If/once it gets taken down I’ll replace the embedded video with a working one. This is a must watch for any karateka!

Interesting article on Frank Smith and politics of karate.

Black Belt Magazine, January 1984

I can send the pdf to anyone who is interested.

Lyoto and Chinzo Machida. I like the picture of Sensei Nishiyama in the background. My dojo has the same one.

Chinzo, Yoshizo, and Lyoto Machida

Teruyoshi Okazaki hitting a makiwara.

Teruyoshi is the brother of Shotokan master Teruyuki Okazaki, the founder of the International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF).

Both brothers are direct students of Master Gichin Funakoshi.

Shotokan Master Keigo Abe at the memorial of Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan Karate, pointing to the second of his twenty precepts (Niju Kun).

The precept reads: “Hitosu, Karate Ni Sente Nashi”.

This translates to: “There is no first strike in karate.”

(The word Hitotsu means “one” or “first” and precedes each rule, to place it at the same level of importance as the others.)

My sensei (Hanshi M.A. Sharifi) received his third dan from Sensei Abe.

The Dojo

Shotokan Karate Institute -1988