1898 - 1970
Hawaii Karate Seinenkai
Mizuho Mutsu (also known as Zuiho Mutsu and formerly known as Mizuho Takada) was one of the founding Shihan of the Hawaii Karate Seinenkai. He arrived in Hawaii on August 18, 1933, accompanied by Kamesuke Higashionna. At the time, Mutsu was the Shihan at the Tokyo Imperial University. He was a student of Gichin Funakoshi. He remained in Hawaii for about one month. During that time, he taught at various locations on Oahu. On Saturday, September 9, 1933, he and Higashionna, assisted by members of the Hawaii Karate Seinenkai, gave a lecture and demonstration at the Honolulu Civic Auditorium. Over 1200 fans attended. He gave many other demonstrations during his visit, assisted by Seishin Uehara and Thomas Shigeru Miyashiro, and is remembered in Hawaii as a true Karate expert and gentleman.The Hawaii Karate Seinenkai salutes Mizuho Mutsu and expresses its gratitude to him for coming to Hawaii to spread the art of Karate.
Books by Mutsu:
Articles about Mutsu:
- Karate Kenpo, August 15, 1933. Reprinted 1999. Okinawa: Yoju Shorin.
- Co-author with Miki Nisaburo of Kenpo Gaisetsu, 1930. Tokyo: Tokyo Imperial University Karate Research Society.
- Mizuho Mutsu: Unraveling the Mystery, by Charles C. Goodin. Dragon Times, Volume 18, 2001.
- Mutsu's visit to Hawaii is discussed in Karate's History and Traditions, by Bruce A. Haines. Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1968.
- Mutsu's visit to Hawaii is discussed in Karate and Its Development in Hawaii to 1959, by Bruce A. Haines. University of Hawaii, 1962.
- Mutsu Mizuho's Karate Kenpo, by Charles Joseph Swift. Hosted here with his permission, from his website Traditional Karate Kobudo.
- Wisdom from the Past: Tidbits on Kata Applications from Pre-War Karate Books. Part Four: Mutsu Mizuho's Karate Kenpo, by Charles Joseph Swift.
- Mutsu's visit to Hawaii is discussed in The Roots of Okinawan Karate in Hawaii, by Charles C. Goodin. Okinawan Mixed Plate: Generous Servings of Culture, Customs and Cuisine, Hui O Laulima, August 2000.
- Mutsu's visit to Hawaii is discussed in The Roots of Okinawan Karate in Hawaii, by Charles C. Goodin. Hawaii Pacific Press, August 1, 1999.
- Mutsu's visit to Hawaii is discussed in The Roots of Karate in Hawaii, by Charles C. Goodin. Pacific Citizen Holiday Issue, Japanese American Citizens League, December 1999.
- Mutsu's visit to Hawaii is discussed in The Roots of Okinawan Karate in Hawaii, by Charles C. Goodin. Masters of Combat, July 2000.
- Mutsu's visit to Hawaii is discussed in Thomas Shigeru Miyashiro: Hawaii's First Nisei Karate Sensei, by Charles C. Goodin.
- Mutsu's visit to Hawaii is discussed in Hawaii's First Nisei Karate Sensei (Thomas Shigeru Miyashiro), by Charles C. Goodin. Hawaii Pacific Press, September 1, 1999.
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