6 August
On 6 August 1930 Shotokan Karate master, Tsutomu Ohshima was born.
He was a direct student of Shotokan founder Gichin Funakoshi. He was also influenced by Isao Obata and Shigeru Egami at Waseda University.
As an exchange student from Waseda University Ohshima began teaching Shotokan Karate in Los Angeles in 1955. The following year he founded Shotokan Karate of America (SKA).
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