Jiro Ohtsuka – Finding Karate

Feb 10 2023

Tatsuo Suzuki

Filed under Budo, General, Traditional, Wado-ryu
February 10, 2023

These days, too many people stop training once they pass 2nd or 3rd Dan, they don’t realise belts are not important. Grades mean nothing, all that matters is to train hard. Many people call themselves 10th or even 12th Dan, but most of them are rubbish. Tatsuo Suzuki A direct student of Wado-Ryu Karate founder, …

Aichi University, Eleni Labiri, Fumio Sugasawa, Geoff Thompson, Gogen Yamaguchi, Hajime Takashima, Hamish Adam, Hironori Ohtsuka, Hiroo Mochizuki, Hisaomi Fuji, Japanese, Jerome Atkinson, Jhoon Rhee, Jim Collins, Jiro Ohtsuka, JKF, Katsumi Kobayashi, Kazuo Kimura, Kuniaki Sakagami, Kyuzo Mifune, Masafumi Shiomitsu, Meiji University, morihei ueshiba, Nagoya University, Nihon University, Pat McKay, Peter Spanton, Shizuoka University, Tatsuo Suzuki, Teruo Kono, Ticky Donovan, Tokyo University, Toru Arakawa, Toru Takamizawa, Tsutomu Ohshima, UKKW, Vic Charles, Walter Seaton, WIKF, Yasuhiro Konishi, Yoshiaki Ajari, Yukio Sugino, Yutaka Toyama

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May 25 2021

Koji Takamatsu

Filed under General, Traditional, Wado-ryu
May 25, 2021

One of Wado-Ryu founder’s, Hironori Ohtsuka’s original students, Koji Takamatsu was a pioneer of Wado-Ryu Karate in Brazil. Koji Takamatsu was born in Kakogawa, Japan on 21 December 1930. Takamatsu began practicing Wado-Ryu Karate in 1948, when he attended the University of Agriculture, in Tokyo. He was a student of Ohtsuka at the University’s Karate …

Hironori Ohtsuka, Japanese, Jiro Ohtsuka, Koji Takamatsu, Sergio Takamatsu, Tatsuo Suzuki

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Mar 19 2021

Cecil Patterson

Filed under General, Traditional, Wado-ryu
March 19, 2021

You don’t train for speed, you train for technique. Once technique is perfected, speed will come. Cecil Patterson A pioneer of Wado-Ryu Karate in the United States, Cecil Patterson is credited with introducing this style of Karate into the United States. He was one of the first non-Japanese graded to black belt in Wado-Ryu. Cecil …

American, Cecil Patterson, Hironori Ohtsuka, Jiro Ohtsuka, John Patterson, Kazuo Sakura, USEWF

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Aug 09 2020

Hidetaka Abe

Filed under General, Traditional, Wado-ryu
August 9, 2020

Karate it is a way of life Hidetaka Abe A direct student of Wado-Ryu Karate founder, Hironori Ohtsuka, Hidetaka Abe is a pioneer of Wado-Ryu Karate in the United States. Hidetaka Abe was born in Odate, Akita Prefecture, Japan in 1943. In 1955 he began practising Judo at middle school, like most boys of the …

All-Japan Collegiate Championship, Goodwill Games, Hironori Ohtsuka, Hironori Ohtsuka II, Japan Karate Federation Wadokai, Japanese, Jiro Ohtsuka, Meiji University, NCCKU, Sadaharu Kurobane, US Wadokai Karatedo Federation, USC Berkeley, wado-ryu, Yoshiaka Ajari

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Jul 26 2020

Toru Takamizawa

Filed under General, Traditional, Wado-ryu
July 26, 2020

Over the years Britain has been blessed with many top Japanese masters, of various styles, teaching in the United Kingdom. Masters such as Tatsuo Suzuki, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Mitsusuke Harada and Keinosuke Enoeda have inspired many with their skill and spirit. One master, considered by many to be one of the best Japanese instructors to ever …