6 March On 6 March 1921, Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan Karate, led a Karate demonstration in front of Crown Prince Hirohito. The demonstration was performed at the Great Hall of Shuri Castle, in Okinawa. Crown Prince Hirohito had visited Okinawa while en route to a visit to Europe. The ship’s captain, Captain Norikazu …
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Mar 06 2023
This week in history…(6 March – 12 March)
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March 6, 2023
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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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Mar 02 2020
This week in history (2 March – 8 March)
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March 2, 2020
2 March On 2 March 1955, Henri Plee was a founding member of the Federation Francais de Karate et Boxe Libre. He became the Federation’s first General Secretary. On 2 March 1960, Gichin Funakoshi’s eldest son, Yoshihide, died aged 71. Yoshihide Funakoshi is not as well known as his more talented younger brother Yoshitaka (Gigo). …
- Billy Higgins, bob rhodes, charles mack, crown prince hirohito, dave hazard, Eddie Whitcher, eska, Gichin Funakoshi, Harry Jones, Henri Plee, Hirokazu Kanazawa, JKA, JKA Instructors Course, John Van Weenen, Keinosuke Enoeda, KUGB, Masatoshi Nakayama, Michael Nursey, Mick Randall, norikazu kanna, Roger Hall, shiro asano, Steve Arneil, Terry O'Neill, Ticky Donovan, Vernon Bell, Yoshihide Funakoshi, Yoshitaka Funakoshi
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Mar 04 2019
This week in history (4 Mar – 10 Mar)
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March 4, 2019
4 March On 4 March 1952 David Frederick Hazard, a well-respected Shotokan Karate practitioner, was born in Bow, East London. Dave Hazard began his Karate training aged sixteen at the KUGB affiliated Blackfriars Karate Club, under the instruction of Keinosuke Enoeda. Like most martial artists who had started training at the time, Hazard had begun …
- ASK, charles mack, crown prince hirohito, dave hazard, Eddie Whitcher, eska, Gichin Funakoshi, Harry Jones, Henri Plee, Hirokazu Kanazawa, ISKA, JKA, John Van Weenen, Keinosuke Enoeda, Masatoshi Nakayama, Michael Manning, Michael Nursey, Mick Randall, Mike Dewey, norikazu kanna, Roger Hall, SEKU, shiro asano, Vernon Bell
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Mar 05 2018
This week in history (5 March – 11 March)
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March 5, 2018
On 6 March 1921 Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan Karate, led a Karate demonstration in front of Crown Prince Hirohito. The demonstration was performed at the Great Hall of Shuri Castle, in Okinawa. Crown Prince Hirohito had visited Okinawa while en-route to a visit to Europe. The ship’s captain Norikazu Kanna, was an Okinawan by …
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Mar 08 2017
On this day….(March 8)
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March 8, 2017
On this day, 8 March 1945, Roger Hall a founding member of the English Shotokan Karate Association (ESKA), was born. Hall had orignially sterated learning Wado-ryu but switched to Shotokan karate in 1966, He received his 1st Dan in from Hirokazu Kanazawa in 1972. In 1974 he recieved his 2nd Dan from Shiro Asano and …
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