Kiyoshi Arakaki
karateka
Kiyoshi Arakaki (新垣 清, Arakaki Kiyoshi; October 17, 1954) is a karate practitioner, historian, novelist, and the founder of Okinawa Karate-Do Muso-Kai.
Biography
Kiyoshi Arakaki was born on October 17, 1954, in Naha, Okinawa, Japan as the first son of Dr. Seiei Arakaki and Yoshiko Arakaki. At the age of 13, Kiyoshi Arakaki was introduced to Shōshin Nagamine's Matsubayashi-ryū. In 1973, he graduated from Naha High School, Okinawa. In 1977, he traveled to the United States. In 1977, he taught self-defense at Graceland University. In 1979, he worked for Mother Teresa's "Missionaries of Charity" in Kolkata, India. In 1982, he founded Muso-Kai Karate-Do and opened his first dojo in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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