Ohtsuka-Hironori 10th Dan Saiko-Shihan (AD1934-)
OHTSUKA-JIRO
Ohtsuka-Jiro was born in February 1934.
He started Kendo under an army officer during the Second World War at the age of nine and studied Ju-jutsu until 1951, until the martial-arts restrictions were lifted; he then went on to study Karate, Aikido and Judo at high school.
He started training in Wado-ryu Karate with his father after finishing at high school. Ohtsuka-Jiro was nominated by Ohtsuka-Hironori Meijin to become the successor as the Grand Master of Wado-ryu Karate-do. He inherited his father's name, Ohtsuka-Hironori, in 1982.