Shotokan head of the Japan Karate Association's Brazilian branch. Action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme holds a 2nd "dan" black belt in Shotokan and used the style when he competed both in traditional and in full contact karate competitions in the 1970s and 1980s. Michael Jai White has a 3rd "dan" in Shotokan, although he has long practiced other karate styles such as Kyokushin and Goju Ryu. Wesley Snipes has a 5th dan black belt in Shotokan. Shotokan Funakoshi had many students at the university clubs and outside dojos, who continued to teach karate after his death in 1957. However, internal
Paul K. Ryu of the judiciary. Ryu graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1943 and received his P.h.D. from Yale Law School in 1958. On January 3, 1959 Ryu married Helen Silving at the home of New York University’s chancellor, George D. Stoddard. Silving and Ryu met while at Harvard University. Paul K. Ryu Paul K. Ryu (also known as Ryu Kichyun and Ki-chʻŏn Yu) was the ninth president of Seoul National University and the sixth dean of Seoul National University School of Law. Prior to his appointment as Seoul National University president, Ryu was Dean of the Office of Academic Affairs.