John Keehan · Lineage tree

Also known as

Count Dante

Description

American karate teacher (1939–1975) in Chicago, known as Count Dante after 1967; he taught Shuri-ryu karate to Nganga Tolo-Naa from 1963.

Students (1)

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  Nganga Tolo-Naa

  sports_martial_artsKarate Probable

  Probable

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

  (1963)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Single source.

  “in 1963, this led him to start studying Shuri-ryu karate under John Keehan (1939–1975; after 1967, known as Count Dante).”

  — Green, Thomas A.; Svinth, Joseph R.. (2010). Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation info

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