Bobby Lowe (martial artist)

Edward "Bobby" Lowe (born August 23, 1929 ; † September 14, 2011 ) was an American-Chinese martial arts expert and pioneer of karate in the style of Kyôkushin (8th Dan) in Hawaii , USA .

Life

He was a pupil of James Masayoshi mitosis in the style of Kosho-ryû Kenpo before 1952 by Mas Oyama , the Kyokushin met. Lowe followed Ōyama to Japan, becoming his first foreign student and Ōyama's first Uchi-Deshi .

In 1957 Lowe opened the first Kyôkushin-dôjô outside of Japan in Hawaii and had been a Kyôkushin teacher there for over 50 years. Until his death, he was one of the highest-ranking representatives of the IKO1 , which emerged from Ōyamas International Karate Organization (IKO) under Akiyoshi Matsui's leadership . His students included u. a. Arthur Kôji Hisatake .

Publications

• Mas Oyama's Karate as practiced in Japan . Arco Pub. Co., New York 1964. ISBN 0-668-01140-8 .
• Kyôkushin Self Defense
• Kyôkushin Karate: Self Defense Techniques . 1999.

literature

• Gustav Gruhlke, German Kyokushin Budo Kai

Web links

• Tribute to Lowes (Who's Who in Kenpo)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karate Thoughts Blog: Passing of Shihan Bobby Lowe - September 14, 2011. In: karatejutsu.blogspot.com. Retrieved September 16, 2011 . 
2. ^ RIP Shihan Bobby Lowe. << Wiklund Dojo. (No longer available online.) In: wiklunddojo.com. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 16, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ Karate Styles ( Memento from May 7, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Lowe's biography at Hawaii Karate Seinenkai