as Miyagi refers to his style of karate as Miyagi-do karate. Miyagi has a deep philosophical knowledge of life and has extraordinary martial arts skill.

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