Tetsuhiko Asai

Tetsuhiko Asai
Born(1935-06-07)June 7, 1935
Ehime Prefecture, Japan
DiedAugust 15, 2006(2006-08-15) (aged 71)
Japan
Liver cancer
StyleShotokan karate
Teacher(s)Gichin Funakoshi, Masatoshi Nakayama, Teruyuki Okazaki
Rank10th dan (JKS/IJKA)
SpouseKeiko Asai
Children1
Notable studentsSadamu Uriu, Soke Takeshi Kitagawa
Websitehttp://www.jks.jp/ http://www.ijka.net/

Tetsuhiko Asai (浅井 哲彦, Asai Tetsuhiko, June 7, 1935 – August 15, 2006) was a prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate of the Japan Karate Association (JKA), founder and Chief Instructor of the International Japan Martial Arts Karate Asai-ryu (IJKA), and founder of the Japan Karate Shoto Federation (JKS; formerly known as the Japan Karate Shoto-Renmei).[1][2]

  1. ^ The Shotokan Way: Tetsuhiko Asai profile Archived 2011-01-17 at the Wayback Machine (c. 2007). Retrieved on March 27, 2010.
  2. ^ International Japan Karate Asai-ryu (Americas): Organization Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine (2010). Retrieved on March 27, 2010.