Masami Tsuruoka Its foundation is in Chito-Ryu and Shotokan and it blends in effective techniques from many martial arts. Masami Tsuruoka , was a Japanese Canadian karate instructor and practitioner recognized as "The Father of Canadian Karate" by Black Belt Magazine. Although mainly responsible for establishing the Chito-ryu style in Canada, Tsuruoka is also known as founder of his own karate style known as Tsuruoka Ryu. Masami Tsuruoka kept Chito-ryu karate before the Canadian public from 1958 to 1968 through newspaper articles, magazine articles, and frequent public appearances, demonstrations and exhibitions across Canada. He formed the National Karate Association of Canada (presently
David Ryu in chief of the "Korean Street Journal" newspaper based in Los Angeles, and his mother worked as a nurse. Ryu's parents were married for over 40 years before his father's death in 2016. After graduating from UCLA, Ryu became a Deputy to Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Burke. He later worked as a special investigator for Los Angeles County's Auditor-Controller. Ryu later served as Director of Development and Public Affairs for Kedren Acute Psychiatric Hospital and Community Health Center. Ryu was one of over a dozen candidates to replace Councilmemebr Tom LaBonge, who was term-limited. Ryu and Carolyn Ramsay, a