Shizentai Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Takahara Peichin (1683-1766)Sakugawa Satunushi (1733-1815) Matsumura Sōkon (1809-1901)Ankō Itosu (1831-1915) & Ankō Asato (1827-1906)Funakoshi Gichin (1868-1957) - Founder of Shotokan karateNakayama Masatoshi (1913-1987) - Founder of Japan Karate AssociationMikami Takayuki (1933-Present) - First JKA Instructor Training GraduateMeI don't even know how to go about fact checking this. lol! I have documents that show Nakayama sensei guest instructing at our dojo in the 70s and 80s. Does that count? The rest (aside from curious birth and death date discrepancies) is pretty much consensus in every history book I can find. "My work itself is my best signature."-Kawai Kanjiro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sensei8 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Satunuku "Tode" Sakugawa (1733 - 1815)Sokon "Bushi" Matsumura (1797 - 1889)Anko Itosu (1830 - 1915)Shigekazu Ishikawa (1864 - 1959) (Shuri-te) Choshu Saitou (1865 - 1962) (Okinawa-te*) (This is the father of Soke Saitou) (*Choshu Saitou's Okinawa-te Sensei is unknown)Fuyuhiko Saitou (1917 - 2008) (Shindokan founder; Shindokan was founded in 1950)Yoshinobu Takahashi (1932 - 2010) (Dai-Soke; and the first student of Soke Saitou)Me Those guys all lived to be a good age, even the ones before modern medicine. You all must be doing something right.Yepper...I'm the whippersnapper of the group...lol **Proof is on the floor!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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