24 April On 24 April 1965, the second authorized demonstration by the JKA in Britain took place at Hornsey Town Hall, London. The touring party consisted of Japanese instructors, Taiji Kase, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Keinosuke Enoeda, and Hiroshi Shirai. 25 April On 25 April 1888, Chojun Miyagi, the founder of Goju-Ryu Karate, was born in Naha, …
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Apr 24 2023
This week in history…(24 April – 30 April)
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April 24, 2023
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Apr 17 2023
This week in history…(17 April – 23 April)
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April 17, 2023
17 April On 17 April 2010, Hidetaka Abe was a part of the United States team selection panel for the Wado Kai Karatedo World Cup. The panel included Yoshiaki Ajari and Sadaharu Kurobane. The panel selected a team to compete in Nagoya, Japan on 14-15 August 2010. 18 April On 18 April 1962, Kyokushin Karate …
- 100-Man Kumite, Andy Sherry, BKF, Dean Hodgkin, Eddie Whitcher, Elwyn Hall, Frank Brennan, Gary Harford, Hidetaka Abe, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shirai, IAKF, JKA, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenji Midori, Kenneth Funakoshi, Kevin Funakoshi, Kyle Funakoshi, Luis Maria Sanz, Masahiko Tanaka, Masao Kagawa, pauline laville, Rod Butler, Ronnie Cannings, Sadaharu Kurobane, Shokei Matsui, Shoto Cup, Taiji Kase, Tomio Inamura, Tomoyuki Aihara, Yoshiaki Ajari
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Apr 10 2023
This week in history…(10 April – 16 April)
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April 10, 2023
11 April On 11 April 1907, Minoru Mochizuki, founder of the Yoseikan dojo, was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Mochizuki was one of the few men to have been a direct student of the three great Budo masters, Jigaro Kano, Morihei Ueshiba and Gichin Funakoshi. An accomplished martial artist, Mochizuki held a 10th Dan in …
- 100-Man Kumite, Donn Draeger, Gichin Funakoshi, Henri Plee, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shirai, Howard Collins, Jigaro Kano, JKA, Jun Sugano, Katsuaki Sato, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenzo Mabuni, Mas Oyama, Masaaki Ueki, Masatoshi Nakayama, Minoru Mochizuki, Miyuki Miura, morihei ueshiba, Nikola Cujic, Osamu Ozawa, Seiji Isobe, Shokei Matsui, Stan Schmidt, Taiji Kase, Terutomo Yamazaki, Trevor Tokar, Yoshizo Machida
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Mar 27 2023
This week in history…(27 March – 1 April)
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March 27, 2023
28 March On 28 March 2009, Jacques Legree helped organise the 23rd Martial Arts Festival at Paris Bercy. The festival, an annual event, had 18,000 spectators in attendance. The event was organised by Karate Bushido Magazine. This year it was held in conjunction with a small Kyokushin tournament. 29 March On 29 March 1965, the …
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Mar 06 2023
This week in history…(6 March – 12 March)
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March 6, 2023
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 03 2023
Jeff Whybrow
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March 3, 2023
There’s a time to stop, and a time to push Jeff Whybrow A legend of British Kyokushin Karate, Jeff Whybrow was a protege or Steve Arneil. He was one of the faces of British Karate during the 1970s and the 1980s. He was equally comfortable in knockdown tournaments as well as point-fighting competitions. He was …
- Bernard Creaton, Bill Walsh, bkk, Brian Fitkin, Chuck Chism, Darren Stringer, David Pickthall, Dolph Lundgren, English, Felix Ntumazah, Howard Collins, Jeff Whybrow, Joko Ninomiya, Liam Keaveney, Loek Hollander, Nick Da Costa, Richard Von Mansfeldt, Roya Banton, Shigeru Oyama, Shokei Matsui, Steve Arneil, Tadashi Nakamura, WUKO
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Feb 15 2023
Gary Viccars
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February 15, 2023
Known as the ‘Enforcer‘ for his tough fighting style, Gary Viccars has been at the forefront of the development of Kyokushin Karate in Australia. Born in Geelong, Australia, in 1946, Gary Viccars began training in Kyokushin Karate in 1968. Viccars trained at the dojo of Bill Paauw located in Geelong. On 1 July 1969, Viccars …
- 100-Man Kumite, 50-Man Kumite, AKF, AKKA, Australian, Bill Paauw, Brian Ellison, Cameron Quinn, Gary Viccars, Grant Radonich, Hiroshi Masuda, IKO, IKO-2, IKO-3, Jim Phillips, John Taylor, Luke Grgurevic, Mas Oyama, Naomi Ali, Nikola Cujic, Nobuhito Tezuka, Shokei Matsui, Tony Bowden, Trevor Tockar, VKKA, Yoshikazu Matsushima
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Jan 16 2023
This week in history…(16 January – 22 January)
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January 16, 2023
19 January Between 19 – 20 January 2012, the 3rd Japan Cup Karatedo Championships was co-hosted in Burma by the Japanese Embassy and the Myanmar Karatedo Federation. The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry supported them. The event was held at the Aung San Indoor Stadium in Yangon. During the opening ceremony, Fujikiyo Omura gave …
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Jan 09 2023
This week in history…(9 January – 15 January)
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January 9, 2023
9 January On 9 January 2015, Siam Camp 2015 took place at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. It was the 14th Shotokan Karate gasshuku held in Bangkok. Apart from Fujikiyo Omura, the other JKA instructors teaching were Koichi Sugimura and Tatsuya Naka. 11 January On 11 January 1988, Nicholas Pettas watched his first Karate class and …
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Nov 28 2022
This week in history…(28 November – 4 December)
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November 28, 2022
28 November On 28 November 1934 Frank Cope, a pioneer of British Shotokan Karate, was born in Liverpool. A long-time member of the KUGB (Karate Union of Great Britain) he would become one of the first Karate black belts in Britain. On 28 November 2009, the 9th Open Weight Kyokushin Championships were held in Paris. There were 166 …
- Andy Sherry, Choki Motobu, Chotoku Kyan, CW Nichol, Donn Draeger, Eiichi Miyazato, Frank Cope, Gichin Funakoshi, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shirai, IKO, Jacques Legree, JKA, Katsuhito Gorai, Keinosuke Enoeda, KUGB, Loek Hollander, Malcolm Dorfman, Masaji Taira, masatomo takagi, Masatoshi Nakayama, Satoshi Miyazaki, Shokei Matsui, Shoshine Nagamine, Stanislav Blizniuk, Taiji Kase, Ted Hedlund, WSKA
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