JAMES MASAYOSHI MITOSE 1916 1981 MITOSE WAS THE TWENTY FIRST DESCENDANT OF THE FOUNDER OF KOSHO RYU KENPO (OLD PINE TREE STYLE FIRST WAY) A STYLE DEVELOPED AND PRESERVED BY HIS FAMILY IN JAPAN. STUDIED HIS FIRST ART AT THE TEMPLE ON MOUNT KINKAI KUMAMOYO
KYSHU JAPAN A FUSION OF JAPANESE JU JUISO AND CHINESE
CHUAN-FA WITH A PHILOSOPHICAL BASIS DERIVED FROM THE RINZDI SCHOOL OF ZEN HE INTRODUCED KENPO TO HAWAII IN 1941 AND ADOPTED THE BELT SYSTEM COMMON TO JAPENESE BUDO AND AWARDED BLACK BELTS TO SIX OF HIS STUDENTS HE LEFT HAWAII IN 1956
