Tetsuhiko Asai | |
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Born | Ehime Prefecture, Japan | June 7, 1935
Died | August 15, 2006 Japan Liver cancer | (aged 71)
Style | Shotokan karate |
Teacher(s) | Gichin Funakoshi, Masatoshi Nakayama, Teruyuki Okazaki |
Rank | 10th dan (JKS/IJKA) |
Spouse | Keiko Asai |
Children | 1 |
Notable students | Sadamu Uriu, Soke Takeshi Kitagawa |
Website | http://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]