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Jul 31 2023

This week in history…(31 July – 6 August)

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July 31, 2023

31 July On 31 July 1937, former JKA Grand Champion, Hiroshi Shirai, was born in Nagasaki, Japan. Currently holding the rank of 9th Dan, he began his Karate training at Komazawa University in 1955. A graduate of the Kenshusei (Instructors Training Course) he became the JKA Grand Champion in 1962 winning the individual kumite title …

100-Man Kumite, Antonio Diaz, Douglas Brose, Gichin Funakoshi, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shirai, IOC, JKA, John Jarvis, Keinosuke Enoeda, Komazawa University, Loek Hollander, Masao Kagawa, rafael aghayev, Sandra Sanchez, Shigeru Egami, Shigeru Takashina, SKA, Taiji Kase, Takayuki Mikami, Tsutomu Ohshima, Waseda University, Yerghan Kozhayev, Yoshitaka Funakoshi

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Jul 20 2022

Shunsuke Takahashi

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July 20, 2022

There is no such thing as retirement in martial arts. If you decide to pursue martial arts, you wear your gi until you die! Shunsuke Takahashi A graduate of the JKA instructors course, Shunsuke Takahashi, has had a big influence on Shotokan Karate in Australia and New Zealand. A tough instructor, he dedicated many years …

Aoyama Gakuin University, ASKA, Cathy Cline, Frank Woon-A-Tai, Hideki Okamoto, Hideo Ochi, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hiroshi Shirai, Hiroyoshi Okazaki, ISKF, James Field, Japanese, JKA, JKA Instructors Course, Kenji Yano, Komazawa University, Kunio Higashi, Masao Kawasoe, Masaru Miura, Masatoshi Nakayama, Maynard Miner, Michael Connolly, Norihiko Iida, Robin Rielly, Ryozo Hirata, Shoto Cup, Shunsuke Takahashi, Takechiyo Nemoto, Takeshi Oishi, Taketo Okuda, teruyuki okazaki, TSKF, Yutaka Yaguchi

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Feb 11 2021

Takeshi Naito

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February 11, 2021

Each era must accept tradition to grow, but not remain as it was 30 or 40 years ago. As I said “traditional” means “to continue” but accepting changes and improvements. Over time, everything undergoes an evolution, we always try to improve, to keep the positive and remove the negative: then it is a question of …

FIKTA, Hideo Ochi, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hiroshi Shirai, Hitoshi Kasuya, ITKF, Japanese, JKA, Komazawa University, Masaaki Ueki, Masao Kawasoe, Masatoshi Nakayama, Mikio Yahara, Taiji Kase, Takeshi Naito, Takeshi Oishi, yoshiharu osaka

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Feb 09 2021

Takeshi Oishi

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February 9, 2021

Everything, in my opinion, is in the training, so there are no tips to give, only quantity of training, in order to automate the techniques, so as not to think, when it will be time for the fight. Takeshi Oishi One of the longest was serving instructors at the JKA, Takeshi Oishi was a formidable …

Akihito Isaka, Black Belt Magazine, FAJKO, Gichin Funakoshi, Hideo Ochi, Hiroshi Shirai, IAKF, Japanese, JKA, keigo abe, Komazawa University, Masaaki Ueki, Masahiko Tanaka, Masao Kagawa, Masatoshi Nakayama, Mikio Yahara, Motokuni Sugiura, Norihiko Iida, Takeshi Oishi, Toru Yamaguchi, WUKO, yoshiharu osaka, Yoshimasa Takahashi, Yukichi Tabata

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Feb 04 2021

Toru Yamaguchi

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February 4, 2021

Technique will keep on improving, I hope, as instructors understand more about modern technology and its uses. I believe we can develop new technology for our bodies too. Toru Yamaguchi Considered one of the best ever JKA instructors, Toru Yamaguchi was a well-rounded karateka. He had good kihon, kata, and kumite. Masatoshi Nakayama once described …