Tatsuo Suzuki
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Tatsuo Suzuki ( jap. 鈴木辰夫 , Suzuki Tatsuo * 27. April 1928 in Yokohama , Japan ; † 12. July 2011 ) was a karate - Grand Master , who in the mid-1960s, the style Wado-Ryu brought to Europe and spread.
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Suzuki began kendo as a schoolboy and joined karate at the age of 14 . From 1945 to 1956 he trained with the style founder Hironori Ōtsuka , from whom he received the 5th Dan in 1951 at the age of only 24 years .
From 1964, Suzuki began to spread wadō-ryū with other karate masters in Europe and America in the form of demonstrations and courses. A year later he moved to England, where he founded the first Wadō-Ryū association UKKF (United Kingdom Karate-do Federation) in January 1968 , which in 1971 had over 2000 members in over 80 clubs. His organization was renamed the Wado International Karate-Do Federation (WIKF) in 1991 .
Tatsuo Suzuki trained European competitive athletes together with Teruo Kono . Until his death he led technical karate seminars in Europe.
Besides karate practiced since 1950 Suzuki Zen - meditation .
Publications
- Tatsuo Suzuki: Karate-Do , Pelham Books 1967, ISBN 978-0-720701-44-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ The values of tradition - Tatsuo Suzuki in the magazine Budo Karate , No. 3/2000, Satori Verlag, page 34
- ↑ Ben Pollock: Karate Wadoryu: from Japan to the West , Manchester 2014, 1st edition, ISBN 978-1-291-65036-5 , page 174
- ↑ Teruo Kono : The way to the black belt . Kono Verlag, Norderstedt 1995, 5th edition, ISBN 3-9804461-0-7 , page 14
- ↑ The values of tradition - Tatsuo Suzuki in the Budo Karate magazine , No. 3/2000, Satori Verlag, page 38
bibliography
- Tatsuo Suzuki: Suzuki - The fullness of a life in karate . 2009, ISBN 1-44-152484-3
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Suzuki, Tatsuo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 鈴木 辰 夫 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese Wadō-Ryū Karate Grand Master |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yokohama |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 2011 |