| Tsutomu Ohshima | |
|---|---|
 Ohshima teaching at the 50th anniversary of the Caltech Karate Club on September 2, 2007 | |
| Born | August 6, 1930 Japan |
| Other names | Tsutomu Oshima |
| Residence | California, US |
| Style | Shotokan karate |
| Teacher(s) | Gichin Funakoshi, Hiroshi Noguchi, Shigeru Egami, Toshio Kamata-Watanabe, Tadao Okuyama, Matsuo Shibuya |
| Rank | 5th dan karate (SKA) |
| Website | http://www.ska.org/ |
Tsutomu Ohshima (大島 劼, Ōshima Tsutomu, born August 6, 1930)[a] is a prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the organization Shotokan Karate of America (SKA).[1] He is the Shihan (Chief Instructor) of the SKA, and to this day holds the rank of 5th dan, which was awarded to him by Gichin Funakoshi.[1] Ohshima's branch of the Shotokan world has become known as “Shotokan Ohshima Karate-do.”[2]
- ^ a b Shotokan Karate of America: Tsutomu Ohshima Archived 2008-09-12 at the Wayback Machine (2010). Retrieved on March 31, 2010.
- ^ "Tsutomu Ohshima – Shotokan Karate of America". ska.org. Retrieved 2020-10-13.