17 April On 17 April 2010, Hidetaka Abe was a part of the United States team selection panel for the Wado Kai Karatedo World Cup. The panel included Yoshiaki Ajari and Sadaharu Kurobane. The panel selected a team to compete in Nagoya, Japan on 14-15 August 2010. 18 April On 18 April 1962, Kyokushin Karate …
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Apr 17 2023
This week in history…(17 April – 23 April)
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April 17, 2023
- 100-Man Kumite, Andy Sherry, BKF, Dean Hodgkin, Eddie Whitcher, Elwyn Hall, Frank Brennan, Gary Harford, Hidetaka Abe, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shirai, IAKF, JKA, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenji Midori, Kenneth Funakoshi, Kevin Funakoshi, Kyle Funakoshi, Luis Maria Sanz, Masahiko Tanaka, Masao Kagawa, pauline laville, Rod Butler, Ronnie Cannings, Sadaharu Kurobane, Shokei Matsui, Shoto Cup, Taiji Kase, Tomio Inamura, Tomoyuki Aihara, Yoshiaki Ajari
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Apr 18 2022
This week in history (18 April – 24 April)
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April 18, 2022
18 April On 18 April 1962, Kyokushin Karate legend, Kenji Midori was born in Amami Oshima, Japan, to a wealthy family. Standing at around 5’4″ (1.6 m) in height, Kenji Midori is known as the “Little Giant“. He became the first lightweight competitor to win Kyokushin Karate’s World Tournament, where all his opponents were considerably …
- 100-Man Kumite, Andy Sherry, BKF, Eddie Whitcher, Elwyn Hall, Frank Brennan, Gary Harford, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shirai, IAKF World Championships, JKA, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenji Midori, Kenneth Funakoshi, Kyle Funakoshi, Luis Maria Sanz, Masahiko Tanaka, Masao Kagawa, pauline laville, Rod Butler, Shokei Matsui, Shoto Cup, Taiji Kase, Tomio Inamura, Tomoyuki Aihara, Vernon Bell
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Apr 26 2021
This week in history (26 April – 2 May)
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April 26, 2021
26 April On 26 April 1957, Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan Karate, died in a Tokyo hospital, aged 88. His family and close student Shigeru Egami were at his bedside. On 26 April 1965, a touring party from the JKA gave their third authorized demonstration in Britain. The party consisted of Taiji Kase, Hirokazu …
- 100-Man Kumite, Artur Hovhannisyan, Atsuko Wakai, Billy Higgins, BKF, Brian Fitkin, Dominique Valera, Eugene Codrington, Francisco Filho, Fujikiyo Omura, Gichin Funakoshi, Hideki Okamoto, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shirai, IKO, Isao Obata, JKA, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenneth Funakoshi, Kevin Funakoshi, Kichinosuke Saigo, Kyle Funakoshi, Mas Oyama, Mie Nakayama, Patrice Belrhiti, Peter Spanton, Roger Paschy, Shigeru Egami, Shokei Matsui, Taiji Kase, Tariel Nikoleishvili, yoshimi inoue, Yoshinao Nanbu, Yoshizo Machida
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Aug 16 2020
Kenneth Funakoshi
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August 16, 2020
Politics is the worst thing that can happen to Karate at the upper level. The students don’t care about what’s happening in the political way. They just like to train hard and compete, but because the ‘higher-ups’ have their political views or differences they tend to put a lot of restrictions on what the students …
- AAKF, Akihito Isaka, Black Belt Magazine, Eugene Watanabe, Frank Smith, FSKA, George Sasano, Gichin Funakoshi, Goodwill Games, Hawaiian, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shirai, James Fields, James Yabe, JKA, JKA All Japan Karate Championships, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenneth Funakoshi, Kevin Funakoshi, Kodanshakai, Koji Wada, Kyle Funakoshi, Masaaki Ueki, Masahiko Tanaka, Masataki Mori, Masatomi Takagi, Masatoshi Nakayama, Norihiko Iida, Osamu Ozawa, Ray Dalke, Shotokan, spotlight, Taiji Kase, Takenori Imura, teruyuki okazaki, Tetsuhiko Asai, yoshiharu osaka
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Apr 20 2020
This week in history (20 Apr – 26 Apr)
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April 20, 2020
20 April On 20 April 1960, Luis Maria Sanz was born in Vallodolid, Spain. He has been described as “the last link between traditional and competitive Karate“. Luis Maria Sanz holds a notable place in competitive Karate, being the first non-Japanese man and the first Shotokan karateka to become WKF World champion in 1992. On …
- Andy Sherry, Artur Hovhannisyan, BKF, Chojun Miyagi, Dean Hodgkin, Eddie Whitcher, Elwyn Hall, Francisco Filho, Frank Brennan, FSKA, Gary Harford, Gichin Funakoshi, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shirai, JKA, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenneth Funakoshi, Kyle Funakoshi, Luis Maria Sanz, Mas Oyama, pauline laville, Rod Butler, Ronnie Cannings, Shigeru Egami, Shokei Matsui, Taiji Kase, Tariel Nikoleishvili, Vernon Bell
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