Karate is a life-long journey, you only stop when you die. In my mind, I feel that I’m just beginning – that I’m on still growing and developing. Nobuaki Kanazawa Known for his dynamic style of Karate, Nobuaki Kanazawa continues his father’s legacy. He is the son of one of the greatest Shotokan practitioners, Hirokazu …
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Mar 01 2023
Nobuaki Kanazawa
- Akio Nagai, Aoyama Gakuin University, Daizo Kanazawa, Fumitoshi Kanazawa, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiyori Kanazawa, Japanese, JKA, Koichi Tanaka, Manabu Murakami, Masaru Miura, Nobuaki Kanazawa, Norihiko Iida, Satoru Iwai, Shigeru Sawada, shiro asano, ski, SKIEF, SKIF, Taisho University, Takashoku University, Yasunori Ogura
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Jan 13 2023
Dave Kershaw
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January 13, 2023
There is no short cut to reaching a high-level in Kata, and the frustrating thing is that the higher you get, the more faults you find, but this is the whole essence of Karate, the striving for perfection. It is never reached, but you must keep on trying. Dave Kershaw A longtime student of Shotokan …
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Oct 24 2022
This week in history…(24 October – 30 October)
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October 24, 2022
24 October On 24 October 1996, the High Court of Tokyo upheld an earlier decision regarding Mas Oyama’s last will. On 31 March 1995 Judge Atsushi Watanabe of the Tokyo Court of Family Affairs ruled that Oyama’s verbal will was invalid as it had not been signed by him, only by the witnesses. His family …
- 100 Kata Challenge, AAKF, Chojun Miyagi, Choki Motobu, Chomo Hanashiro, Chosin Chibana, Chotoku Kyan, Dave Coulter, FIK, Genwa Nakasone, Gichin Funakoshi, Gojuro Harada, Henri Plee, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroo Mochizuki, Hiroshi Kamata, Hiroshi Shoji, JKA, Juhatsu Kyoda, Jurgen Seydel, Karin Prinsloo, keigo abe, Mas Oyama, Masahiko Tanaka, Masataka Mori, Masatoshi Nakayama, Olympics, Shinpan Gusukama, shiro asano, SKI (GB), SKIEF, Stan Schmidt, Thomas Morikawa, Vernon Bell, Vladimiro Malatesti, Waseda University, Yasu Uyehara, Yutaka Yaguchi
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Oct 25 2021
This week in history (25 October – 31 October)
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October 25, 2021
25 October On 25 October 1936 several Karate masters gathered for a special meeting in Naha, Okinawa. While not attended by Gichin Funakoshi, this meeting was attended by Chomo Hanashiro, Chotoku Kyan, Choki Motobu, Chojun Miyagi, Choshin Chibana, Juhatsu Kyoda, Shinpan Gusukuma, Genwa Nakasone, and others. Funakoshi would attend subsequent meetings. Chomo Hanashiro had first …
- 100 Kata Challenge, AAKF, David Coulter, FIK, Gojuro Harada, Henri Plee, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroo Mochizuki, Hiroshi Kamata, Hiroshi Shirai, Howard Collins, Jurgen Seydel, Karin Prinsloo, keigo abe, Masahiko Tanaka, Masataka Mori, Masatoshi Nakayama, National Collegiate Championships, Ray Dalke, shiro asano, ski, SKIEF, SKIF, Stan Schmidt, Thomas Morikawa, Vernon Bell, Vladimiro Malatesti, Waseda University, World Open Tournament, Yasu Uyehara
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Oct 28 2019
This week in history (28 October – 3 November)
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October 28, 2019
28 October On 28 October 1939 Keigo Abe was born in Iyoshi, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. A direct student of Masatoshi Nakayama, Abe graduated from the JKA Instructors Program in 1965. He was a long-serving instructor at the Japan Karate Association’s Hombu. After the JKA split in 1990 he became Technical Director of the JKA (Matsuno …
- Genshin Hironishi, Gichin Funakoshi, Henri Plee, Hirokazu Kanazawa, JKA, JSKA, keigo abe, Keinosuke Enoeda, Masaji Yamaguchi, Masatoshi Nakayama, Matsuno Faction, Mitsusuke Harada, Shigeru Egami, shiro asano, SKI (GB), SKIEF, SKIF, Tadao Okuyama, Takushoku University, Tetsuji Murakami, Tsutomu Ohshima, Waseda University, Yoshinobu Ohta
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Oct 29 2018
This week in history (29 October – 4 November)
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October 29, 2018
29 October On 29 October 1939 Shiro Asano was born in Tokyo. A student of Masatoshi Nakayama, Asano attended the Takushoku University becoming a prominent member of the university’s famed Karate club. In 1957 he won the inaugural All Japan Universities Championship. This was followed by another win in 1958. After graduating from university Asano enrolled on the Japan …
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Oct 23 2017
This week in history (23 October – 29 October)
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October 23, 2017
26 October On 26 October 1957 the Federation Internationale De Karate (FIK) was formed at the headquarters of the French Karate Federation, located at 34 rue de la Montagne Sainte Genevieve, Paris. Present at the creation of the FIK was Vladimiro Malatesti (representing Italy), Vernon Bell (representing Great Britain), Jurgen Seydel (representing Germany), Henri Plee (representing …
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