Nganga Tolo-Naa

United States

Also known as

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.

Teachers (1)

  • John Keehan
    sports_martial_artsKarate Probable
    Probable
    Single source.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    (1963)
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    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
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    Single source.
    “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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