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Raymond Cooper

Description

African American martial artist from Chicago (born Raymond Cooper, 1946), a Shuri-ryu karate student of John Keehan (Count Dante) from 1963; with Mfundishi Maasi he developed Kupigana Ngumi.

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John Keehan

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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

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“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

Sources

“A few years later (around 1966 or 1967), Maasi met Nganga Tolo-Naa (born Raymond Cooper, 1946–).”

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

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Nganga Tolo-Naa. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5HNCED8Y9PFQRCH4ZJ0YQ4G - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.

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@incollection{martialis_01M5HNCED8Y9PFQRCH4ZJ0YQ4G, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Nganga Tolo-Naa}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5HNCED8Y9PFQRCH4ZJ0YQ4G}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }

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