Kentsū Yabu Martial artist

Kentsū Yabu (屋部 憲通, Yabu Kentsū, September 23, 1866 - August 27, 1937) was a prominent teacher of Shōrin-ryū karate in Okinawa from the 1910s until the 1930s, and was among the first people to demonstrate karate in Hawaii.

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Kentsū Yabu
Birth dateSeptember 23, 1866
Birth place
Okinawa Prefecture , Shuri Okinawa
Date of deathAugust 27, 1937
Place of death
Japan , Okinawa Prefecture , Shuri Okinawa

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