Yoshihide Shinzato

Japan
Born 1927-03-15, Okinawa

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)

  • 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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    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

Sources

“The first person believed to have taught karate in Brazil is Yoshihide Shinzato.”
— Alcantara, Ubaldo; Rodrigues, Antonio. (2000-12). Karate in Brazil: An Overview. Journal of Combative Sportlink info

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