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Sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th Dan
SKIF Chief Instructor
One of the world most
renowned and respected traditional karate masters alive Kanazawa Kancho,
10th Dan.
He is the first karateka to have won the notorious All Japan karate
Championship.
In 1957 kumite champion,
In 1958 kumite and kata champion,
on one occasion winning the finals whilst nursing a broken wrist from
an earlier event.
Although trained in Judo in his early years, Kanazawa Kancho took up
karate whilst at University under the late headmaster of JKA shotokan,
sensei Matsatoshi Nakayama. Kanazawa Kancho 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.
In 1978, Kanazawa Kancho set up SKIF (Shotokan Karatedo International
Federation). SKIF is now the worlds largest Shotokan Karate Association
under one chief instructor, having over 3.5 million members in over 107
countries.
  
| 1931 |
Born in Iwate,
Japan |
| 1956 |
Graduated
from Takushoku University and joined Japan Karate Association |
| 1957 |
Kumite Champion
at the 1st JKA All Japan Championship Tournament |
| 1958 |
Kumite and
Kata Champion at the 2nd JKA All Japan Championship |
| 1961 |
Chief Instructor
in Hawaii, USA @ Godan(5thDan), JKA |
| 1966 |
Chief Instructor
of Karate Union of Great BritainARokudan
(6thDan), JKA |
| 1967 |
Chief Instructor
of JKA Europe & German Karate Federation |
| 1968 |
General Manager
of the European team at the World Championship in Mexico |
| 1971 |
Nana-Dan(7thDan),
JKA A Director & General Manager of International Division of JKA.
Shihan at Musashikogyo, Kantogakuin and Kitasato Universities |
| 1972 |
General Manager
of the Japanese Team at the 2nd WUKO Championship in Paris, France |
| 1973 |
Nana-Dan(7th
Dan), All Japan Karate Federation |
| 1976 |
Referee 1st
IAKF World Championship in Los Angeles Referee JKA Asia-Oceania Championship
in Hong Kong |
| 1977 |
Left JKA and
Established Shotokan Karatedo International |
| 1978 |
Hachi-Dan
(8thDan), International Martial Arts Federation |
| 1983 |
Chairman,
1st SKIF World Championship in Tokyo, Japan |
| 1985 |
Chairman,
2nd SKIF World Championship in Dusseldorf, West Germany |
| 1988 |
Kyu-Dan (9thDan),
International Martial Arts Federation Chairman, 3rd SKIF World Championship
in Utsunomiya, Japan |
| 1991 |
Chairman,
4th SKIF World Championship in Mexico-City, Mexico |
| 1994 |
Chairman,
5th SKIF World Championship in Yokohama, Japan |
| 1997 |
Chairman,
6th SKIF World Championship in Milan, Italy |
| 2000 |
Chairman,
7th SKIF World Championship in Bali, Indonesia |
| 2003 |
Chairman,
8th SKIF World Championship in Durban, South Africa |
| 2006 |
President,
9th SKIF World Championship in Tokyo, Japan |
| Present |
: Kancho,
Supreme Instructor and President of Shotokan Karatedo International
Federation (Specified Non Profit Organization) |
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