Dec 18 2025
Shane Higashi has been a pioneer of Chito-Ryu Karate in Canada. He’s been practising Karate for over 60 years. Karate has been a major part of his life. Shane Yukio Higashi was born on 14th October 1940 in Chemainus, British Columbia, Canada. He was the third youngest of eleven children. On 26 February 1942, the …
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May 10 2021
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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Sep 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 …
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