5 December On 5 December 1944, the founder of Ashihara Karate, Hideyuki Ashihara, was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He was a direct student of Kyokushin founder, Mas Oyama. Ashihara was considered a formidable fighter, and by 1966 he was an instructor of Kyokushin Karate at the organisation’s Hombu (headquarters). In 1987 Ashihara started showing the first signs of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). His condition gradually worsened and on 24 …
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Dec 05 2022
This week in history…(5 December – 11 December)
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December 5, 2022
- bob rhodes, Damien Dovey, Dan Ivan, Douglas Brose, Gichin Funakoshi, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hideyuki Ashihara, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hosei University, Jillian Toney, JKA, Julliet Toney, Kimio Itoh, Luis Maria Sanz, Mas Oyama, Masatoshi Nakayama, Michael Milon, Richard Kim, rika usami, Ryoke Abe, Sari Laine, Shigeru Egami, Taiji Kase, Takayuki Mikami, Takeshi Shimoda, teruyuki okazaki, Waseda University, Yoshitaka Funakoshi
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Feb 24 2022
On this day….(February 24)
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February 24, 2022
On 24 February 1941, Shotokan master, Masahiko Tanaka, was born in Tokyo, Japan. Known for his great skill in kumite, Tanaka, a long-time member of the JKA, won the 1st and 2nd IAKF World Karate Championships held in Los Angeles and Bremen. He also won the JKA All-Japan Individual kumite on two occasions. On 24 February …
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Feb 25 2021
Miki Nakamachi
You are always going to make mistakes in life, but you always have to look at and face up to them. When you stop doing it, then your weaknesses are exposed. Don’t look for affirmation from somewhere else, because that means that you have no self-belief inside yourself… and in that case, no amount of …
- Ayano Nakamura, Ayano Takagi, Big Six University Karate Tournament, Funakoshi Gichin Cup, Gichin Funakoshi, Hosei University, Isao Obata, Japanese, JKA, Jun Sugano, Keio University, Ken Nishimura, Kunio Kobayashi, Mark Waterhouse, Meiji University, Miki Nakamachi, Nao Hikawa, Nozomi Oshima, rika usami, Rikkyo University, Ryutaro Arago, Serino Fukasaku, Shinobu Hashiguchi, Tadashi Kaneko, University of Tokyo, Waseda University, yoshiharu osaka, Yuji Hashiguchi
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Feb 20 2021
Shojiro Koyama
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February 20, 2021
Modern life is too quick and competitive, changes are rapid, and Karate helps us to see past the world around us and into ourselves. Our pace of living keeps us looking ahead; Karate helps us rediscover ourselves. Studying kata is like basic education and kumite is the final examination. The only diploma is using Karate …
- Arizona State University, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of Arizona, Gichin Funakoshi, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hosei University, Hurricane Katrina, ISKF, Japanese, JKA, JKA Shihankai, Kimio Ito, National Collegiate Championships, National Collegiate Karate Association, Shigeru Takashina, Shojiro Koyama, Takayuki Mikami, teruyuki okazaki, Yutaka Yaguchi
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Aug 09 2020
Osamu Ozawa
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August 9, 2020
There were some differences but not between the masters such as Yamaguchi, Funakoshi, Mabuni, et cetera. All those differences lay between the young students and not the masters. Osamu Ozawa Osamu Ozawa is one of the most respected Japanese masters to have taught in the west. Until his death, he was the highest-ranked Shotokan master …
- Frank Smith, Fumio Demura, Gichin Funakoshi, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hosei University, IMAF, James Field, Kenwa Mabuni, Kenzo Mabuni, Kimio Itoh, Kiyoshi Yamazaki, Masataka Mori, Masatoshi Nakayama, Minobu Miki, Osamu Ozawa, Ray Dalke, Shojiro Koyama, spotlight, Stan Schmidt, Takayuki Mikami, teruo hayashi, teruyuki okazaki, Traditional Karate Tournament, Yutaka Yaguchi
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Aug 07 2020
Caylor Adkins
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August 7, 2020
I have learned a lot from other systems, but I did so to enhance my Karate skills. No single system has the whole truth, so there is always room for growth. By the same token, you can’t learn it all, so your experiments must be selective. Caylor Adkins Described as “the true embodiment of a …
- AAU, American, Caylor Adkins, CSULB, Daniel Chemla, George Murakami, George Takahashi, Gichin Funakoshi, Hosei University, Isao Obata, John Ogden, Jordan Roth, Karate-Do Kyohan, Keio University, Ken Osbourne, Mas Norihiro, Mas Tsuroka, Meiji University, Nihon University, Nisei Week, Roe Suzuki, Sadaharu Honda, SCKA, Shigeru Egami, Shotokan, SKA, Tetsuji Murakami, Toho University, Tokudai University, Waseda University, WUKO
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Aug 06 2020
Takayuki Mikami
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August 6, 2020
Water can adapt itself totally to its environment and still maintain its identity. Calm water reflects a total picture and troubled water reflect confusion. So approaching a problem with a calm and adaptable mind is very important to making the wise choices. Takayuki Mikami Takayuki Mikami has had a lot of firsts in his Karate …
- 2nd JKA Championships, All South Karate Federation, ASKF, Eiji Takaura, Gogen Yamaguchi, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shirai, Hiroshi Shoji, Hosei University, Hurricane Katrina, ISKF, Japanese Karate Masters Association, JKA, jka instructor course, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenwa Mabuni, Kimio Itoh, Masaru Sakamoto, Masashiro Sato, Masatoshi Nakayama, Taiji Kase, Takayuki Mikami, teruyuki okazaki, Tetsuhiko Asai, Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, World United Karate Organisation, WUKO
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Feb 24 2020
This week in history (24 February – 1 March)
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February 24, 2020
24 February On 24 February 1941, Shotokan master, Masahiko Tanaka, was born in Tokyo, Japan. Known for his great skill in kumite, Tanaka, a long-time member of the JKA, won the 1st and 2nd IAKF World Karate Championships held in Los Angeles and Bremen. He also won the JKA All-Japan Individual kumite on two occasions. On …
- Andy Sherry, Billy Higgins, BKF, Bob Poynton, Brian Fitkin, Frank Brennan, Hideo Ochi, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hitoshi Kasuya, Hosei University, IAKF World Championships, JKA, Keinosuke Enoeda, KUGB, KWF, Malcolm Dorfman, Masahiko Tanaka, Masatoshi Nakayama, Red Triangle Club, Shane Dorfman, ski, Steve Arneil, terry o'neill, Tetsuji Murakami, Vernon Bell, Waseda University, WKF, wskf
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Dec 09 2019
This week in history (9 December – 15 December)
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December 9, 2019
10 December On 10 December 1933 Shotokan master Takayuki Mikami was born in Nigata Prefecture Japan. He was the first professional Karate instructor to be sent by the JKA to teach Karate full-time in another country. Mikami arrived in Tokyo in 1952 to study Japanese Literature at Hosei University. Being a farm boy in a …
- Andy Sherry, BKF, Brian Hammond, Douglas Brose, Geoff Thompson, Gichin Funakoshi, Henri Plee, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hosei University, Jimmy Neal, JKA, Masatoshi Nakayama, Molly Samuel, Pat McKay, Ron Mills, Taiji Kase, Takayuki Mikami, Terry Wingrove, teruyuki okazaki, Ticky Donovan, Tsuguo Sakumoto, Vernon Bell, Vic Charles, Wayne Otto, WKF, yoseikan karate
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Dec 10 2018
This week in history (10 December – 16 December)
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December 10, 2018
10 December On 10 December 1933 Shotokan master, Takayuki Mikami, was born in Nigata Prefecture Japan. He was the first professional Karate instructor to be sent by the JKA to teach Karate full-time in another country. Mikami arrived in Tokyo in 1952 to study Japanese Literature at Hosei University. Being a farm boy in a big …
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