Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Washin-Ryu Karate-Do
Washin-Ryu Karate-Do as a notable style. Looking at , this style has existed at least since the 1960s (claims a longer history), has notable practitioners (Hidy Ochiai and Mike Stone (karate)), is the subject of several books (notably Ochiai's The Essence of Self-Defense, Hidy Ochiai's Complete Book of Self-Defense, and Hidy Ochiai's Living Karate http://www.amazon.com/Hidy-Ochiai/e/B001K8FUKG/--despite the titles having been selected for broader appeal, the first two are indeed on Washin-ryu) and mentioned in The Martial Arts Encyclopedia by John Corcoran and Emil Farkas and An Illustrated History of Martial Arts In America: 1900 to Present by Emil Farkas (verifiable by search at Amazon), numerous magazine articles (e.g., Karate Illustrated Jan. 1984, on its Sanchin kata http://www.ma-mags.com/Mags/KIl/KIl%201984-01%20Cov.jpg and Official Karate Jan. 1977 on the modernity of the style http://www.ma-mags.com/Mags/OK/OK%201977-01%20Cov.jpg, among numerous others), basis of programs at SUNY Cortland http://www2.cortland.edu/offices/recreational-sports/non-credit-instruction/Washin-Ryu-Karate/ (see also http://books.google.com/books?id=dgFVOliv_FkC&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=washin-ryu&source=bl&ots=ipDAzybOM5&sig=h3Fh6BLZKbO44gDbHfsd4COVLZ4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lHXQUcPNBsiYygHu3oHQCg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAjgy#v=onepage&q=washin-ryu&f=false) and SUNY Binghamton. Notable, noted style
— User:JJL, 18:32, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:MANOTE (Wikipedia:Notability)