[3] When he turned nineteen, he started learning Karate-do under Masaji Yamagushi, a student of Gichin Funakoshi.
He trained for ten years, also learning the styles of kendo, aikido and iaido.
[3] In 1957, he was invited to France by Henry Plée of the French Martial Arts Academy.
His influence progressively expanded to Germany, England, Yugoslavia, Algeria, Portugal, and Switzerland.
His students included Louis Carvalho, Patrick Herbert, Antonio Maltoni, Borko Jovanovic, Leopoldo Ferreira, Pierre-John Boyer and José Ivo Pinto Mendes, who taught Shotokai in Panama City.