List of karateka
This is a list of notable karateka (karate practictioners).
A
- Itosu Ankoh (1832-1916)
- Hideyuki Ashihara (1944-1995)
- Seisho Arakaki
- Takeshi Azuma
B
- Shihan Andy Barber (1948- )
- Billy Blanks (1955- )
C
- Motobu Choki (1871-1944)
- Kyan Chotoku (1870-1945)
- Choshin Chibana (1885-1969)
- Shihan Don Corrigal (1956 - Present)
D
E
F
- Fujimoto Sadaharu (1930 - )
G
- Funakoshi Gichin (Shuri, Okinawa 1869 - Tokyo 1957)
Lee Goold Sensei (1959-present.) one of a handfull of femail Chief Instructors in Wado.
- George E. Anderson (1931-present) One of those who helped Karate reach the Pan-Am games.
H
- Kanryo Higashionna (1853–1915)
- Yuchoku Higa (1910–1994)
- Mitsusuke Harada (1928- )
- Andy Hug (1964-2000)
- Manny Hawthorne (Sanzashi)(1952-present)Shorinjiryu Kenshin Canada
I
Seikichi Iha (1932- )
J
K
- Taiji Kase (1927 - Paris 2004)
- Hirokazu Kanazawa
- Shigeru Kimura
- Kenji Tokitsu
L
M
- Sokon Matsumura (Bushi or warrior) (1792-1886)
- Kenwa Mabuni
- Shihan Bob McCallum
- Miyuki Miura (1949- )
- Chojun Miyagi (1888-1953)
- Mark Murphy (1963- )
N
- Tadashi Nakamura (1942- )
- Joko Ninomiya (1954- )
O
- Hironori Ohtsuka (1892-1982)
- Ohshima Tsutomu (1930- )
- Masutatsu Oyama (1923-1994)
P
Q
R
S
- Satunshi Sakugawa (1733-1815)
- Katsuaki Sato (1946- )
- Egami Shigeru (1912-1981)
- Shukumine Seiken (1925-2001)
T
- Pechin Takahara (?-1762)
- Chris Thompson [1]
- Masami Tsuruoka (1929- )
- Kanken Toyama
- Masanao Takazawa
- Kunihiko Tosa (1932- )
- Robert A. Trias
U
V
W
X
Y
- Gogen Yamaguchi (1909-1989)