Miyazato Ei'ichi

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For many years the all-Japan Police Judo champion, Miyazato Ei'ichi Sensei trained in Goju Ryu Karate under Miyagi Chojun for the longest of all the seniors, from 1938 until his death 1953. At the request of his peers, the responsibility for teaching Goju Ryu was then passed to Miyazato Ei'ichi. In 1957 he founded the Jundokan dojo in Asato, Naha City. In 1972 he retired from the Police force, built a new dojo and devoted the rest of his life to teaching Karate Do. Students of Sensei Miyazato included Yasuda Tetsunosuke, Minei Nanko, Nakasone Keikichi, Chuck Merriman, and Chinen Teruo. Miyazato Sensei died 11 December 1999.