Tatsuo Suzuki Sensei has passed away.

It is with sadness and regret to announce the passing of Suzuki Sensei in the early hours of Tuesday 12th July 2011.

Born in Yokohama, Japan in 1928, Tatsuo Suzuki moved to Europe in 1965 and was in much demand as the only Japanese Instructor in England. He can be credited with founding Wado-Ryu Karate in England and Europe and his dedication to his students and to Wado-Ryu were unsurpassed.

A highly respected karate-ka who will be missed, not only for his wisdom but his character will be sorely missed by all practitioners of Wado Ryu Worldwide as one of the last links to the founder of Wado Ryu, Hinori Ohtsuka.

We send our sympathies and prayers to his wife Eleni and to the rest of Suzuki Sensei’s family.