Tadashi yamashita biography

          Tadashi Yamashita (山下忠, Yamashita Tadashi, born February 5, ) is a Japanese American martial artist and actor.

          Tadashi Yamashita was..

          Tadashi Yamashita

          Japanese actor and martial artist

          Tadashi Yamashita (born February 5, 1942) is a Japanese Americanmartial artist and actor.

          Early life

          Tadashi Yamashita was born in Japan in 1942, 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 11.

          In Sensei moved to Mishawaka, Indiana and opened his first karate dojo.

        1. In Sensei moved to Mishawaka, Indiana and opened his first karate dojo.
        2. Tadashi Yamashita is a Japanese American martial artist and actor.
        3. Tadashi Yamashita was.
        4. Tadashi Yamashita.
        5. Yamashita has dedicated over 40 years of his life to the practice of Okinawan Karatedo and Kobudo.

          6. Yamashita was awarded his black belt when he was 16. He captured the All-Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Free Sparring Grand Championship Title in 1960. He visited Japan in 1968 and tested before Shugoro Nakazato and Chosin Chibana. He lived in Okinawa until in 1966 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 Han