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
Ryu Shiva poetry has been seen as a genre where it’s not the works that approach the public, but the public must take effort to approach the work, and Ryu Shiva’s works have been criticized as belonging to the former. Ryu Shiva’s works have been alienated by the literary circle and literary journals. Meanwhile, Ryu Shiva’s books continue to be popular among the public. "Geudaega gyeot-e itseodo naneun geudaega geuripda" (그대가 곁에 있어도 나는 그대가 그립다 Even Though You Are Next To Me I Miss You) was on the best seller list 21 times between 1989 and 1998, and in a survey