Chatan Yara
Male, Deceased Person
1668 – 1756
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Who was Chatan Yara?
Chatan Yara, aka Yara Guwa, Ueekata, Yomitan Yara, is credited with being one of the first to disseminate the art of Te throughout Okinawa. Yara is most noted for teaching Takahara Peichin who would later be the sensei of Sakugawa Kanga, the father of Okinawan karate. Depending on Sakugawa's birth date, Yara may have been his teacher also.
Yara was from Chatan Village, on Okinawa Island.
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