Tags: Martial Artist.
Tsutomu Ohshima (大島 劼 Ōshima Tsutomu born August 6 1930) is a prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the Shotokan Karate of America (SKA) organization. He is the Shihan (Chief Instructor) of the SKA and to this day holds the rank of 5th dan in karate which was awarded to him by Gichin Funakoshi. In 1957 he established the Caltech Karate Club—the first university karate club in the United States of America.
