Masatoshi Nakayama 1913 - 1987“The Creator and Head of the JKA”Masatoshi was an internationally renowned Japanese master of Shotokankarate.He helped establish the Japan Karate Association (JKA) in
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Kanryo Higaonna
1853 – 1915“The Grand Patron Of
Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate”Kanryo Higaonna was a Ryukyuan Okinawan martial artist who founded a fighting style known at the
time as Naha-te. He is reco
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Donn Draeger 1922 – 1982 “Our Mark Twain of Martial Arts”Donn Draeger was a US Marine from
1943-1956 with the rank of Major. He was
an internationally known teacher and practitioner of Japanes
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Morio Higaonna
1938 – “The Epitome Of The Word Karate Master”Morio Higaonnawas
born in Naha, Japan. He is a prominent Okinawankarate practitioner, and the founder and Chief
Instructor of the I
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Kanga Sakugawa 1733 – 1815“Karate Sakugawa”Kanga Sakugawaalso as
Sakugawa Satunushiand Tode Sakugawa, was an Okinawa martial arts master and major contributor to the
development of Te, the precursor
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Chotoku Kyan 1870 – 1945 “Squinty Eyed Chan”Kyan was an Okinawan karate master who was
famous for both his karate skills and his personal life attributes.Born in Shuri, Okinawa to a very
wealt
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Choi Yong Sol 1904- 1986“All Hapkido Started with This Man”Choi Yong-Sol (Choi Yong-sul) was
founder of the martial art hapkido. He
was born in today’s Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, and was repor
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Wang Xiangzhai 1885 –
1963“Master of Stillness and Silence”Wang Xiangzhai was born in Hebei province, China. As he was a very weak child, his
parents sent him to the famous Xingyiquan master Guo Yun
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Yoshida Kotaro 1883-1966A member of the feared Black Dragon
Society”Born in Fukushima prefecture, Kotaro was one of if not the top student of
Sokaku Takeda from Hokkaido. He received
the Kyuju D
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Jean Frenette 1961 The Absolute Best Ever Musical Kata”Jean Frenette was born in Montreal,
Canada in 1961. At the age of 6, he began studying judo and continued to study
until he was 8. When he
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Masahiko Kimura
1917 – 1993“The Great
Kimura”Masahiko Kimurawas a Japanesejudoka (Judo practitioner) considered one of the greatest judoka
of all time. In submission grappling thereverse ude-garam
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