I have been on the periphery of this too long. I am a practictioner of Shitoryu Itosu Kai for over 30 years. Fumio Demura was expelled from Itosu Ka...

I have been on the periphery of this too long. I am a practictioner of Shitoryu Itosu Kai for over 30 years. Fumio Demura was expelled from Itosu Kai years ago for the reasons mentioned in the comments from Robert. As a head instructor (5th Dan Karate, 2nd dan Kobudo) for a large Itosu Kai group in Western Canada I had the dubious pleasure of meeting him and his entourage of franchised karate instructors at various seminars and functions.

I have to say the only reason he is venerated by so many practitioners of karate is he has appeared on numerous front covers of Black Belt Magazine, hardly a measure of acceptance in the martial arts world unless you happen to be in California or in Western Canada.
Please go to the web site for Itosu Kai International and read the letter of expulsion for yourselves before making statements of credibilty.

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