Originally, there were no individually named Karate styles. People would say they practiced "Shurite" or "Nahate", etc based on the region of Okinawa they were from. When the Japanese government wanted to include Karate into its Budo culture, the masters in Okinawa had to agree upon names for styles and the art itself. Eventually they reached the name of "Karate-Do" for the art, and Chosin Chibana, a Shurite master, chose the name "Shorin-Ryu" for the style he represented. "Karate-Do" means "way of the empty hand" and "Shorin" was the Okinawan pronunciation of "Shaolin", paying homage to the art's historical roots back to China in the distant past. Chibana was the first President of the Okinawan Karate Federation and the first Hanshi (grand or high master) of Shorin Ryu Karate. His student, Hanshi Shugoro Nakazato, founded the Shorin-Ryu Shorinkan, which he directed until 2013, passing on the organization to his son, Hanshi Minoru Nakazato. One of Hanshi Nakazato's most notable students was Hanshi Frank Hargrove, who first began training when stationed in Okinawa while serving in the Air Force. Hanshi Hargrove was the teacher of Kyoshi Mike Eggleston, who later trained directly under Hanshi Shugoro Nakazato as well for a time. Kyoshi Eggleston taught Sensei Nolyn Sprouse. 
Now it is your turn to be a part of Shorin-Ryu history.