Talk:Seishiro Okazaki

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Prof. Okazaki's birthdate was calculated using his age in the year of Meiji in which he immigrated. For reference and cross checking please see Prof. Okazaki's own statement published on Danzan.com. This short statement was reproduced from his own statements.

Internment?

I have studied for 14 years in several schools of jujitsu which trace their lineage to Okazaki and the history I was taught was that he was briefly arrested and released. Okazaki had friends in high places--he was one of Roosevelt's favored physical therapists and was assisting some of his students in developing a hand-to-hand combat curriculum for the Army that eventually became Field manual FM-21-150. "Internment" is not consistent with the fact that the Evacuation Order (Executive Order 9066), eventually applied to about 1/3 of the continental US (by population) was never applied to Hawaii. As far as detention of any length, it looks like we have statements of his senior students saying he was taken in for questioning but never arrested and a Freedom of Information Act request showing no record of his detention vs. the recollection of his daughter Imi that she visited him "at least twice" in prison. Someone needs to research this question and find a most likely answer as to whether or not he was detained and if for how long. He was certainly not "interned" in the normal sense of being one of the classes subject to the evacuation order, being a minor child of someone subject to the evacuation order, or voluntarily accompanying relatives subject to the evacuation order. 12.10.223.247 02:46, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

History as a Healer

Need a reference for this subheading. Was originally posted in Danzan-ryu, but was removed. Was stated to have come from Anon.1 at this website. Any info or references would be greatly appreciated. User5802 06:57, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Okazaki's age???

In response to the above statement on how Okazaki's age was calculated. I assume you're referring to the quote on here. This quote does not say "I was 19 when I immigrated." It says "I immigrated to Hawaii in the 39th year of the Meiji period", and also says "When I was nineteen years old, I became ill." These are two separate statements. Still need more information on his exact birthday. User5802 01:24, 14 September 2007 (UTC)