Saturday, December 17, 2022

The 1976 bust of Tatsuo Shimabuku

 


The Isshinryu tournament held at the Sunnyside Gardens in NYC in 1976 was to raise money to have a statue of Tatsuo Shimabuku made to be placed in Okinawa.

 

The tournament was held and brought Isshinryu karate-ka from around the country to compete and support the effort to pay for that bust.

 

See the original blog post I made about that tournament:


https://isshin-concentration.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-tribute-for-shimabuku-tatsuo-in-1976.html

 

Going through my pivatee files I just found a photo of that bust of Tatsuo that was made. I have never seen this posted before.


Unfortunately I have no further details about what happened to that bust.


 

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