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Old 04-17-2007, 07:10 PM   #5
raul rodrigo
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Re: How many Shihans?

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Christopher Li wrote: View Post
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".

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Chris
Wasn't Tohei named "shihan bucho" of Hombu in 1956? Wouldn't that make him officially a shihan?

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