10 May On 10 May 1957, the founder of Shotokan Karate, Gichin Funakoshi, was laid to rest at the Zen Sho-ji temple in Kakiu. He was cremated and his ashes laid alongside those of his wife. Funakoshi had died on 26 April, in a Tokyo hospital, surrounded by his close family and his student Shigeru …
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May 10 2021
This week in history (10 May – 16 May)
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May 10, 2021
- Andy Sherry, Antonio Espinos, Billy Higgins, Bob Poynton, bob rhodes, charles naylor, chris adamou, danny bryceland, Frank Brennan, fred gille, Gichin Funakoshi, Hamish Adam, Henri Plee, Hirokazu Kanazawa, IOC, Jacques Delcourt, Keinosuke Enoeda, KUGB, Liverpool Red Triangle Club, Mas Oyama, Mas Tsuroka, Miki Nakamachi, NKA, Ray Dalke, Shigeru Egami, SKGB, Steve Cattle, Taiji Kase, terry o'neill, Tetsuji Murakami, Vernon Bell, WKF
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Sep 23 2020
Mas Tsuroka
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September 23, 2020
I have seen the best Karate. All that really matters is what kind of human being you are. Mas Tsuroka Rightly known as the ‘Father of Canadian Karate‘ Mas Tsuroka did a lot to establish Karate in Canada. Many instructors teaching Karate in Canada today, can trace their lineage back to Tsuroka. Masami Tsuroka was …
- Canadian Black Belt Hall of Fame, Chito-ryu, David Tsuroka, Doreen Davies, Gary Alexander, Hidetaka Nishiyama, IAKF, Japanese, John Carnio, Kazumi Tsuroka, Kei Tsuroka, Koji Wada, Mamoru Yamamoto, Mas Tsuroka, Masatoshi Nakayama, Monty Guest, NKA, Quai Wong, Sam Pearson, Shane Higashi, Tsuyoshi Chitose, William Dometrich, WUKO, Zenpo Shimabukuro
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I find it fascinating to get things out of people that they didn’t suspect they had in them. With Karate you put the whole body in position, you have to use every muscle. Some people discover their body for the first time here in the dojo, and what it can do. I no longer hammer on results. I don’t care how high someone to talk can throw their leg. The essence is that that person is making progress and that they feel good about the things they do.~Sergio GneoTweet
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