Taba Kensei (July 5, 1933 – July 7, 2012) was the founder and first President of the Okinawa Shōgen-ryū Karate-Do Association, which is an offshoot to Matsubayashi ryu. He was also the first President of the World Matsubayashi-ryu Karate-Do Association (WMKA) at the death of Shoshin Nagamine.
His direct successor and one of his main students is Kiyomasa Maeda.
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