About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Karate coaches, Shotokan practitioners, Henry Plee, Terutomo Yamazaki, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Masatoshi Nakayama, Taiji Kase, Harry Cook, Gichin Funakoshi, Steve Arneil, Dave Hazard, Isao Obata, Seiichi Akamine, Tsutomu Ohshima, List of karateka, Teruo Chinen, Mitsusuke Harada, Malcolm Phipps, Ank Itosu, Keigo Abe, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Tetsuhiko Asai, Morio Higaonna, Keinosuke Enoeda, Hideyuki Ashihara, Eiichi Miyazato, Fumio Demura, Miyuki Miura, Takayuki Mikami, Yutaka Yaguchi, Hironori tsuka, Tino Ceberano, Pat Zalewski, Terry O'Neill, Kazuyoshi Ishii, Katsuaki Sat, Howard Collins, Yoshiji Soeno, Shigeru Egami, Ticky Donovan, Hiroshi Shirai, Teruyuki Okazaki, Shokei Matsui, Bobby Lowe, Ronnie Watt, Kazumi Tabata, Arakaki Seish, Frank Woon-a-tai, Shir Asano, Peter Chong, Frank Brennan, Katsuhiko Shinzato, James Yabe, Shojiro Sugiyama, Dave Kershaw, Ank Asato, Jose Martins Achiam, Samuel D. Roberts, John van Weenen, Seigo Tada, Masaaki Ueki, Chuck Merriman, Henry Slomanski, Andy Sherry, Toyotaro Miyazaki, Arturo Worrell, Tatsuya Naka, Hatsuo Royama, Sarah Nasir. Excerpt: Henry Plee (also named H.D. Plee, Henri Plee, Henry D. Plee, or Henry-Desire Plee) is a French martial artist who is considered as the 'father of European and French karate'. He is the only 10th dan karate master living outside of Japan, and the only Westerner who holds this rank. He is also the oldest and highest karate ranking Westerner alive, with more than 60 years of fighting arts, including 50 in martial arts. He was a pioneer in introducing karate to France and Europe, and has taught most of today's highest ranking karate masters in Europe. Henry Plee was born in Arras, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France on 24 May 1923. His studies in architecture were interrupted by World War II in 1939. An only son, Henry Plee started his sports career with gymna...
