11 September On 11 September 1934 Colin Williams, the founder of the Bukonkai Karate International (BKI) association, was born. He started training in the early days of Karate in the United Kingdom. On 11 September 1970 Michael Randall, Christopher Adamou and Nicholas Adamou graded were to 2nd Dan under Hirokazu Kanazawa. All three men had …
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Sep 11 2023
This week in history…(11 September – 17 September)
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September 11, 2023
- 100-Man Kumite, Andy Hug, Asia University, Atsuko Wakai, BKF, BKI, Bobby Lowe, chris adamou, Colin Williams, Dan Ivan, Eddie Whitcher, Fumio Demura, Hideo Tomita, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Jack Johnson, Katsunori Tsuyama, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenji Midori, KUGB, Mas Oyama, Matsuo Kon, Michael Randall, Mike Peachey, Molly Samuel, Motokuni Sugiura, nick Adamou, Norman Robinson, Shigeru Egami, Stan Schmidt, Tadashi Nakamura, Will Mannion, WKF, Yoshinobu Ohta
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Nov 07 2022
This week in history…(7 November – 13 November)
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November 7, 2022
8 November On 8 November 1965, Hirokazu Kanazawa held his second official grading at the Lyndhurst Hall dojo in London. Keinosuke Enoeda was also present at the grading. Ray Fuller was successful, receiving the temporary grade of 3rd Kyu. Between 8-11 November 1990, the 10th World Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico. Tomoyuki Aihara …
- 100-Man Kumite, Andy Hug, BKI, Colin Williams, Danil Domdjoni, Dario Marchini, Darkhan Assadilov, Douglas Brose, Frank Nowak, Gichin Funakoshi, Hatsuo Royama, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Jeff Barwick, Jillian Toney, John Holdsworth, John Jarvis, Julie Nicholson, Julliet Toney, Keinosuke Enoeda, KUGB, Loek Hollander, Luis Maria Sanz, Mas Oyama, Molly Samuel, Ray Fuller, Shokei Matsui, Steve Arneil, Tatsuo Suzuki, Ticky Donovan, Vic Charles, Wayne Otto, Yoshihide Funakoshi, Yoshitaka Funakoshi
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Sep 05 2022
This week in history…(5 September – 11 September)
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September 5, 2022
6 September On 6 September 2016 Walter Seaton, one of the first Wado-Ryu black belts in the UK, died aged 80 years. Seaton was born in Middlesbrough and was one of the first instructors to teach Karate to women at his dojo. A family man, Seaton and his wife Eva had six children, twenty-two grandchildren, …
- AAKF, Andy Hug, BKF, BKI, charles mack, Chojiro Tani, chris adamou, Colin Williams, Eddie Whitcher, Hideo Tomita, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Jack Johnson, JKA, JKR, Katsunori Tsuyama, Kazuaki Kurihara, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kiyoshi Yamazaki, Maasaki Ueki, Mai Shiina, Masatoshi Nakayama, Michael Randall, Mike Peachey, nick Adamou, Robert Fusaro, Shigeru Kimura, Tadashi Nakamura, Tommy Morris, Vernon Bell, Walter Seaton, Will Mannion, Yasuhiro Konishi, Yasunori Ogura, yoshiharu osaka, Yoshinobu Ohta
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Nov 08 2021
This week in history (8 November – 14 November)
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November 8, 2021
8 November On 8 November 1965, Hirokazu Kanazawa held his second official grading at the Lyndhurst Hall dojo in London. Keinosuke Enoeda was also present at the grading. Ray Fuller was successful, receiving the temporary grade of 3rd Kyu. Between 8-11 November 1990, the 10th World Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico. Tomoyuki Aihara …
- 100-Man Kumite, Andy Hug, Colin Williams, Danil Domdjoni, Dario Marchini, Darkhan Assadilov, Douglas Brose, Ernesto Hoost, Frank Nowak, Gichin Funakoshi, Hatsuo Royama, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Jeff Barwick, Jillian Toney, JKA, John Holdsworth, John Jarvis, Julie Nicholson, Julliet Toney, K-1, Kanryo Higaonna, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenwa Mabuni, KUGB, Loek Hollander, Luis Maria Sanz, Mas Oyama, Masaaki Satake, Molly Samuel, Peter Aerts, Pierre Guente, Ray Fuller, Shokei Matsui, Steve Arneil, Tatsuo Suzuki, Ticky Donovan, Tomoyuki Aihara, Vic Charles, Wayne Otto, Yasutsune Itosu, Yoshihide Funakoshi, Yoshitaka Funakoshi, Yuki Mimura, Yutaka Yaguchi
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Nov 09 2020
This week in history (9 November – 15 November)
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November 9, 2020
9 November On 9 November 1997, K–1 Grand Prix was held at the Tokyo Dome, Japan. Andy Hug reached the final by defeating Pierre Guente of Canada; Masaaki Satake of Japan; and Peter Aerts of The Netherlands. He lost to Ernesto Hoost in the final. 10 November On 10 November 1967, New Zealander, John Jarvis …
- 100-Man Kumite, Andy Hug, BKI, Bukonkai Karate International, Colin Williams, Ernesto Hoost, Frank Nowak, Gichin Funakoshi, Giei Funakoshi, Gigo Funakoshi, Hirokazu Kanazawa, IKO, Jillian Toney, John Holdsworth, Julie Nicholson, Julliet Toney, Kanryo Higaonna, Keinosuke Enodea, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenwa Mabuni, Kora Nowak, KUGB, Mas Oyama, Masaaki Satake, Michael Milon, Molly Samuel, Peter Aerts, Pierre Guente, Shokei Matsui, Steve Arneil, Ticky Donovan, Tomoyuki Aihara, Vic Charles, Wayne Otto, World Games, Yasutsune Itosu, Yuki Mimura
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Sep 07 2020
This week in history (7 Sep – 13 Sep)
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September 7, 2020
7 September On 7 September 1959 the first British Karate Federation (BKF) Summer Course was held. It was a six-day course held at the Ippon Judo Club, located in the basement of the Imperial Private Hotel, Scarborough, Yorkshire. The course was conducted by Vernon Bell and was limited to twenty students. It was open to …
- Atsuko Wakai, BKF, Bukonkai Karate International, charles mack, Chojiro Tani, Christopher Adamou, Colin Williams, Eddie Whitcher, Guinness Book of Records, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Jack Johnson, Jigaro Kano, JKA, KUGB, Masatoshi Nakayama, Michael Randall, Mike Peachey, Molly Samuel, Nicholas Adamou, Risei Kano, Shigeru Kimura, Tommy Morris, Vernon Bell, Will Mannion, WKF, yoshiharu osaka
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Nov 11 2019
This week in history (11 November – 17 November)
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November 11, 2019
11 November On 11 November 1934 Colin Williams was born. Williams a Shotokan practitioner, started his training during the early days of Karate in the United Kingdom, in the 1950s. In the 1980s he founded the Bukonkai Karate International (BKI) association. He was the association’s Chief Instructor. In 1998 he founded the Malta Bukonkai Karate …
- Antonio Diaz, BKF, Bukonkai Karate International, Colin Williams, Genshin Hironishi, Gichin Funakoshi, Gogen Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hoang Ngan Nguyen, Ishinryu, Jillian Toney, JKA, John Holdsworth, Julie Nicholson, Julliet Toney, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kentsu Yabu, Kenwa Mabuni, KUGB, luca valdesi, Mas Oyama, Masatomi Takagi, Mitsusuke Harada, Molly Samuel, nippon budokan, pauline bindra, peter urban, rafael aghayev, Richard Kim, Shigeru Egami, Steve Arneil, Tatsuo Suzuki, Ticky Donovan, Tomoyuki Aihara, Tsutomu Ohshima, Vernon Bell, Vic Charles, Waseda University, Wayne Otto, World Championships, WSKA, Yasutsune Itosu, Yoseikan, Yuki Mimura
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Sep 09 2019
This week in history (9 September – 15 September)
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September 9, 2019
9 September On 9 September 2015 Goju-ryu master, Teruo Chinen, died in Spokane, United States. Born in 1941, Chinen trained as a teenager under Goju-ryu founder, Chojun Miyagi. He later trained extensively under one of Miyagi’s main students, Ei’ichi Miyazato. Chinen first travelled to the United States in 1969, initially for what was meant to …
- Atsuko Wakai, BKI, charles mack, Chojun Miyagi, Christopher Adamou, Colin Williams, Dan Ivan, Eddie Whitcher, Ei'ichi Miyazato, Fumio Demura, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Jack Johnson, Jigaro Kano, KUGB, Masatoshi Nakayama, Michael Randall, Mike Peachey, Molly Samuel, nick Adamou, Risei Kano, Teruo Chinen, Will Mannion
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Nov 05 2018
This week in history (5 November – 11 November)
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November 5, 2018
5 November On 5 November 1961 a Karate exhibition was held at the Honolulu Civic Auditorium, sponsored by the Hawaii Karate Congress. Several top Japanese martial artists, including Goju-Ryu’s Kanki Izumikawa and Shotokan’s Hidetaka Nishiyama and Hirokazu Kanazawa, displayed their skills to an attentive crowd. ******************************************** On 5 November 1963 Masters Masatoshi Nakayama, Hiroshi Shoji, Keinosuke Enoeda, Toru Iwaizumi and Katsuya Kisaka arrived to teach Shotokan Karate in Indonesia. …
- AAKF, Colin Williams, Eddie Whitcher, Gichin Funakoshi, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shoji, Isao Obata, ITKF, JKA, Kanki Izumikawa, Katsuya Kisaka, Keinosuke Enoeda, Masatoshi Nakayama, Michael Milon, SAC, Taiji Kase, Tomoyuki Aihara, Toru Iwaizumi, Vernon Bell, Wayne Otto, Yoshihide Funakoshi, Yoshitaka Funakoshi, Yuki Mimura
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Sep 10 2018
This week in history (10 September – 16 September)
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September 10, 2018
10 September On 10 September 1965 Charles Mack became the first British subject awarded a 2nd Dan in Shotokan Karate from the Japan Karate Association (JKA). Masatoshi Nakayama awarded him his grade at the JKA’s headquarters in Tokyo. Mack had previously been awarded his 1st Dan by Nakayama three years earlier, becoming the first British subject awarded …
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