13 March On 13 March 1957, Vernon Bell was awarded his black belt in Yoseikan Karate from the Fédération Française de Karaté, under Hiroo Mochizuki and Henri Plee. Bell had started training with Plee towards the end of 1955. He had made frequent visits to Plee’s Paris dojo. After around eighteen months he graded for his 1st Dan. Bell …
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Mar 13 2023
This week in history…(13 March – 19 March)
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March 13, 2023
- 100-Man Kumite, Andy Sherry, Bernard Cherix, BKF, Christophe Pinna, Elwyn Hall, Frank Brennan, Hajime Kazumi, Henri Plee, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroo Mochizuki, JKA, Jurgen Seydal, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenji Yamaki, KUGB, Masahiko Tanaka, Masao Kagawa, Masao Kawasoe, Michael Billman, Miyuki Miura, Sadashige Kato, Shoto Cup, Tsuguo Sakumoto, Vernon Bell, Vladimiro Malatesti
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Sep 19 2022
This week in history….(19 September – 25 September)
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September 19, 2022
20 September On 20 September 1934, Takayuki Kubota, a pioneer of martial arts in the United States, was born in Yashiro-Shi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. He was the fourth of six children, having four brothers and one sister. His family was descended from a samurai clan that had once invaded the island of Okinawa. On 20 …
- Cathy Cline, Christina Restelli, Christophe Pinna, Dario Marchini, Hironori Ohtsuka, Hitoshi Kasuya, ISKF, James Field, JKF, Karin Prinsloo, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenko Nakaima, Koji Takamatsu, Kosei Kuniba, KUGB, Masao Kawasoe, Miki Nakamachi, Ronnie Christopher, Seiko Higa, Sergio Takamatsu, Tak Kubota, teruo hayashi, Terutomo Yamazaki, teruyuki okazaki, Tomiko Mitsuoka, wskf, Yutaka Yaguchi
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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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Sep 20 2021
This week in history (20 September – 26 September)
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September 20, 2021
20 September On 20 September 1934, Takayuki Kubota, a pioneer of martial arts in the United States, was born in Yashiro-Shi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. He was the fourth of six children, having four brothers and one sister. His family was descended from a samurai clan that had once invaded the island of Okinawa. On 20 …
- Cathy Cline, Christina Restelli, Christophe Pinna, Dario Marchini, Hitoshi Kasuya, ISKF, James Field, Karin Prinsloo, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenko Nakaima, Koji Takamatsu, Kosei Kuniba, KUGB, Masao Kawasoe, Miki Nakamachi, Ronnie Christopher, Seiko Higa, Sergio Takamatsu, Shoto Cup, Tak Kubota, teruo hayashi, Terutomo Yamazaki, teruyuki okazaki, Tomiko Mitsuoka, wskf, Yutaka Yaguchi
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Jul 14 2021
Richard Amos
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July 14, 2021
I feel that competition is very healthy and in line with human nature, and as Karate is for one’s entire life, there is time during that life when you should compete. Richard Amos One of only a few foreigners who have passed the JKA Instructors Course, Richard Amos is also one of the few non-Japanese …
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May 27 2021
Pascal Lecourt
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May 27, 2021
I have no objections to sportive Karate as such. I think it can go together very well with Karate as a way of life. It is just a shame that most of the competition people are only interested in winning and earning. It often lacks brotherhood as we experience here during Karate training sessions. There …
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Apr 21 2021
Yoshinobu Ohta
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April 21, 2021
Once you start using age as an excuse then you never stop using this excuse. There is no excuse, you should just keep going. Of course, as we get older our body strength becomes weaker and so we automatically become slower with less power but most important is don’t make this an excuse, try to …
- Andy Sherry, Bruce Lee, EKGB, Fujikiyo Omura, Hideo Tomita, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shoji, Japanese, JKA, Katsunori Tsuyama, keigo abe, Keinosuke Enoeda, Keisuke Nemoto, KUGB, Mai Shiina, Masaaki Ueki, Masahiko Tanaka, Masao Kagawa, Masao Kawasoe, Masatoshi Nakayama, Matsuo Kon, Mikio Yahara, Minoru Kawawada, Sadashige Kato, shiro asano, Takenori Imura, Takushoku University, Tatsuya Naka, Tetsuhiko Asai, Tomio Imamura, yoshiharu osaka, Yoshinobu Ohta, Yuji Shinomiya, Yuko Hirayama
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Mar 08 2021
This week in history (8 March – 16 March)
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March 8, 2021
8 March On 8 March 1945, Roger Hall a founding member of the English Shotokan Karate Association (ESKA), was born. Hall had originally started learning Wado-ryu but switched to Shotokan Karate in 1966. He received his 1st Dan in from Hirokazu Kanazawa in 1972. In 1974 he received his 2nd Dan from Shiro Asano and …
- 100-Man Kumite, Bernard Cherix, Daniel Sanchez, Eddie Whitcher, Gichin Funakoshi, Hajime Kazumi, Harry Jones, Henri Plee, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroo Mochizuki, John Van Weenen, Jurgen Seydal, Masao Kawasoe, Michael Billman, Michael Nursey, Mick Randall, Roger Hall, Sadashige Kato, Shokei Matsui, Vernon Bell, Vladimiro Malatesti
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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 …
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Feb 06 2021
Norihiko Iida
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February 6, 2021
Masatoshi Nakayama, the former Chief Instructor of the JKA, once said of Norihiko Iida: Iida’s changing techniques are admirable. They bring to mind the mysterious technique of twirling one’s fingers as if to hypnotise a dragonfly. One never thinks he will fall for the trick, but in the end, he succumbs A powerfully built man, …
- FAJKO, Gichin Funakoshi, Hideki Okamoto, Hideo Ochi, Japanese, JKA, JKA Instructors Course, Kenji Yano, Kunio Higashi, Masahiko Tanaka, Masao Kawasoe, Masatoshi Nakayama, Mikio Yahara, Norihiko Iida, Satoshi Miyazaki, Taisho University, Takeshi Oishi, Taketo Okuda, Toshihiro Mori, WUKO, yoshiharu osaka, Yukichi Tabata
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