Instructional DVD by leading authorities Kancho Kanazawa, Thomas Weber, Hideharu Igaki Kancho Kanazawa - 10th Danand Chief Instructor Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation Kanazawa Soke is one of the world most renowned and respected traditional karate masters of all time. He is the first karateka to have won the notorious All Japan Karate Championship. In 1957 he was the Kumite champion (while nursing a broken wrist), and in 1958, the Kumite and Kata champion. Although trained in Judo in his early years, Kanazawa Soke took up karate under the late head of JKA Shotokan, Sensei Matsatoshi Nakayama. He is one of the few remaining karateka to have studied under Master Gichin Funakoshi, the famous Okinawin schoolteacher who brought karate to mainland Japan from Okinawa and founded the Shotokan style. In 1978, Kanazawa Soke set up SKIF (Shotokan Karatedo International Federation) which is now the world's largest Shotokan Karate Association under one chief instructor, having several million members in over 130 countries. Thomas Weber Tamas was born 1942 and has been training karate since the early 50s. In 1957 Tamas was graduated to his first black belt. Today Tamas holds the rank of Kudan (9th degree black belt) in World Karate Federation and he has also been honoured the rank of Judan (10th degree black belt in Shito-ryu Motobu-ha) in Japan. During his more than 50 years of martial arts experience he has also achieved black belts in Judo, Aikido and Jiu-Jutsu. In 2009, he became the first European ever inducted into The Masters Hall of Fame in the USA. Hideharu Igaki Born September 7, 1956, Hideharu Igaki Sensei is the Head Coach for the USA National Karate Federation Team. His black belt is in Fujitani-Ha Shito-Ryu Meibu-Kai and instructors license in Tenshin-Ko-Ryu Kenpo. He also was a professional kick boxer in Japan before moving to the the U.S. in 1979. 90 minutes.

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