Apr 23 2018
On 24 April 1965 the second authorized demonstration given by the JKA in Britain took place at the Hornsey Town Hall, London. The event was organised by Vernon Bell. The JKA party were led by Taiji Kase, who had trained at the original Shotokan dojo; and also contained Hirokazu Kanazawa, Keinosuke Enoeda and Hiroshi Shirai, who were …
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Dec 29 2017
Masafumi Shiomitsu, a student of Wado-ryu founder, Hironori Ohtsuka, was chosen to help spread Wado-ryu Karate outside of Japan. Known for his dynamic kicks he has been featured on the covers of a number of magazines. February 1966 November 1967 April 1980 February 1983 July 1987 October 1989 December 1993 December 2004
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Jun 01 2017
On this day, 1 June 1892, the founder of Wado-ryu Karate, Hironori Ōtsuka, was born. Although Ōtsuka was an early student of Gichin Funakoshi, he had previously studied Shindo Yoshin Ryu Jujutsu for many years. After training in Shotokan Karate for around ten years, Ōtsuka left to form his own style of Wado-ryu in 1939. Wado-ryu is …
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