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1969 Article on Master Zenryo Shimabukuro and Ānankū
The article below was published on September 21, 1969, as six Okinawan representatives prepared to travel to Japan for the All Japan Karate Federation demonstration on October 10. The demonstrations described in the article were part of those preparations. Just 23 days after the article appeared, Zenryo Shimabukuro Sensei passed away from a ruptured appendix […]
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