Sosui Ichikawa
Sosui Ichikawa 市川 素水 | |
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| Born | August 29, 1924 |
| Died | March 7, 2005 |
| Organization(s) | Sosuikan 素水館 |
| Style | Gōjū-ryū |
| Title | 4th Sōke of the Zen Nihon Goju-ryu Karate-do Renmei 全日本剛柔流空手道連盟 Sosuikan Kancho ⻑館 館水素 |
| Predecessor | Kanki Izumigawa |
| Successor | Kazunobu Tsubamoto 鍔本 和伸 Kenjiro Chiba 千葉 拳二郎 Martial arts career |
| Teacher(s) | Kanki Izumigawa |
| Rank | 10th dan - Hanshi |
| Other information | |
| Notable students | Masashi Sudo, Hattori Fusaaki, Masaaki Sakai, Tadahiko Ohtsuka, Kiyoshi Yonemoto, Shojiro Jibiki, Tadashi Yokoyama, Robert Taiani, Shojiro Jibiki |
Sosui Ichikawa (市川 素水; August 29, 1924 - March 7, 2005), was a Japanese martial artist born in Ueno, Tokyo, Japan who was the 4th Sōke of the Zen Nihon Goju-Ryu Karate-do Renmei (全日本剛柔流空手道連盟) and founder of the Sosuikan (素水館). He would teach Goju-Ryu karate while still doing his research and development. Ichikawa's studies were often focused on the Bubishi (武備志), and would ultimately come to write his texts, the Kōshu-do (交手道) and other documents. Sosui Ichikawa was accepted as Hanshi (範士), Jūdan (十段) in 1983 by the Okinawan Karate-Do Renmei.