Katsuya Miyahira, who lived from 1918 to 2010, was an Okinawan martial artist and the grand master of the Shorin-ryu Shido-kan style of Okinawan karate. He served as president of the Okinawa Shorin-ryu Karate Association and held the rank of Hanshi, 10th dan. After the death of his teacher Choshin Chibana, Miyahira created the Shido-kan branch of Kobayashi Shorin-ryu, the school that Chibana had led. Besides Chibana, he was instructed in karate by Anbun Tokuda and Choki Motobu, so that his own style drew on several Okinawan teachers.
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