Description

Shotokai karate practitioner, student of Mitsusuke Harada (then based in London), who co-founded the Bu Iku Kan aikido/karate club in central Casablanca with Gérard Obellianne.

Teachers (1)

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  Kobayashi Hirokazu

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Obellianne's interview describes Jean Visconti as a karate practitioner with master 'Arada Harada' (likely the shotokai master Mitsusuke Harada, then in London); the identification and the relationship are tentative.

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

  "J'ai donc créé un club, le Bu Iku Kan avec un ami qui pratiquait le karaté avec maître Arada Harada, qui était à Londres, à l'époque. C'était du karaté do shotokaï, je crois. Il s'appelait Jean Visconti."

  — Horst Schwickerath. (2014). Entretien - Gérard Obellianne (Aikido Journal). Aikido Journallinkinfo

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