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Tadashi Yamashita (山下忠, Yamashita Tadashi, born February 5, ) is a Japanese American martial artist and actor.
Yamashita has dedicated over 40 years of his life to the practice of Okinawan Karatedo and Kobudo..
Tadashi Yamashita
Japanese actor and martial artist
Tadashi Yamashita (born February 5, ) is a Japanese Americanmartial artist and actor.
Early life
Tadashi Yamashita was born in Japan in , but he considers himself an Okinawan. His father died when he was three and he and his mother moved to Okinawa when he was 8, after the Second World War.
He began martial arts at Yamashita was awarded his black belt when he was He captured the All-Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Free Sparring Grand Championship Title in He visited Japan in and tested before Shugoro Nakazato and Chosin Chibana.
He lived in Okinawa until in he moved to the US where he became a citizen.[1]
Yamashita began training in martial arts at the age of 11 when the school PTA president, who was also a martial arts instructor, took him on as a student because he was picking fights with other students.
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He began training with Hanshi Shugoro Nakazato and Hanshi Shinpo Matayoshi in and in h