Yuji Hashiguchi – Finding Karate

Sep 25 2023

This week in history…(25 September – 1 October)

Filed under General, Moments in history, On this day, This week in history
September 25, 2023

25 September On 25 September 2016, Miki Nakamachi competed at the 59th JKA All Japan Karate Championships. She normally performed the kata Gojushiho Sho in competition. However, in honour of her son, Hugo, she decided to perform the kata Unsu. Meaning ‘Cloud Hands’, she saw Unsu as representing her son’s little hands in the clouds. …

Gichin Funakoshi, JKA, Katsutoshi Shiina, Kentsu Yabu, Masaaki Yokomichi, Masao Kagawa, Miki Nakamachi, Minoru Kawawada, Shinkin Gima, teruo hayashi, Terutomo Yamazaki, Tomio Imamura, Tomoyuki Aihara, Yasutsune Itosu, Yoshiji Soeno, yoshimi inoue, Yuji Hashiguchi

Permanent link to this article: http://findingkarate.com/wordpress/this-week-in-history-25-september-1-october/

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 …

Akihito Isaka, Dan Cook, Fujikiyo Omura, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Hoitsugan dojo, James Field, James Yabe, JKA, JKA Instructors Course, Jon Keeling, Katsutoshi Shiina, Kazuhiro Sawada, keigo abe, Keisuke Nemoto, Kousaku Yokota, Mai Shiina, Masaaki Ueki, Masaaki Yokomichi, Masahiko Tanaka, Masaki Komaki, Masao Kagawa, Masatoshi Nakayama, Mikio Yahara, Minoru Kawawada, Naonosuke Otsu, Richard Amos, Takenori Imura, Takeshi Oishi, Takushoku University, Tatsuya Naka, teruyuki okazaki, Tetsuhiko Asai, Tomio Imamura, Tomoyuki Aihara, Toshiro Mori, Vincent Cruz, Yasunori Ogura, yoshiharu osaka, Yoshinobu Ohta, Yuji Hashiguchi, Yusuke Inokoshi

Permanent link to this article: http://findingkarate.com/wordpress/minoru-kawawada/

Jan 04 2023

Tomio Imamura

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

Permanent link to this article: http://findingkarate.com/wordpress/tomio-imamura/

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 …

Chutinant Bhirombhakd, Fujikiyo Omura, Hideo Ochi, IAKF World Championships, Japanese, JKA, JKA Instructors Course, Katsunori Tsuyama, Kawawada Minoru, Koichi Sugimura, Malcolm Fisher, Masahiko Tanaka, Masaki Komaki, Masatoshi Nakayama, Mikio Yahara, SKR, Takenori Imura, Takushoku University, Tatsuya Naka, Tomio Imamura, Toshihiro Mori, Yasunori Ogura, yoshiharu osaka, Yuji Hashiguchi

Permanent link to this article: http://findingkarate.com/wordpress/fujikiyo-omura/

Feb 25 2021

Miki Nakamachi

Filed under Competition, General, JKA, Kata, Kumite, Shotokan
February 25, 2021

You are always going to make mistakes in life, but you always have to look at and face up to them. When you stop doing it, then your weaknesses are exposed. Don’t look for affirmation from somewhere else, because that means that you have no self-belief inside yourself… and in that case, no amount of …