Tomio Imamura

Apr 05 2023

Minoru Kawawada

Filed under General, JKA, Kata, Kumite, Shotokan, Traditional
April 5, 2023

Karate is for your whole life, so your Karate must evolve to match who you are today. Minoru Kawawada Although he may not be as well known as some other JKA masters, Minoru Kawawada was a longtime instructor at the JKA Hombu. For many years he went about his task of teaching excellent Karate to …

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Feb 01 2023

Motokuni Sugiura

Filed under General, JKA, Shotokan, Traditional
February 1, 2023

A great thinker on the essence of Karate and how it should be taught, Motokuni Sugiura dedicated his life to Karate. As an instructor, he focused on developing strong basics. As the second Chief Instructor of the JKA he oversaw a turbulent period in their history. Motokuni Sugiura was born in Aichi, Japan, on 4 …

Akihito Isaka, Asia University, Gichin Funakoshi, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shoji, Hitobubashi University, IAKF, Japanese, JKA, keigo abe, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kogakuin University, Masaaki Ueki, Masahiko Tanaka, Masao Kagawa, Masatoshi Nakayama, Matsuno Faction, Mikio Yahara, Minoru Kawawada, Motokuni Sugiura, Nakahara Faction, Nihon University, Nobuyuki Nakahara, Taiji Kase, Taisho University, Tatsuya Naka, Tetsuhiko Asai, The Agriculture and Veterinary School, Tokyo Keizai University, Tomio Imamura, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Yoshiaki Hayashi, yoshiharu osaka, Yoshitaka Funakoshi

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Jan 04 2023

Filed under Competition, General, JKA, Kumite, Shotokan, Traditional
January 4, 2023

First be taught; learning comes later; Tomio Imarura Known for his quiet demeanour, Tomio Imamura has been described as a “brilliant technician“, known for his exceptional kumite. A two-time world champion, he is one of the best fighters of his generation. Tomio Imamura was born on 7 October 1958, in Kagoshima, Japan. Imamura attended Takushoku …

Akihito Isaka, Andy Sherry, Dean Hodgkin, Elwyn Hall, Frank Brennan, Fujikiyo Omura, Gary Harford, George Best, Hideo Tomita, Hideo Yamamoto, Japanese, JKA, JKA Instructors Course, Katsutoshi Shiina, keigo abe, Keinosuke Enoeda, Keisuke Nemoto, Kunio Kobayashi, Marco Barone, Masaaki Ueki, Masaaki Yokomichi, Masahiko Tanaka, Masao Kagawa, Masataka Mori, Masatoshi Nakayama, Matsuno Faction, Mikio Yahara, Minoru Kawawada, Motokuni Sugiura, Nakahara Faction, Ronnie Canning, Shoto Cup, Takushoku University, Tatsuya Naka, Tetsuhiko Asai, Tomio Imamura, Tomoyuki Aihara, Yasunori Ogura, yoshiharu osaka, Yoshinobu Ohta, Yuji Hashiguchi

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Jul 14 2021

Richard Amos

Filed under General, JKA, KUGB, Shotokan, Traditional
July 14, 2021

I feel that competition is very healthy and in line with human nature, and as Karate is for one’s entire life, there is time during that life when you should compete. Richard Amos One of only a few foreigners who have passed the JKA Instructors Course, Richard Amos is also one of the few non-Japanese …

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Jul 06 2021

Tatsuya Naka

Filed under General, JKA, Shotokan, Traditional
July 6, 2021

Kata is like the seed and roots of the flower. By developing one’s understanding of kata, one can then express oneself through that kata. As a result, it is no longer just the root, but through understanding and ultimately one’s own creation, it spawns leaves and petals becoming the flower we see. Tatsuya Naka One …

Frank Brennan, Japanese, JKA, JKA Instructors Course, Katsunori Tsuyama, Kunio Kobayashi, Takushoku University, Tatsuya Naka, Tomio Imamura

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May 18 2021

Yasunori Ogura

Filed under General, JKA, Shotokan, Traditional
May 18, 2021

Seek perfection of character. Everything else follows on from that. Yasunori Ogura A stalwart of the JKA, Yasunori Ogura is known for his attention to detail. He is a former kumite and kata champion, who is a senior instructor at the JKA Hombu. Yasunori Ogura was born on 21 January 1958, in Hokkaido, Japan. Growing …

Hideo Yamamoto, Japanese, JKA, Jyoko Ibata, Kazuaki Kurihara, Kazuhiro Sawada, Koji Chubachi, Mai Shiina, Masaaki Ueki, Masao Kagawa, Masatoshi Nakayama, Mikio Yahara, Norihiko Iida, Norimasa Hayakawa, Sergio Gneo, SKDI, Takeshi Oishi, Takushoku University, Ted Hedlund, Tomio Imamura, Yasunori Ogura, Yutaro Ogane

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Apr 21 2021

Yoshinobu Ohta

Filed under General, JKA, Shotokan, Traditional
April 21, 2021

Once you start using age as an excuse then you never stop using this excuse. There is no excuse, you should just keep going. Of course, as we get older our body strength becomes weaker and so we automatically become slower with less power but most important is don’t make this an excuse, try to …

Andy Sherry, Bruce Lee, EKGB, Fujikiyo Omura, Hideo Tomita, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroshi Shoji, Japanese, JKA, Katsunori Tsuyama, keigo abe, Keinosuke Enoeda, Keisuke Nemoto, KUGB, Mai Shiina, Masaaki Ueki, Masahiko Tanaka, Masao Kagawa, Masao Kawasoe, Masatoshi Nakayama, Matsuo Kon, Mikio Yahara, Minoru Kawawada, Sadashige Kato, shiro asano, Takenori Imura, Takushoku University, Tatsuya Naka, Tetsuhiko Asai, Tomio Imamura, yoshiharu osaka, Yoshinobu Ohta, Yuji Shinomiya, Yuko Hirayama

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Mar 09 2021

Fujikiyo Omura

Filed under General, JKA, Shotokan, Traditional
March 9, 2021

With hard training and of course competitions too, we come close to know how our body and mind responds to different given situations, and we try to make the best out of it, eventually, we have to implement this hard-earned knowledge in our daily life. Fujikiyo Omura Known for the speed and dynamism of his …