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Isamu Tamotsu

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Japanese grandmaster and founder of the Shorinji-ryu Renshinkan Karate branch (1955).

Quick Facts

Date of Birth5/18/1919
Date of Death5/30/2000
Era20th century
Country of OriginJapanJapan
Rank / TitleFounder of Renshinkan (10th Dan)
Active Years1955–2000

Biography

Isamu Tamotsu founded Shorinji-ryu Renshinkan Karate in Kagoshima in 1955, celebrated for dynamic spinning kicks, traditional kata, and bogu kumite.

Associated Martial Arts

Shorinji Ryu RenshinkanFounder→

An Okinawan lineage transplanted to Kagoshima in 1955, which pioneered fighting in bogu protective gear before that was common in karate.