5 December On 5 December 1944, the founder of Ashihara Karate, Hideyuki Ashihara, was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He was a direct student of Kyokushin founder, Mas Oyama. Ashihara was considered a formidable fighter, and by 1966 he was an instructor of Kyokushin Karate at the organisation’s Hombu (headquarters). In 1987 Ashihara started showing the first signs of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). His condition gradually worsened and on 24 …
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Dec 05 2022
This week in history…(5 December – 11 December)
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December 5, 2022
- bob rhodes, Damien Dovey, Dan Ivan, Douglas Brose, Gichin Funakoshi, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Hideyuki Ashihara, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hosei University, Jillian Toney, JKA, Julliet Toney, Kimio Itoh, Luis Maria Sanz, Mas Oyama, Masatoshi Nakayama, Michael Milon, Richard Kim, rika usami, Ryoke Abe, Sari Laine, Shigeru Egami, Taiji Kase, Takayuki Mikami, Takeshi Shimoda, teruyuki okazaki, Waseda University, Yoshitaka Funakoshi
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Dec 06 2021
This week in history (6 December – 12 December)
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December 6, 2021
7 December On 7 December 1912, Shigeru Egami, an early student of Gichin Funakoshi, was born in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. He is considered the one student who followed Funakoshi’s teachings most closely. Egami began his Karate training in 1932 as a student at Waseda University. He was instructed by Funakoshi and his son Yoshitaka. He helped found the university’s Karate club. …
- Antonio Espinos, BKF, bob rhodes, Dan Ivan, Douglas Brose, Gichin Funakoshi, Henri Plee, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Jacques Delcourt, Jacques Rogge, Jillian Toney, JKA, Julliet Toney, Luis Maria Sanz, Masatoshi Nakayama, Michael Milon, Richard Kim, rika usami, Ryoke Abe, Sari Laine, Shigeru Egami, Taiji Kase, Takayuki Mikami, Takeshi Shimoda, teruyuki okazaki, Waseda University, Yoshitaka Funakoshi
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May 30 2020
Shigeru Egami
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May 30, 2020
Shigeru Egami has been described as fearsome and possessing both physical and psychological strength. Although not commonly recognized in the West, Egami is considered Gichin Funakoshi’s one student who most closely followed his Principles, especially in the belief that Karate was not just a physical pursuit. Egami was born on the 7th December 1912 in …
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Dec 02 2019
This week in history (2 December – 8 December)
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December 2, 2019
3 December On 3 December 1941, Shoshin Nagamine gave a public Karate demonstration to members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Force and an assortment of dignitaries, including the Police Chief Cabinet secretary and his deputy, plus members of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (Martial Arts section). Born 15 July 1907 in Naha, Okinawa, Nagamine is the founder …
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Dec 03 2018
This week in history (3 December – 9 December)
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December 3, 2018
3 December On 3 December 1941 Shoshin Nagamine gave a public Karate demonstration to members of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Force and an assortment of dignitaries, including the Police Chief Cabinet secretary and his deputy, plus members of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (Martial Arts section). Born 15 July 1907 in Naha, Okinawa, Nagamine is the founder …
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Dec 04 2017
This Week in history (4 December – 10 December)
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December 4, 2017
4 December On 4 December 1965, The Japan Karate Association (JKA) moved their headquarters from Yotsuya, to Koraku, in the Bunkyo-ku district of Tokyo. Yotsuya, located in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo, had been the JKA’s headquarters since 1955. The author C. W. Nicol described what it was like training at the Yotsuya hombu in his book, Moving …
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