5 April On 5 April 1870 founder of Motobu Ryu, Chōki Motobu, was born in Okinawa. Motobu was the third son of a noble family. As the third son, he was not allowed to learn the family martial art of Motobu Udundi. This meant he trained under various Okinawan masters such as Anko Itosu, and Sokon Matsumura. A …
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Apr 03 2023
This week in history…(3 April – 9 April)
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April 3, 2023
- Anko Itosu, BKF, Choki Motobu, chris adamou, DKB, Eddie Whitcher, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hironori Ohtsuka, Hiroo Mochizuki, Hiroshi Shirai, Jack Johnson, JKA, Keinosuke Enoeda, Lothar Fischer, Manabu Murakami, Mas Oyama, Michael Randall, Mick Peachey, Mie Nakayama, nick Adamou, Nobuaki Kanazawa, peter urban, Richard Kim, Sokon Matsumura, Suzuko Okamura, Taiji Kase, Tetsuji Murakami, Will Mannion, Yoshiaki Ajari, Yuki Mimura
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Apr 05 2021
This week in history (5 April – 11 April)
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April 5, 2021
5 April On April 5, 1870 founder of Motobu Ryu, Chōki Motobu, was born in Okinawa. Motobu was the third son of a noble family. As the third son, he was not allowed to learn the family martial art of Motobu Udundi. This meant he trained under various Okinawan masters such as Anko Itosu, and Sokon Matsumura. A …
- BKF, Choki Motobu, chris adamou, DKB, Eddie Whitcher, Gogen Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroo Mochizuki, Hiroshi Shirai, Jack Johnson, Jigaro Kano, JKA, Keinosuke Enoeda, Lothar Fischer, Manabu Murakami, Mas Oyama, Masaaki Ueki, Michael Randall, Mick Peachey, Mie Nakayama, Minoru Mochizuki, morihei ueshiba, nick Adamou, Nobuaki Kanazawa, peter urban, Richard Kim, SKIF, Suzuko Okamura, Taiji Kase, Tetsuji Murakami, Will Mannion, Yoseikan, Yoshiaki Ajari, Yoshizo Machida, Yuki Mimura
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Aug 28 2020
Akio Nagai
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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 …
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Aug 13 2020
Hideo Ochi
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August 13, 2020
Kime means that the technique is performed at maximum speed and that the entire musculature in the final moment is contracted. If the technique is performed quickly but without kime in the final phase, it can lead to damage to the joint and, for lack of control, to injury to the opponent. This means: without kime, i.e. …
- Andy Sherry, Billy Higgins, DKB, Hideo Ochi, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hirokazu Kanazawa, IAKF, JKA, Katsunori Tsuyama, Keinosuke Enoeda, Maasaki Ueki, Masahiko Tanaka, Masatoshi Nakayama, Mikio Yahara, Norimasa Hayakawa, Takeshi Oishi, Takushoku University, teruyuki okazaki, Tomie Ochi, Toshihiro Mori, Wolfgang Hagedorn, yoshiharu osaka, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Yukichi Tabata
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Aug 09 2020
Moments in history: The JKA tour of 1965
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August 9, 2020
For many people around the world, the Japan Karate Association (JKA) are synonymous with Shotokan Karate. The technical excellence of their instructors are well respected, regardless of the style of Karate practised. Masters like Nakayama, Nishiyama, Okazaki, Kanazawa and Enoeda, to name a few, are held as the pinnacle of Shotokan Karate. Gichin Funakoshi introduced …
- AAKF, BKF, DKB, East Coast Karate Association, Eddie Whitcher, Geo Higginson, Gichin Funakoshi, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Orito, Hiroshi Shirai, JKA, Keinosuke Enoeda, Leo Aarts, Lothar Fischer, Masataka Mori, Masatoshi Nakayama, New York Karate Club, pauline laville, Rod Butler, Shoji Sugiyama, Stan Schmidt, Taiji Kase, Takayuki Mikami, teruyuki okazaki, Vernon Bell, Wataru Natomoto
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