Description

Japanese Shotokan karate master who helped establish the Japan Karate Association (JKA) and pioneered traditional karate in the United States. He founded the American Amateur Karate Federation (AAKF) and the International Traditional Karate Federation (ITKF). He authored the seminal textbook 'Karate: The Art of Empty-Hand Fighting' (1960). He was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the Emperor of Japan in 2000 and posthumously promoted to 10th dan.

Teachers (2)

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  Funakoshi Gichin

  sports_martial_artsShotokan Probable

  Probable

  Nishiyama trained under Gichin Funakoshi at the Shotokan honbu dojo from 1943; extensively documented

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

  (1943–1950)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Nishiyama trained under Gichin Funakoshi at the Shotokan honbu dojo from 1943; extensively documented

  “began training in Shotokan karate at the art's honbu dojo (headquarters training hall) under its founder, Gichin Funakoshi.”

  — Hidetaka Nishiyama (Wikipedia EN)link history info
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  Funakoshi Gigō

  sports_martial_artsShotokan Probable

  Probable

  Nishiyama was also taught by Gichin Funakoshi's son Gigō Funakoshi, who divided teaching duties at the honbu dojo with his father

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

  (1943–1945)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Nishiyama was also taught by Gichin Funakoshi's son Gigō Funakoshi, who divided teaching duties at the honbu dojo with his father

  “Funakoshi and his son, Gigō Funakoshi, would divide the teaching load evenly between them”

  — Hidetaka Nishiyama (Wikipedia EN)link history info

Ranks (1)

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  military_tech10 dan Probable

  Probable

  Posthumously awarded by the ITKF; documented in Wikipedia

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

  Dan-Kyu System (2009)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  Posthumously awarded by the ITKF; documented in Wikipedia

  “the ITKF posthumously awarded the rank of 10th dan”

  — Hidetaka Nishiyama (Wikipedia EN)link history info

Students (1)

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  Chuck Norris

  sports_martial_artsShotokan Probable

  Probable

  Norris trained under Hidetaka Nishiyama in Shotokan Karate; documented in American Tang Soo Do article and Nishiyama's biography

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

  fact_checkassessed by FSMverified

  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Norris trained under Hidetaka Nishiyama in Shotokan Karate; documented in American Tang Soo Do article and Nishiyama's biography

  “Norris continued his martial arts training with Shotokan Karate masters [...] Hidetaka Nishiyama”

  — American Tang Soo Do (Wikipedia EN)link history info

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