Spartaco Bertoletti 1941 - “Italian Journalist and Passionate
Martial Artist”Spartaco Bertoletti is a martial
artist practitioner in jujitsu, who trained in Japan in the traditional Yoshin
Ryu sty
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Hironori Otsuka 1892 –
1982“Founder of Japanese Wado
Ryu Karate”Hironori Ōtsuka was a Japanese master of karate who created the Wadō-ryū style of karate. Grandmaster Otsuka held the
rank of 10th Da
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Kanken Toyama 1888 – 1966“The Keeper of Okinawa’s Soul of
Martial Arts” Kanken Toyama, martial arts
grandmaster was born in Shuri, Okinawa, to a noble family, and given the name
of Oyadameri Kanke
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Matsu Higa 1790-1870“Forearms Like Tree Trunks”Matsu Higa is a semi
legendary martial artist in Okinawan history, who according to oral tradition
reportedly had a direct influence on the development
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Kenwa Mabuni 1889 –
1952 DW“He Found The Balance
Between Shuri and Naha Te.”Kenwa Mabuni was one of the first karate ka to teach karate on mainland Japan and is credited as developing the style kno
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Choki Motobu 1870 –
1940 DW “Motobu The Monkey Man”Motobu Choki is known as
the founder (Soke) of Motobu-ryu. The
style is a combination of Shuri-te and Tomari-te. His teachers were several
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Takayuki Mikami 1933 –“ Black Belt’s 1990 Instructor Of The
Year”Takayuki Mikami is a Japanese master of Shotokankarate based in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. He holds the rank of 9th danblack belt
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Bruce Lee 1940 – 1973 “Happy Birthday Yesterday to The King Of Kung Fu”Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong American, martial
artist, action
film actor, martial
arts
instructor, philosopher, filmmaker,and
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Kanbun Uechi 1877 –
1948“The Monarch of Uechi
Ryu”Kanbun Uechi was the founder of Uechi-ryū, one of the primary karate styles of Okinawa. He was born in
Izumi Village, Motobu Peninsula, Northern O
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Anko Itosu 1831 –
1915“The Architect Of Modern
Day Karate”Yatsutsune (Anko) Itosu
was born in the Gibo section of Shuri Okinawa in 1831. He was born to a prominent family and was
well educated in
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Moses Powell 1941 – 2005"The Master of A 1 Finger Roll"Moses Powell, also known as Master
Musa Muhammad, was an American pioneer of martial arts in the United States.
He was born in Norfolk Virginia
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Shuguro Nakazato 1919 – “Mr. Ikken Ihatsu”Shūgorō Nakazatois a Okinawan/Japanese Shorin Ryu Stylist martial artist. Described as a
"one punch artist" by some of his American students, Nakazato has
d
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