Description

Japanese Goju-ryu karate teacher, student of Yamaguchi Gōgen from 1951 and known as his best fighter; founder of Seiwa-kai Goju-ryu.

Teachers (1)

  • Yamaguchi Gōgen
    sports_martial_artsGoju-ryu Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    (1951)
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Single source.
    “Shuji Tasaki began training in Goju Ryu directly under Yamaguchi. This was on August 15, 1951.”
    — Cramer, Mark I.. (2018). The History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It: Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karate-doinfo

Sources

“Tasaki, who later established Seiwa Kai Goju Ryu karate-do”
— Cramer, Mark I.. (2018). The History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It: Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karate-doinfo

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Tasaki Shūji. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5H4V349D0DCDNT7EK46302G - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M5H4V349D0DCDNT7EK46302G, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Tasaki Shūji}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5H4V349D0DCDNT7EK46302G}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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