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The Earliest Hatsumi
28 Jul 2019

The Earliest Hatsumi

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 6 - History and Martial Arts | 0

Few realize multi-media ambassador and curator of modern ninjutsu Masaaki Hatsumi’s first exposure in the Western world came in a 1961 issue of a pulp fiction rag…

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