Akio Nagai

Mar 01 2023

Nobuaki Kanazawa

Filed under General, Kata, Kumite, Shotokan, SKIF, Traditional
March 1, 2023

Karate is a life-long journey, you only stop when you die. In my mind, I feel that I’m just beginning – that I’m on still growing and developing. Nobuaki Kanazawa Known for his dynamic style of Karate, Nobuaki Kanazawa continues his father’s legacy. He is the son of one of the greatest Shotokan practitioners, Hirokazu …

Akio Nagai, Aoyama Gakuin University, Daizo Kanazawa, Fumitoshi Kanazawa, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiyori Kanazawa, Japanese, JKA, Koichi Tanaka, Manabu Murakami, Masaru Miura, Nobuaki Kanazawa, Norihiko Iida, Satoru Iwai, Shigeru Sawada, shiro asano, ski, SKIEF, SKIF, Taisho University, Takashoku University, Yasunori Ogura

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Jan 13 2023

Dave Kershaw

Filed under Competition, General, Kata, Kumite, Shotokan, SKIF, Traditional
January 13, 2023

There is no short cut to reaching a high-level in Kata, and the frustrating thing is that the higher you get, the more faults you find, but this is the whole essence of Karate, the striving for perfection. It is never reached, but you must keep on trying. Dave Kershaw A longtime student of Shotokan …

Akio Nagai, Charles Hannah, Dave Kershaw, English, Geoff Green, Hirokazu Kanazawa, ISKS, JKA, Konjaku Shin International, shiro asano, ski, SKI (GB), SKIEF

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Jan 20 2022

Masaru Miura

Filed under General, Shotokan, SKIF, Traditional
January 20, 2022

My ideal vision for the future is for students to be able to visit each other more freely and frequently from different countries. I think that we should develop this kind of close relationship between any organisation. In this way all students will be able to exchange goodwill and develop friendship. Masaru Miura Known as …

Akio Nagai, Hideo Ochi, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Japanese, Masaru Muira, Masatoshi Nakayama, Satoshi Miyazaki, shiro asano, SKI-I, SKIF, SKIF World Championships, Takushoku University, teruyuki okazaki

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Oct 05 2020

This week in history (5 October – 11 October)

Filed under General, Moments in history, On this day, This week in history
October 5, 2020

5 October On 5 October 1955 Guusje van Mourik, one of the most successful kumite competitors, was born in the Central Netherlands town of Zeist. Her early exposure to the martial arts was through the sport of Judo. She would eventually receive the grade of 2nd Dan. She competed in the Dutch Championships and won …

AAKF, Akio Nagai, BKF, Chojun Miyagi, dave hazard, Frank Nowak, Guinness Book of Records, Guusje van Mourik, Henri Plee, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroki Kurosawa, Hiroo Mochizuki, Isao Obata, ITKF, JKA, jka instructor course, Mas Tsuroka, Masatoshi Nakayama, SAC, Stan Schmidt, Takushoku University, Terry O'Neill, Tetsuji Murakami, Vernon Bell, WUKO

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Aug 28 2020

Filed under General, Shotokan, Traditional
August 28, 2020

Today Karate is too often practised as only a sport. But it is ‘not‘ a sport, it is a martial art in the way of life. If you only ever search for medals or winning tournaments with a few easy to learn techniques, you will never find out what ‘Karate-Do‘ through hard physical and mental …