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June 1 1892 |
Hironori Otsuka was
born in Ibaraki Prefecture, Shimodate City as the first son of Tokujiro and Sato. His real name was Kou. Hironori is the name, which was used for the martial art. |
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1897 |
Otsuka entered the
Dojo of Choujiro Ebashi and embarked on the learning of Jujutsu. Choujiro Ebashi was his big uncle on his mother's side and was a martial arts teacher in the Tuchiura feudal clan. |
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1905 |
Otsuka entered the
Ibaragi prefecture Shimotsuma junior high school. He entered the Dojo of Master Tatsusaburo Nakayama, who was a teacher in his junior high school and he began to learning full-scale Shinto-Yoshin-Ryu-Jujutsu in his Dojo. |
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1910 |
He entered Waseda University and specialized in commerce. | |
1914~ |
He visited and trained
Jujutsu in other Dojos as well as participated in trial games such as Tenjinshinyo-Ryu, Kito-Ryu and so on. |
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1912 |
With the death of his
father Tokujiro, he dropped out of Waseda University to enter Kawasaki bank at the request of his mother Sato. |
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1913 |
He began the study of bone setting and the kappo. | |
June 1, 1921 |
On Otsuka`s 30th
birthday, Tatsusaburo Nakayama conferred to him the
license of full proficiency in Shinto-Yoshin-Ryu and then accedes to the 4th generation of the Shinto-Yoshin-Ryu. |
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July, 1922 |
He began to learn Ryukyoo- Karate- Jutsu. | |
1929 |
He participated in the
establishment of the Nihon-Old martial art promotion league, and he joined the league with the name of his own Karate "Wado-Ryu-Karate-Jutsu". |
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1934 |
He established his
Dojo "Dai-Nihon-Karate-Do-Shinko-Club", which juxtaposed a bonesetting hospital in Suehirocho, Kanda Tokyo. |
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May 1938 |
He conferred the rank
of "Renshi-Gou" from Dai-Nihon-Butokukai. In the same year, he participated in " the style ancestor festival " in Kyoto Butokuden, which Butokukai sponsors. At that time, he registered his style name as Shinshu-Wado-Ryu-Karate-Jutsu. This became the first Karate style name to be officially authorized into the martial arts of Japan. Though, on the mainland of Japan a founder of a style of martial art was held in esteem, a founder of a style of Karate held little importance at the time. |
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1939 |
He changed his style
name from Shinsu-Wado-Ryu to simply "Wado-Ryu". Since then the name has remained unchanged up to present time. |
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1944 |
He was appointed as
the head master (SHUSEKI-SHIHAN) of Karate by the Dai Nihon Butokukai. |
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1949 |
He participated in the
establishment of the International Martial Arts Federation (IMAF). |
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1952 |
He opened the Wado-Ryu
headquarters Dojo at Tsukiji in Tokyo. On June 1st , the first Wado-Ryu Demonstration tournament was held for the 20th anniversary commemoration of the foundation of Wado-Ryu Karate-Jutsu. He participated in forming the Japan Karatedo Federation. |
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1966 |
The Japanese
government honored him with the Fifth Order of Merit ( the cordon of the Rising Sun ) for his contributions to karate. |
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1969 |
He became First Vice-Chairman of the Japan Karatedo Federation. | |
Oct 9, 1972 |
He was awarded the title of "Meijin" by the Emperor's uncle. | |
Nov 3, 1978 |
He established the
International Federation of Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Organizations’ Headquarters Dojo in Nerima Ward Tokyo. |
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Apr 1, 1981 |
The name of the Wado-Ryu Organization was changed. | |