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Sensei Masakazu Takahashi
began his karate training under Master Tomosaburo Okano In 1961.
In 1971, he traveled to America to begin his teaching career.
The Takahashi Karate Dojos, located In Mount Kisco and
Amityville, New York, have been established for more than 30
years, offering traditional martial arts training to beginning
and advanced students. Sensei Takahashi is the head of the U.S.A
Kenkojuku Karate Association and holds
the rank of 8th degree Black Belt. Sensei Takahashi has
devoted his life to master his art and teach his students
Traditional Shotokan Karate. |
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Master Tomosaburo Okano
{b.1922 d.2003} was a direct student of Master Gichin Funakoshi
and his third son Gigo Funakoshi. He was a member of Master
Funakoshi's karate association the Dai Nihon Karate-do Shotokai.
In 1942, Master Okano was given permission to start a karate
research club named Kenkokai Karate-bu in his home town of
Hachioji. The club was started with the help of Master Okano's
friends, Suzuki Shinjo, Kaneko Isamu, and Takagi Yoshitomo. With
the guidance and blessing of his teacher he renamed the dojo and
called it Kenkojuku Budokan in 1948. |
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Master Gichin Funakoshi
{b.1868 d.1957} is credited with being the founder of modern day
karate. Born in 1868, he began his martial arts studies at the
age of 11 under the tutelage of Sensei Azato and Sensei Itosu,
two of the era's most respected masters of Okinanwan karate.
Master Funakoshi's meticulous training eventually helped him to
become proficient in the major styles of karate in Okinawa. To
him, karate was more than mere physical training, but an
education for the mind and spirit. Through his knowledge and
creativity, he combined many of the techniques of the methods he
had studied and
developed a style of karate he called Shotokan, meaning 'The
House of Shoto," a pseudonym he used when writing poetry. In
1922 Master Funakoshi traveled
to Tokyo, Japan to demonstrate his art at the National Athletic
Exhibition. This event marked the introduction of karate to
Japan. After the demonstration the master received invitations
to teach Shotokan Karate to many different groups and
Individuals throughout the country. From then on, he made Japan
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Minoru Horie, Toyotaro Miyazaki, Masakazu Takahashi, Koji
Sugimoto
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