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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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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Sep 06 2021
This week in history (6 September – 12 September)
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September 6, 2021
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, …
- Andy Hug, Atsuko Wakai, BKF, charles mack, Chojiro Tani, chris adamou, Eddie Whitcher, Guinness Book of Records, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Jack Johnson, JKR, Katsunori Tsuyama, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kiyoshi Yamazaki, KUGB, Masatoshi Nakayama, Matsuo Kon, Michael Randall, Mike Peachey, Molly Samuel, nick Adamou, Pat Brown, Risei Kano, Robert Fusaro, Shigeru Kimura, Tadashi Nakamura, Tommy Morris, Vernon Bell, Walter Seaton, Will Mannion, Yasuhiro Konishi, yoshiharu osaka, Yoshinobu Ohta
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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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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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Apr 06 2020
This week in history (6 April – 12 April)
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April 6, 2020
7 April On 7 April 1963 Yoshiaki Ajari a student of Hironri Ohtsuka, established the United States Wado-Kai Karate-Do Federation. Ajari had originally moved to the United States in 1957 to study Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. On 7 April 2004, American Karate pioneer, Peter Urban died. Urban began training in Goju-ryu Karate …
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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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Apr 08 2019
This week in history (8 April – 14 April)
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April 8, 2019
8 April On 8 April 1944 Michael Randall, who was training in Karate prior to the arrival of the JKA in Britain, was born. Randall joined the British Karate Federation (BKF) in 1964. As a member of the BKF he had the opportunity to train under Tetsuji Murakami and Hiroo Mochizuki. After the arrival of the …
- BKF, chris adamou, Donn Draeger, Eddie Whitcher, Henri Plee, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroo Mochizuki, Isao Obata, Jack Johnson, Jigoro Kano, JKA, Masatoshi Nakayama, Michael Randall, Mick Peachey, Mikonosuken Kawaishi, Minoru Mochizuki, morihei ueshiba, nick Adamou, Osamu Ozawa, Tetsuji Murakami, Will Mannion
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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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Apr 02 2018
This week in history (2 April – 8 April)
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April 2, 2018
On April 4, 1947 Mikio Yahara, one of the most dynamic fighters to come out of the JKA, was born in Ehime Prefecture. Yahara is a firm believer in a budo approach to Karate. In 2000 he broke away from the JKA to form his own organisation, Karatenomichi World Federation (KWF). The organisation is built on the …
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