Hiroshi Shirai | the grandmaster of karate | tribute

Hiroshi Shirai ( Nagasaki , July 31, 1937 ) is a karateka and Japanese karate master , tenth dan , he is considered one of the most trained masters in the world in Shotokan Style karate. He is the founder of the Shotokan Italy Institute (ISI), a moral body of the FIKTA for the study of the homonymous style and recognized by the Council of Ministers. Master Shirai still holds trainings assisted by Master Carlo Fugazza and is president of the FIKTA examining commission for the passage of DAN.