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, …
Tag: Kyuzo Mifune
Feb 10 2023
Tatsuo Suzuki
- Filed under Budo, General, Traditional, Wado-ryu
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February 10, 2023
- 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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Aug 09 2020
Minoru Mochizuki
- Filed under General, Traditional, Yoseikan
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August 9, 2020
Minoru Mochizuki is, without doubt, one of the most respected and influential masters of his generation. He founded the influential Yoseikan school of Budo, which contains elements of Aikido, Kenjutsu, Karate, Judo and Jujitsu. He trained with two of the greats of Japanese Budo, Jigaro Kano and Morihei Ueshiba. His son Hiroo would go on …
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Jul 23 2020
Jim Alcheik
- Filed under General, Traditional, Yoseikan
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July 23, 2020
It is arguable that the name Jim Alcheik is not as revered as it should be in martial arts circles. Alcheik was a true pioneer of martial arts in Europe, being one of the first Europeans to train in Japan. He was proficient in Aikido, Kendo, Karate and Judo. Vernon Bell, the father of British Karate, described …
- Anton Geesink, Arab-Berber, Charles de Gaulle, Claude Urvois, Duperré, Gichin Funakoshi, Henri Plee, Hiroo Mochizuki, Jigoro Kano, Jim Alcheik, Jim Alchiek, Kenwa Mabuni, Kisshomaru Ueshiba, Kyuzo Mifune, Masaji Yamaguchi, Minoro Mochizuki, Mitsuhiro Kondo, morihei uesiba, oas, Organisation Armée Secréte, Raymond Sasia, Shito-ryu, Shoji Sugiyama, Terry Wingrove, Tetsuji Murakami, Vernon Bell, Yoseikan
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Oct 18 2019
Dan Ivan
Little did I know at that time in my life that destiny might have charted my course. Despite my hostile surroundings, I was at the right place at the right time and on the precipice of a new life. Dan Ivan At times, Dan Ivan’s life has read like a work of fiction. His exploits …
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