Karate of Gichin Funakoshi's students, Mitsusuke Harada. Outside of the Shotokan stable of karate styles, Wado Ryu Karate was also an early adopted style in the UK, introduced by Tatsuo Suzuki, a 6th Dan at the time in 1964. Despite the early adoption of Shotokan in the UK, it was not until 1964 that JKA Shotokan officially came to the UK. Bell had been corresponding with the JKA in Tokyo asking for his grades to be ratified in Shotokan having apparently learnt that Murakami was not a designated representative of the JKA. The JKA obliged, and without enforcing a grading on
Ryu Hayabusa Ryu Hayabusa As the son of renowned ninja Joe Hayabusa, Ryu Hayabusa (whose first and last names, respectively, translate literally to "dragon" and "falcon") is the wielder of the legendary Dragon Sword. Although he appears as a normal human, he is actually a demon-human hybrid whose ancestors drew their blood from the same evil deities such as the Holy Vigoor Emperor, the first game's main antagonist. In the "Dead or Alive" series, Ryu has befriended fellow ninja Hayate, and joins forces with Kasumi and Ayane, with whom he works to take down the corrupt tournament organizer Victor Donovan. Ryu Hayabusa