1 March On 1 March 1962, the British Karate Federation (BKF) issued a club affiliation certificate to the Liverpool Karate Club. The club, formed in 1959 under Fred Giles, would eventually come to be known as the Red Triangle Shotokan Karate Club. Initially, club members received instruction from Vernon Bell, Terry Wingrove and Tetsuji Murakami. However, …
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Mar 01 2021
This week in history (1 March – 7 March)
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March 1, 2021
- Andy Sherry, Billy Higgins, BKF, Bob Poynton, bob rhodes, charles mack, crown prince hirohito, dave hazard, Frank Brennan, Gichin Funakoshi, Henri Plee, Hirokazu Kanazawa, JKA, Keinosuke Enoeda, KUGB, Masatoshi Nakayama, norikazu kanna, Red Triangle Club, Steve Arneil, Terry O'Neill, Terry Wingrove, Tetsuji Murakami, Ticky Donovan, Vernon Bell, Yasutsune Itosu, Yoshihide Funakoshi, Yoshitaka Funakoshi
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Mar 02 2020
This week in history (2 March – 8 March)
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March 2, 2020
2 March On 2 March 1955, Henri Plee was a founding member of the Federation Francais de Karate et Boxe Libre. He became the Federation’s first General Secretary. On 2 March 1960, Gichin Funakoshi’s eldest son, Yoshihide, died aged 71. Yoshihide Funakoshi is not as well known as his more talented younger brother Yoshitaka (Gigo). …
- Billy Higgins, bob rhodes, charles mack, crown prince hirohito, dave hazard, Eddie Whitcher, eska, Gichin Funakoshi, Harry Jones, Henri Plee, Hirokazu Kanazawa, JKA, JKA Instructors Course, John Van Weenen, Keinosuke Enoeda, KUGB, Masatoshi Nakayama, Michael Nursey, Mick Randall, norikazu kanna, Roger Hall, shiro asano, Steve Arneil, Terry O'Neill, Ticky Donovan, Vernon Bell, Yoshihide Funakoshi, Yoshitaka Funakoshi
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Mar 04 2019
This week in history (4 Mar – 10 Mar)
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March 4, 2019
4 March On 4 March 1952 David Frederick Hazard, a well-respected Shotokan Karate practitioner, was born in Bow, East London. Dave Hazard began his Karate training aged sixteen at the KUGB affiliated Blackfriars Karate Club, under the instruction of Keinosuke Enoeda. Like most martial artists who had started training at the time, Hazard had begun …
- ASK, charles mack, crown prince hirohito, dave hazard, Eddie Whitcher, eska, Gichin Funakoshi, Harry Jones, Henri Plee, Hirokazu Kanazawa, ISKA, JKA, John Van Weenen, Keinosuke Enoeda, Masatoshi Nakayama, Michael Manning, Michael Nursey, Mick Randall, Mike Dewey, norikazu kanna, Roger Hall, SEKU, shiro asano, Vernon Bell
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Mar 05 2018
This week in history (5 March – 11 March)
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March 5, 2018
On 6 March 1921 Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan Karate, led a Karate demonstration in front of Crown Prince Hirohito. The demonstration was performed at the Great Hall of Shuri Castle, in Okinawa. Crown Prince Hirohito had visited Okinawa while en-route to a visit to Europe. The ship’s captain Norikazu Kanna, was an Okinawan by …
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Mar 06 2017
On this day….(March 6)
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March 6, 2017
On this day, 6 March 1921, Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan karate, led a karate demonstration in front of Crown Prince Hirohito. The demonstration was performed at the Great Hall of Shuri Castle, in Okinawa. Crown Prince Hirohito had visited Okinawa while en-route to a visit to Europe. The ship’s captain, Captain Norikazu Kanna, …
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