25 July Between 25 and 27 July 1981, the Karate event took place at Santa Clara University, at the 1st World Games held in Santa Clara, California. Tokey Hill won a bronze medal in the Men’s Individual -80kg Kumite event. Yukiyoshi Marutani defeated teammate, Seiji Nishimura, to win the bronze medal in the Men’s Individual …
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Jul 24 2023
This week in history…(24 July – 30 July)
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July 24, 2023
- 100-Man Kumite, Andy Hug, Bakkies Laubscher, Bob Poynton, Eiichi Miyazato, Ernie Molyneux, Geoff Thompson, Gichin Funakoshi, Gogen Yamaguchi, Henrik Larsen, Hideki Okamoto, Hiroki Kurosawa, Hiroo Mochizuki, Jim Collins, Keinosuke Enoeda, Liverpool Red Triangle Club, Mas Oyama, Masao Kagawa, Matt Price, Mervyn Etienne, Mie Nakayama, Norman Robinson, Osamu Ozawa, Seiji Nishimura, Steve Arneil, Tetsuo Yamagawa, Tokey Hill, Tsuguo Sakumoto, USANKF, Vic Charles, World Games, Yukiyoshi Marutani, Zenpo Shimabukuro
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Dec 15 2021
Antonio Diaz
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December 15, 2021
Sport is sport, period. You train, you compete, and you retire. Budo Karate is a way of life. You can always go back and start again, over and over, because like life itself, it is a process. We should use Karate as a discipline to look at life. Budo philosophy it’s not only about Karate …
- Akio Tamashiro, Ali Sofuoglu, Antonio Diaz, Ariel Toreres, Damien Quintero, Guinness Book of Records, IOC, Javier Hernandez, Javier Mantilla, Kiyoshi Yamazaki, luca valdesi, Mie Nakayama, Olympics, rika usami, Ryo Kiyuna, Ryoki Abe, Shoko Sato, Takashi Katada, teruo hayashi, Tomohiro Arashiro, Tsuguo Sakumoto, Venezuelan, Vu Duch Minh Dack, WKF, World Games, yoshimi inoue
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Aug 16 2021
This week in history (16 August – 22 August)
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August 16, 2021
16 August On 16 August 1940, Kiyoshi Yamazaki was born in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. His father was a Kendo master, who taught his Kiyoshi Yamasaki and his brother, martial arts from an early age. A student of one of the greatest Karate Masters of the 20th century in Yasuhiro Konishi, Kiyoshi Yamazaki has endeavoured to …
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Jul 26 2021
This week in history (26 July – 1 August)
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July 26, 2021
27 July On 27 July 1923 the founder of Kyokushin Karate, Matsutatsu (Mas) Oyama was born in Japanese occupied Korea. Born Choi Yeong-eui, he spent most of his life in Japan. He was a student of Gichin Funakoshi and later Gogen Yamaguchi. On 27 July 1985, the Karate Championships were held as part of the …
- 100-Man Kumite, Abdu Shaher, Andy Hug, Beverly Morris, Bob Poynton, Cecil Hackett, Geoff Thompson, Gichin Funakoshi, Gogen Yamaguchi, Henri Plee, Hideki Okamoto, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hiroki Kurosawa, Hiroo Mochizuki, Hiroshi Shirai, Ivan Salaverry, Janice Argyle, JKA, Keinosuke Enoeda, KUGB, Liverpool Red Triangle Club, Mas Oyama, Mervyn Ettienne, Mie Nakayama, Osamu Ozawa, Steve Arneil, Taiji Kase, Takayuki Mikami, Tsuguo Sakumoto, Vic Charles, World Games
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Nov 09 2020
This week in history (9 November – 15 November)
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November 9, 2020
9 November On 9 November 1997, K–1 Grand Prix was held at the Tokyo Dome, Japan. Andy Hug reached the final by defeating Pierre Guente of Canada; Masaaki Satake of Japan; and Peter Aerts of The Netherlands. He lost to Ernesto Hoost in the final. 10 November On 10 November 1967, New Zealander, John Jarvis …
- 100-Man Kumite, Andy Hug, BKI, Bukonkai Karate International, Colin Williams, Ernesto Hoost, Frank Nowak, Gichin Funakoshi, Giei Funakoshi, Gigo Funakoshi, Hirokazu Kanazawa, IKO, Jillian Toney, John Holdsworth, Julie Nicholson, Julliet Toney, Kanryo Higaonna, Keinosuke Enodea, Keinosuke Enoeda, Kenwa Mabuni, Kora Nowak, KUGB, Mas Oyama, Masaaki Satake, Michael Milon, Molly Samuel, Peter Aerts, Pierre Guente, Shokei Matsui, Steve Arneil, Ticky Donovan, Tomoyuki Aihara, Vic Charles, Wayne Otto, World Games, Yasutsune Itosu, Yuki Mimura
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Aug 16 2020
Terrance ‘Tokey’ Hill
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August 16, 2020
I know what the martial arts did for my life, and I think that we as champions owe up-and-coming martial artists an opportunity to have access to things we never had. Tokey Hill A Shotokan Karate practitioner, Tokey Hill is a traditional martial artist who strongly believes in sport Karate. He is a multiple National …
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Aug 15 2020
Atsuko Wakai
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August 15, 2020
Women first competed in the World Championships in 1980 at the tournament held in Madrid, Spain. Suzuko Okamura became the first individual kata world champion. Her victory was the start of total dominance of the kata events by the Japanese women. From 1980 to 2004 they remained undefeated in the event. Arguably the greatest of …
- Akira Shiomi, All Japan Karate-Do Championships, Asia Karate Championship, Asian Games, Asian Karate Championships, Atsuko Wakai, Guinness Book of Records, Kindai University, Ladies International Karate Cup, Myriam Szkudlarek, profile, Roberta Sodero, Seigokan Goju-ry, Seino Transportation, Shinichi Hasegawa, Suzuko Okamura, World Championships, World Cup, World Games, Yasufumi Ono, yoshimi inoue, Yuki Mimura
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Aug 15 2020
Mie Nakayama
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August 15, 2020
Firstly, I practise katas very accurately going through the basic again and again; I do this for about one hour every day. I then go through the katas imaging the attackers and how I would compete with them. I pay a lot of attention to imagination, feeling, and expression. Mie Nakayama Mie Nakayama can arguably …
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