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Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (died 1975)
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Tatsuo Shimabuku
Okinawan karateka and the founder of Isshin-ryū
Tatsuo Shimabuku was an Okinawan, Japanese martial artist. He is the founder of Isshin-ryū style of karate.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Isshin-ryū
Style of karate
Isshin-Ryū is a style of Okinawan karate created by Tatsuo Shimabuku in approximately 1947/1948. Isshin-Ryū karate is largely a synthesis of Shorin-ryū karate, Gojū-ryū karate, and kobudō. The name means, literally, "one heart method". In 1989 there were 336 branches of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)