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Christopher Li wrote:
There was no official "shihan" certification until fairly recently. Normal practice in Japan was (and more or less still is) that anybody 6th dan and up would be called "shihan", so the answer to the question "officially recognized as shihan" would be "zero".
Best,
Chris
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Wasn't Tohei named "shihan bucho" of Hombu in 1956? Wouldn't that make him officially a shihan?
R