Tasaki Shūji · Lineage tree

Description

Japanese Goju-ryu karate teacher, student of Yamaguchi Gōgen from 1951 and known as his best fighter; founder of Seiwa-kai Goju-ryu.

Teachers (1)

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  Yamaguchi Gōgen

  sports_martial_artsGoju-ryu Probable

  Probable

  Single source.

  The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.

  (1951)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Single source.

  “Shuji Tasaki began training in Goju Ryu directly under Yamaguchi. This was on August 15, 1951.”

  — Cramer, Mark I.. (2018). The History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It: Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karate-doinfo

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