- Kenji Tokitsu
:"Kenji Tokitsu is also the name of an
actor ."Dr. Kenji Tokitsu is a noted author and practitioner of
Japanese martial arts , who has also written scholarly works on a number of subjects such asMusashi Miyamoto ; he holds doctorates in sociology and in Japanese language and civilization.A practitioner of
Shotokan karate since youth, in 1983 Tokitsu started his own school, the Shaolin-mon ("door to Shaolin", compare theMumonkan ) school inParis , where he had taught Shotokan karate since 1973. The Shaolin-mon teachings were a hybrid of Tokitsu's dissatisfaction with Shotokan karate combined with what he learned ofChinese martial arts . Still later, he founded the Tokitsu-ryu Academy in 2001.Partial bibliography
*"
Miyamoto Musashi : His Life and Writings", trans. 2004 by Sherab Chözin Kohn. ISBN 1-59030-045-9
*"Ki and the Way of the Martial Arts", trans. 2003 ISBN 1-57062-998-6External links
*The [http://www.kenjitokitsu.org/ official website] of Kenji Tokitsu
* [http://www.tokitsu.com/ Tokitsu's] website
** [http://www.tokitsu.com/en/presentation/sensei-tokitsu.html Article] on Tokitsu
* [http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/author/656.cfm Biographical article and bibliography] atShambhala Publications ' websitePersondata
NAME=Tokitsu, Kenji
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Japanese martial artist and scholar
DATE OF BIRTH=1947
PLACE OF BIRTH=Japan
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