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Kancho
Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th Dan (SKI)
Supreme Instructor and President of SKIF
Yoki-Geri Kekomi
One
of the worlds most renowned and respected traditional karate masters
alive Kanazawa Shihan, 10th Dan. He won the notorious All Japan
karate Championship Kumite championship in 1957 and in 1958 won
the Kata and Kumite Titles. On one occasion winning the finals whilst
nursing a broken wrist from an earlier event.
Although trained in
Judo in his early years, Kanazawa took up karate whilst at University
under the late headmaster of the shotokan style Matsatoshi Nakayama (10th
Dan). Kanazawa is also one of the few remaining karateka privileged to
have studied under Master Gichin Funakoshi, the famous Okinawin schoolteacher
who brought karate to mainland Japan from Okinawa and founded the Shotokan
style.
Breaking away from
the JKA (Japan Karate Association) in 1973, Kanazawa set up SKIF (Shotokan
Karatedo International Federation). SKIF is now the worlds largest
Shotokan association, having over 2 ½ million members in over 100
countries.
Murakami Sensei 6th
Dan, Stephen Marriott 3rd Dan, Kanazawa Sensei
10th Dan, Sue Sylvester 4th Dan, Akita Sensei
5th Dan
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Karate
Achievements
2006
Chairman,
9th SKIF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan
2003
Chairman, 8th
SKIF World Championship in Durban, South Africa
Present : Kancho, Supreme Instructor and President SKIF
2001
Jyu-Dan (10th Dan), International
Martial Arts Federation
2000
Chairman, 7th SKIF World Championship in Bali, Indonesia
1997
Chairman, 6th SKIF World Championship in Milan, Italy
1994
Chairman, 5th SKIF World Championship in Yokohama, Japan
1991
Chairman, 4th SKIF World Championship in Mexico-City, Mexico
1988
Kyu-Dan (9thDan),
International Martial Arts Federation
Chairman, 3rd SKIF World Championship in Utsunomiya, Japan
1985
Chairman, 2nd SKIF World Championship in Dusseldorf, Germany
1983
Chairman, 1st SKIF World Championship in Tokyo, Japan
1978
Hachi-Dan(8thDan), International Martial Arts Federation
1977
Left JKA
and Established Shotokan
Karatedo International
1976
Referee 1st IAKF World Championship in Los Angeles
Referee JKA Asia-Oceania Championship in Hong Kong
1973
Nana-Dan (7th Dan), All Japan
Karate Federation
1972
General Manager of the Japanese Team at the 2nd WUKO Championship in Paris,
France
1971
Nana-Dan (7thDan), JKA
JKA Director & General Manager of International Division of JKA
Shihan at Musashikogyo, Kantogakuin and Kitasato Universities
1968
General Manager of the European team at the World Championship in Mexico
1967
Chief Instructor of JKA Europe & German Karate Federation
1966
Chief Instructor of Karate Union of Great
Britain
Roku-Dan (6thDan), JKA
1958
Kumite and Kata Champion at the 2nd JKA All Japan Championship
1957
Kumite Champion at the 1st JKA All Japan Championship Tournament
1956
Graduated from Takushoku University and joined Japan
Karate Association
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