Kenji Tokitsu
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Dr. Kenji Tokitsu is a noted author and practitioner of Japanese martial arts, who has also written scholarly works on a number of subjects such as Musashi Miyamoto; he holds doctorates in sociology and in Japanese language and civilization.
A practitioner of Shotokan karate since youth, Tokitsu started his own school, the Shaolin-mon ("door to Shaolin"; compare the Mumonkan) school in Paris (where he had taught Shotokan karate since 1973) in 1983. The Shaolin-mon teachings were a hybrid of Tokitsu's dissatisfaction with Shotokan karate combined with what he learned of Chinese martial arts. Still later, he founded the Tokitsu-ryu Academy in 2001.
[edit] Partial bibliography
- Miyamoto Musashi: His Life and Writings, trans. 2004 by Sherab Chözin Kohn. ISBN 1-59030-045-9
- Ki and the Way of the Martial Arts, trans. 2003 ISBN 1-57062-998-6
[edit] External links
- Tokitsu's website
- Article on Tokitsu
- Biographical article and bibliography at Shambhala Publications' website
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NAME | Tokitsu, Kenji |
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SHORT DESCRIPTION | Japanese martial artist and scholar |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Japan |
DATE OF DEATH | |
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