No conversation about top female Karate competitors would ever be complete without mentioning the name Molly Samuel. She is arguably Britain’s most successful female competitor, winning multiple European and World titles. She was Britain’s first individual female World Karate Federation (WKF) World Champion. Fighting at middleweight (-60-kg), she was a pioneer of women’s competitive Karate, …
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Aug 14 2020
Molly Samuel
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August 14, 2020
- Chiara Stella Bux, Crisis, EKGB, International Sports Woman of the Year, Ishinryu, Jerry Leport, Jillian Toney, Karate England, Karate Sport England, Molly Samuel, Molly Samuel-Leport, Molly Samuels, Molly Samuels-Leport, Ritva Varelius, Sarah Bonnell, Stella Creasey, Ticky Donovan, Wayne Otto, Will Verner, Willie Thomas
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Aug 09 2020
David ‘Ticky’ Donovan
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August 9, 2020
To be a black belt in Karate means training regularly. If you don’t train, you lose your coordination. Look at an average Karate class and as you go up the belts, you see the coordination and skill getting better. That’s what Karate training is all about. But a black belt who hasn’t been training for …
- Aidan Trimble, Black Belt Magazine, British Karate, English, Geoff Thompson, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Ishinryu, Isshin-ryu, Jilian Toney, Julliet Toney, Keinosuke Enoeda, kyokushin, Len Palmer, masutatsu oyama, Molly Samuels, Pat Mackay, Roy Stanhope, Steve Arneil, Tatsuo Suzuki, Team Kumite, Ticky Donovan, Vic Charles, Wayne Otto, World Karate Champions
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Nov 12 2018
This week in history (12 November – 18 November)
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November 12, 2018
12 November On 12 November 1964 Julie Nicholson was born in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear. Nicholson started Shotokan Karate under the guidance of John Holdsworth and Jeff Barwick, at the age of nine. She eventually came under the instruction of Keinosuke Enoeda. She began her competitive career in 1976 eventually becoming a member of the KUGB (Karate Union of …
- Antonio Diaz, Atsuko Wakai, BKF, Chen Chin Wuan, Elisa Au, Genshin Hironishi, Gichin Funakoshi, Gogen Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hoang Ngan Nguyen, Ishinryu, Jeff Barwick, Jillian Toney, JKA, John Holdsworth, Julie Nicholson, Julliet Toney, Kanryo Higaonna, Karate-do Shotokan Brazileo, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kentsu Yabu, Kenwa Mabuni, KUGB, luca valdesi, Mas Oyama, Masatomi Takagi, Mitsusuke Harada, Molly Samuel, Molly Samuels, pauline bindra, peter urban, rafael aghayev, Richard Kim, Ronin Karate Club, Shigeru Egami, Steve Arneil, Tatsuo Suzuki, Ticky Donovan, Tsutomu Ohshima, Vernon Bell, Vic Charles, Wayne Otto, WSKA, Yasutsune Itosu, Yoshihide Funakoshi, Yoshitaka Funakoshi
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Nov 13 2017
This Week in history (13 November – 19 November)
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November 13, 2017
13 November On 13 November 1943 David ‘Ticky’ Donovan was born, in Loughton, England. He is a highly respected former competitor, coach and founder of the Ishinryu style of karate. Originally a boxer, Donovan got started in Karate in 1965 when he and a friend attended a class run by Tatsuo Suzuki, a practitioner of Wado-Ryu. He …
- Atsuko Wakai, BKF, ekf, Elisa Au, Gichin Funakoshi, Gogen Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Jacques Delcourt, Jillian Toney, JKA, Julliet Toney, Keinosuke Enodea, luca valdesi, Mitsusuke Harada, Molly Samuels, nippon budokan, peter urban, Richard Kim, Steve Arneil, Tatsuo Suzuki, Ticky Donovan, Tsutomu Ohshima, Vic Charles, Wayne Otto, WUKO, Yoseikan, Yoshitaka Funakoshi
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