"Karate Ni Sente Nashi"

Rest in peace Master Hidetaka Nishiyama.

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Posted on April 19, 2012 with 16 notes
Article by Master Hidetaka Nishiyama in Black Belt Magazine, August 1967

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Posted on April 10, 2012
Sensei Nishyama (pictured left) blocks Sensei Teruyuki Okazaki’s jodan kekomi, while preparing for a counter attack.

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Posted on March 13, 2012 with 18 notes
Portrait of the late Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama.

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Posted on January 27, 2012