Martial arts biography tadashi yamashita kobudow
Tadashi yamashita sensei...
ABOUT OUR CHIEF INSTRUCTOR TADASHI YAMASHITA
Tadashi Yamashita was born in Japan in , but he considers himself an Okinawan. His father died when he was three, and his mother, who never remarried (the older Japanese did not believe in remarriage), moved to Okinawa when Tadashi was eight years old.
Martial arts biography tadashi yamashita kobudow
He lived in Okinawa until, at the age of 24, he came to the United States where he has since become a citizen.
Sensei Yamashita's experience of more than 39 years in the martial arts began at the age of The roughest kid in school, he not only picked fights with the other students, but with the teachers as well.
This was brought to the attention of the PTA which realized they could not handle day, the PTA president, who was also a karate instructor, stopped by to pick up Tadashi after school. Always the warrior, Tadashi tried to fight him.
The instructor slapped the rebellious youngster and dragged him off to the dojo where he was taught the elements of kicking, punching, and most