Mar 04 2018
Osamu Ozawa is a legendary Shotokan master. In 1944 he was promoted to black belt by Shotokan founder, Gichin Funakoshi. Having moved to the United States in the 1960s, Ozawa hosted the first Traditional Karate Tournament in Las Vegas. This initial tournament only had thirty competitors. It would go on to become one of the …
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Mar 02 2018
Bob Poynton has been involved in Shotokan Karate since 1965. A student of Keinosuke Enoeda he is a long time member of the Karate Union of Great Britain (KUGB). A top competitor he has been a member of both the KUGB National Squad and the British All Styles Team. Below are some of the magazine …
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Feb 28 2018
Eddie Daniels has been involved in Karate for over fifty years. Starting in Shotokan he eventually became a student of Shigeru Kimura in 1968. He was a member of the All Styles British squad from 1970 to 1975. Below are some the magazine covers featuring this senior Shukokai instructor. March 1977 March 1989 September 1995 …
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Feb 26 2018
On 27 February 1948 Terence (Terry) O’Neill, one of the best karateka ever produced in Britain, was born in Liverpool, England. O’Neill began his Karate training in 1963 when as a sixteen year old he lied about his age on his application to join the British Karate Federation (BKF). Under Keinosuke Enoeda and the JKA, he earned …
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Feb 25 2018
Mikio is a legend of Shotokan Karate. He is one of the most dynamic fighters to have come out of the JKA, building a reputation as a fersome fighter. He is a firm believer in the budo aspects of Karate. Below are some of the covers featuring Yahara. 1986 1988 February 1991 June …
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Feb 23 2018
Phenomenal kicker c began learning Wado-ryu Karate under Tetsuo Suzuki in the 1970s. In the 1970s and 1980s he was a full contact fighter, competing internationally for the Amateur Karate Association. in 1980 he founded the TYGA Karate Association. Below are some of the magazine covers featuring Wasniewski. April 1991 August 1992 February 1997 April 1999 July 2002 …
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Feb 21 2018
Teruyuki Okazaki can be described as one of the most technically gifted karate-ka to come from the the Japanese Karate Association (JKA). He is a living textbook on the history and practice of Shotokan Karate. He was one of the first instructors sent by the JKA to the United States to teach Karate. Below are …
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Feb 19 2018
On 20 February 1986 Kata World Champion Rika Usami was born in Tokyo, Japan. A student of Karate master Yoshimi Inoue, Usami won the 2012 WKF World Championship Kata final held in Paris, France. She is known for her grace, strength and speed that mesmerize fans in equal measures. On 21 February 1956 the earliest known letter was written …
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Feb 18 2018
Famed for his intense stare Shotokan master, Tsutomu Ohshima, is one of the last living masters to have trained with Gichin Funakoshi. A graduate of Waseda University, he trained with the legendary Shigeru Egami at the university’s Karate club. In 1957 he founded the first university Karate club in the USA at the California Institute …
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Feb 16 2018
A distant cousin of Shotokan Karate founder, Gichin Funakoshi, Kenneth Funakoshi was a longtime member of the Japan Karate Association (JKA), before leaving to form his own association, the Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association (FSKA). A top instructor in all forms of Karate, he was inducted into Black Belt Magazine’s Black Belt Hall of Fame in …
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