28 March On 28 March 2009, Jacques Legree helped organise the 23rd Martial Arts Festival at Paris Bercy. The festival, an annual event, had 18,000 spectators in attendance. The event was organised by Karate Bushido Magazine. This year it was held in conjunction with a small Kyokushin tournament. 29 March On 29 March 1965, the …
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Mar 27 2023
This week in history…(27 March – 1 April)
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March 27, 2023
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Nov 28 2022
This week in history…(28 November – 4 December)
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November 28, 2022
28 November On 28 November 1934 Frank Cope, a pioneer of British Shotokan Karate, was born in Liverpool. A long-time member of the KUGB (Karate Union of Great Britain) he would become one of the first Karate black belts in Britain. On 28 November 2009, the 9th Open Weight Kyokushin Championships were held in Paris. There were 166 …
- Andy Sherry, Choki Motobu, Chotoku Kyan, CW Nichol, Donn Draeger, Eiichi Miyazato, Frank Cope, Gichin Funakoshi, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shirai, IKO, Jacques Legree, JKA, Katsuhito Gorai, Keinosuke Enoeda, KUGB, Loek Hollander, Malcolm Dorfman, Masaji Taira, masatomo takagi, Masatoshi Nakayama, Satoshi Miyazaki, Shokei Matsui, Shoshine Nagamine, Stanislav Blizniuk, Taiji Kase, Ted Hedlund, WSKA
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Nov 22 2021
This week in history (22 November – 28 November)
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November 22, 2021
22 November On 22 November 1984, the second day of the 1992 World Championships took place in Maastricht, Netherlands. For the first time in the championship’s history, Britain topped the medal table, winning a total of eight medals (four golds, one silver and three bronzes) ahead of Japan. Britain’s main successes came in the kumite …
- Aidan Trimble, Alexandra Recchia, Allesandro Gardinali, Atsuko Wakai, Azdin Rghioui, Beverly Morris, Cecil Hackett, Damien Dovey, Dario Marchini, Elisa Au, Emilie Thouy, Frank Cope, Fumihiro Tanabe, Geoff Thompson, George Kotaka, Gichin Fuankoshi, Guusje van Mourik, Henri Plee, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hironori Ohtsuka, Ibrahim Gary, ITKF, Jacques Legree, Jerome Atkinson, Jim Collins, Joy Cujic, Junior Lefevre, kanban uechi, kanyei uechi, Kenji Grillon, Kenji Midori, KUGB, Lolita Dona, Lucie Ignace, Luis Maria Sanz, Masafumi Shiomitsu, Masashi Koyama, Mathieu Cossou, Mie Nakayama, Mitsusuke Harada, Molly Samuel, Nadege Ait-Ibrahim, Nadir Benaissa, Nihon University, Pasquell Acri, Pat McKay, rafael aghayev, rika usami, Ryoke Abe, Setsuko Takagi, Shokei Matsui, ski, Snezana Pantic, Suzuko Okamura, Tadahiko Ohtsuka, Taiji Kase, Takashi Katada, Tiffany Fanjat, Tokey Hill, Toru Arakawa, Tsuguo Sakumoto, Vic Charles, Wayne Otto, Yoshitaka Funakoshi, Yvette Bryan
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Mar 22 2021
This week in history (22 March – 28 March)
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March 22, 2021
22 March On 22 March 1995, Brazilian, Francisco Filho, a future World Champion, attempted the 100-Man Kumite Challenge. He had previously completed the challenge in Brazil. He completed the challenge in 3 hours 8 minutes. He won 76 flights (26 by Ippon, 50 by decision); drew 24 fights; and lost 0 fights. To date, Filho …
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Feb 08 2021
This week in history (8 Feb – 14 Feb)
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February 8, 2021
8 February On 8 February 1985, Kyoshi Yamazaki’s daughter, Mina, was born in California. In November 2012, Mina Yamazaki represented the United States at the 21st World Karate Championships, held in Paris, France. She had started learning Karate from her father, at the age of three. 9 February On 9 February 1929 Shotokan master Taiji …
- Andy Sherry, BKF, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Kinjo, Hiroshi Shirai, Howard Collins, Jack Green, Jacques Legree, JKA, Joko Ninomiya, Joseph Chialton, JSKA, Katsuaki Sato, keigo abe, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kiyoshi Yamazaki, Mas Oyama, Matsuno Faction, Mikio Yahara, Mina Yamazaki, Miyuki Mimura, Nakahara Faction, Senshu University, Shigeru Egami, Shigeru Oyama, Stan Schmidt, Taiji Kase, Takashi Azuma, Tetsuhiko Asai, Toshikazu Sato, Willie Williams, Yasutsune Itosu
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Dec 24 2020
Jacques Legree
Follow through with your choices. Jacques Legree Jacques Legree is a pioneer of Kyokushin Karate in France. An uchi-deshi of Kyokushin founder, Mas Oyama, he has done a lot to promote the art in the country. Legree was born on 11 February 1944 in Rennes, France. He grew up in a single parent family. His …
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