Description

Okinawan Shorin-ryu karateka, a student of Choshin Chibana, who settled in Brazil in 1954 and is believed to be the first person to teach karate there.

Teachers (1)

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  Chibana Chōshin

  swordsKobayashi Shorin-ryu Probable

  Probable

  Single source.

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

  (1939)

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  Frederico Muñoz

  Researcher, Martialis

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  fact_check

  Single source.

  “Shinzato was born on Okinawa on March 15, 1927 and at the age of 12 he began studying karate with Choshin Chibana.”

  — Alcantara, Ubaldo; Rodrigues, Antonio. (2000-12). Karate in Brazil: An Overview. Journal of Combative Sportlink info

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