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Budokan (武道館, Budōkan) is a style of karate recognized by the World Union of Karate Do Organizations [1] and the World Karate Federation. Karate Budokan International was founded in 1966 by Chew Choo Soot in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
It was established in 1989 with the aim of promoting, developing, and organizing the sport of karate throughout the country. Nepal Karate Federation [ 2 ] holds the current championship trophy of South Asian Karate Championship [ 3 ] [ 4 ] organized by South Asian Karate Federation.
Kazuyoshi Ishii – founder of Seidokaikan karate, as well as the K-1 fighting circuit. [51] [52] Began training in Kyokushin karate under Hideyuki Ashihara. [53] Hajime Kazumi – a karate fighter who played an active part in the full-contact karate tournaments hosted by Kyokushinkaikan from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. Is recognized as ...
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The full name of the society is the Budokwai (The Way of Knighthood Society) [7] but it is normally called The Budokwai. The name Budokwai was chosen by the society's founder Gunji Koizumi as a combination of the Japanese words bu (武) meaning military or martial, do (道) meaning the way or code, kwai (会) meaning public building or a society/club. [8]
Ashihara kaikan (芦原 会館) is a modern full contact street karate developed from Kyokushin karate by Hideyuki Ashihara with influences from various martial arts including Muay Thai, Pankration, and Jujutsu with an emphasis on Sabaki, using footwork and techniques to turn an opponent's power and momentum against them and to reposition oneself to the opponent's "blind" spot.
After a fighting career with more than 100 consecutive undefeated matches, Professor Nuuhiwa blended his real world fighting experiences, including death matches in Africa and Asia, with his training in Danzan-Ryu Jujitsu, Karate, Aikido, Makaho, and Lua, and started teaching self-defense classes under the name 'Kaito Gakko', a title he was ...
Toyama's karate training began at the age of nine in 1897 with Itarashiki, although he studied with Yatsusune Itosu for 18 years, until the latter's death in 1915. In 1907 Toyama was appointed " shihandai " (assistant master) to Itosu at the Okinawa Teacher's College, and he and Gichin Funakoshi , who later developed Shotokan karate, were the ...