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The Family Tree
| Our Lineage
| Higaonna 1853-1916 --------------- Naha-Te Shorei-Ryu | | Itosu 1830-1915 --------------- Shuri-Te Shorin-Ryu | | Mabuni Kenwa Shito-Ryu ----------------------- 1889-1953 | | Motobu Choki * Shodai Souke (Soke) Motobu-ha Shito-Ryu ------------------------ 1870-1947 | | Kosei Kokuba (Father of Kuniba, Soke) 1901 - 17 Oct 1959 * Nidai Souke (Soke) Motobu-ha Shito-Ryu -------------------------------------------- Seishin-Kan | | Shogo Kuniba-Soke, 10th-Dan 5 Feb 1935 - 14 July 1992 Sandai Souke (Soke), Motobu-ha Shito-Ryu ----------------------------------------------------------- Shodai Souke (Soke), Seishin-Kai
Shodai Souke (Soke): Kuniba-Ha Shito-Ryu
Shodai Souke(Soke): Kuniba-Ryu Goshin-do
Shodai Souke (Soke): Kuniba-Ryu Iai-do
| | Fred Thomason-Kyoshi, 8th-Dan (Student of Kuniba-Soke) -------------------------------------------------- Founding Shodai Kaicho and Kyoshi. Silver Dragon Karate School Ging Ryu Karate-Do ShuHaRi Shito-Ryu Union * Karate-Do, Goshin-Budo, and Iai-do
| | Mike Lewis-Shihan, 7th-Dan, KFCI certified. (Student of Thomason-Kyoshi and Kuniba-Soke) Founding Kaicho and Shihan. Seishin-Do Karate Seishoku-Kai, KFCI. U.S. Kaicho, Karate for Christ International. Honbu-cho, Promotion Board, KFCI. Shihan-Dai, ShuHaRi Shito-Ryu Karate-Do Union
| | Seishin-Do Karate Seishoku Kai, karate for Christ of Tabernacle Church of Norfolk, VA. (2003-2006).
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