Sokon Matsumura

Sokon Matsumura

male, deceased (1899)
was one of the well-known original karateka of Okinawa. He studied "Chuan Fa" ("Kempo" in Japanese) in China as well as other martial arts and...
Choshin Chibana

Choshin Chibana

male, deceased (1969)
Choshin Chibana was an Okinawan martial artist who created the Kobayashi-ryū style of Shorin-ryū karate, based on the teachings of his teacher, An...
Joe Lewis

Joe Lewis

male
Joe Lewis is an American kickboxer and point Karate fighter whose success in the ring in the 1960s and 1970s is still legendary. He has twice been...
Bill Wallace

Bill Wallace

male, 64 years old
Bill Wallace (December 1, 1945) is an American martial artist, best known as Bill "Superfoot" Wallace or simply "Superfoot", the dominant kickboxer...
Shugoro Nakazato

Shugoro Nakazato

male, 88 years old
Shugoro Nakazato (1921-) is an Okinawan martial artist who is the the grand master of the Shorin-ryu Shorinkan style of Okinawan Karate. Nakazato...
Katsuya Miyahira

Katsuya Miyahira

male, 91 years old
Katsuya Miyahira (1918-) is an Okinawan martial artist who is the the grand master of the Shorin-ryu Shido-kan style of Okinawan Karate and the...
Shogo Kuniba

Shogo Kuniba

male, deceased (1992)
Shogo Kuniba (February 5, 1935 - July 14, 1992) was a Japanese teacher of karate. His father was Kosei Kuniba who began training him at five years...
Shinpan Gusukuma

Shinpan Gusukuma

male, deceased (1954)
Shinpan Gusukuma (1890-1954), also known as Shinpan Shiroma by the Japanese, was an Okinawan martial artist who studied Shorin-ryu karate as a...
Jim Kelly

Jim Kelly

male, 63 years old
Jim Kelly (born May 5 1946 in Paris, Kentucky) is an American athlete, actor and martial artist who came to prominence in the early 1970s. Kelly...

Kanga Sakukawa

male, 227 years old
was an Okinawan martial artist who developed Te, the precursor to modern karate. In 1750, Sakagawa began his training as a student of was a student...