6 September On 6 September 2016 Walter Seaton, one of the first Wado-Ryu black belts in the UK, died aged 80 years. Seaton was born in Middlesbrough and was one of the first instructors to teach Karate to women at his dojo. A family man, Seaton and his wife Eva had six children, twenty-two grandchildren, …
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Sep 06 2021
This week in history (6 September – 12 September)
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September 6, 2021
- Andy Hug, Atsuko Wakai, BKF, charles mack, Chojiro Tani, chris adamou, Eddie Whitcher, Guinness Book of Records, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Jack Johnson, JKR, Katsunori Tsuyama, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kiyoshi Yamazaki, KUGB, Masatoshi Nakayama, Matsuo Kon, Michael Randall, Mike Peachey, Molly Samuel, nick Adamou, Pat Brown, Risei Kano, Robert Fusaro, Shigeru Kimura, Tadashi Nakamura, Tommy Morris, Vernon Bell, Walter Seaton, Will Mannion, Yasuhiro Konishi, yoshiharu osaka, Yoshinobu Ohta
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Sep 07 2020
This week in history (7 Sep – 13 Sep)
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September 7, 2020
7 September On 7 September 1959 the first British Karate Federation (BKF) Summer Course was held. It was a six-day course held at the Ippon Judo Club, located in the basement of the Imperial Private Hotel, Scarborough, Yorkshire. The course was conducted by Vernon Bell and was limited to twenty students. It was open to …
- Atsuko Wakai, BKF, Bukonkai Karate International, charles mack, Chojiro Tani, Christopher Adamou, Colin Williams, Eddie Whitcher, Guinness Book of Records, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Jack Johnson, Jigaro Kano, JKA, KUGB, Masatoshi Nakayama, Michael Randall, Mike Peachey, Molly Samuel, Nicholas Adamou, Risei Kano, Shigeru Kimura, Tommy Morris, Vernon Bell, Will Mannion, WKF, yoshiharu osaka
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May 30 2020
Charles Mack
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May 30, 2020
Although his name may not be instantly recognisable, Charles Mack is a true pioneer of martial arts in Britain. A leading exponent and authority on Japanese arts, he holds black belts in Judo, Karate, and Aikido. He was the first British subject to be awarded his 1st Dan in Karate by the Japan Karate Association …
- Alan Francis, BKF, British Karate Control Commission, Budokwai, charles mack, Hideo Tomita, Hikawa Maru, Hirokazu Kanazawa, International Shotokan Karate Association, Jigaro Kano, JKA, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenshusei, Kodokan, London Karate Club, Martial Arts Commission, Masatoshi Nakayama, Mutsuko, North Western Judo Championship, Risei Kano, Shotokan Karate Free Fighting Techniques, Vernon Bell, World Judo Championships, yotsuya
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Sep 09 2019
This week in history (9 September – 15 September)
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September 9, 2019
9 September On 9 September 2015 Goju-ryu master, Teruo Chinen, died in Spokane, United States. Born in 1941, Chinen trained as a teenager under Goju-ryu founder, Chojun Miyagi. He later trained extensively under one of Miyagi’s main students, Ei’ichi Miyazato. Chinen first travelled to the United States in 1969, initially for what was meant to …
- Atsuko Wakai, BKI, charles mack, Chojun Miyagi, Christopher Adamou, Colin Williams, Dan Ivan, Eddie Whitcher, Ei'ichi Miyazato, Fumio Demura, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Jack Johnson, Jigaro Kano, KUGB, Masatoshi Nakayama, Michael Randall, Mike Peachey, Molly Samuel, nick Adamou, Risei Kano, Teruo Chinen, Will Mannion
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Sep 10 2018
This week in history (10 September – 16 September)
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September 10, 2018
10 September On 10 September 1965 Charles Mack became the first British subject awarded a 2nd Dan in Shotokan Karate from the Japan Karate Association (JKA). Masatoshi Nakayama awarded him his grade at the JKA’s headquarters in Tokyo. Mack had previously been awarded his 1st Dan by Nakayama three years earlier, becoming the first British subject awarded …
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Sep 04 2017
This week in history (4 September – 10 September)
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September 4, 2017
4 September On 4 September 1931, Kenneth Funakoshi, a distant relative of Gichin Funakoshi, was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hirokazu Kanazawa, who was a former Grand Champion in Japan, had arrived in Hawaii in 1960 to represent the Japan Karate Association (JKA) as Chief Instructor, at the behest of Masatoshi Nakayama. Funakoshi, who was in …
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