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This week in history (5 August – 11 August)

6 August On 6 August 1930 Shotokan Karate master, Tsutomu Ohshima was born. He was a direct student of Shotokan founder Gichin Funakoshi. He was also influenced by Isao Obata and Shigeru Egami at Waseda University. As an exchange student from Waseda University Ohshima began teaching Shotokan Karate in Los Angeles in 1955. The following …

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This week in history (29 July – 4 August)

30 July On 30 July 1949 KUGB stalwart, Robert Poynton, was born.  A member of the famed Liverpool Red Triangle Karate Club, he started training in 1965 aged 15. He was awarded his 1st Dan by Keinosuke Enoeda in 1968. A top competitor in the 1970s, he successfully transitioned into an administrative role in the …

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