Meitatsu Yagi
Japanese karateka
八木明達
Meitatsu Yagi (八木明達 Yagi Meitatsu, born July 7, 1944) is the eldest son of Meitoku Yagi and followed after him as a teacher and practitioner of Karate.
Meitatsu was tutored as early as the age of 5 directly by his father, grand master Meitoku Yagi, and earned his Shodan rank in 1960, at the age of 16.
By training under his father for over fifty years, he was groomed and trained to carry on the legacy of Meibukan Goju-Ryu (hard-soft
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