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Norman Robinson
Person

Norman Robinson

Specialty
Acting
Birth
September 6, 1936 · 88 years
Death
July 31, 2025
Origin
South Africa

Professional Trajectory

Norman Robinson (6 September 1936 – 31 July 2025) was a South African master of Shotokan karate. He and Stan Schmidt were the first practitioners of Shotokan karate in South Africa and they instigated the establishment of the South African branch of the Japan Karate Association (JKA) in 1965 and popularized the art across the country.

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