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Richard Kim

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Wikipedia states Kim began studying karate under Sadao Arakaki after seeing Yabu Kentsu's 1927 demonstration.

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

(1927)

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Frederico Muñoz

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Wikipedia states Kim began studying karate under Sadao Arakaki after seeing Yabu Kentsu's 1927 demonstration.

“After seeing a demonstration by Kentsū Yabu, who spent most of 1927 in Hawaii, Kim began studying karate under Arakaki Sadao [...], who represented Yabu in Hawaii.”

— Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Richard Kim (karate) - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info

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“After seeing a demonstration by Kentsū Yabu, who spent most of 1927 in Hawaii, Kim began studying karate under Arakaki Sadao [...], who represented Yabu in Hawaii.”

— Wikipedia contributors. (2026). Richard Kim (karate) - Wikipedia (EN). Wikipedia (English)link history info

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Arakaki Sadao. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M1KSJ12QB2MS2RB0QJ0S0CHZ - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.

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