Kokan Oyadomari

Kokan Oyadomari was a Ryūkyūan karate master, who practised the Tomari-te style of karate and also taught it.

Life

Kokan Oyadomari was a disciple to two local masters: Kishin Teruya and Giko Uku. From Teruya, Oyadomari learned Passai, Rohai, and Wanshu, and from Uku the kata Naifanchi.
Oyadomari was also a disciple of Ason and of Annan. Annan was a Chinese sailor or possibly a pirate, who was a castaway from a shipwreck along the coast of Okinawa Island. Annan took refuge in the cemetery of the mountains near Tomari. There is a legend which indicates that Annan was the master who taught the kata Chinto to Sokon Matsumura.