Keinosuke Enoeda | |
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Born | Japan | 4 July 1935
Died | 29 March 2003 Tokyo[1] | (aged 67)
Other names | Tora (Tiger) |
Style | Shotokan karate |
Teacher(s) | Gichin Funakoshi, Masatoshi Nakayama, Taiji Kase |
Rank | 9th dan karate (JKA) |
Notable students | Frank Brennan, Dave Hazard, Andy Sherry, Norman Robinson |
Website | KUGB Profile - Sensei Keinosuke Enoeda |
Keinosuke Enoeda (榎枝 慶之輔, Enoeda Keinosuke, 4 July 1935 – 29 March 2003) was a Japanese master of Shotokan karate.[2] He was a former Chief Instructor of the Karate Union of Great Britain.[2] Enoeda was ranked 8th dan in Shotokan karate, and was widely renowned as a formidable karateka (practitioner of karate).[3] Following his death, Enoeda was posthumously awarded the rank of 9th dan.[4]