Stan Schmidt
Acting
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Born
Oct 06, 1936
Died
Oct 07, 2019 (83 years old)
Place of birth
Kroonstad, South Africa
Biography
Stan Schmidt was a South African master of Shotokan karate. Along with others, such as Norman Robinson, he was an early practitioner of Shotokan karate in South Africa and his establishment of the South African branch of the Japan Karate Association (JKA) in 1965 after training in Japan, along with his subsequent promotion of the art in South Africa, earned him the appellation of 'The Father of South African Karate'.
