Sato Kinbei

Grandmaster Sato Kinbei Sensei was also President of the All Japan Chinese Kenpo Federation and Director of the Japanese Classical Budo Federation (Kobudo Shinkokai). He was a well known excellent martial artist in Japan and was a self-defence adviser at the Police University. He was a personal student of the late Pa Kua Grandmaster Li Zi Ming Sensei, who passed away on 23 January 1993 at the age of 91. It was Grandmaster Sato Kinbei Sensei who introduced Grandmaster Ueno Takashi Sensei to Grandmaster Takamatsu Toshitsugu Sensei.

Grandmaster Sato Kinbei Sensei passed away on 21 January 1999.

He died in the hospital due to pneumonia at the age of 73.