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Train at The Birthplace of Karate with Lengendary 9th & 10th Dan Instructors!!! OKINAWA WORLD KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AUGUST 14-16th 2009, at the Okinawa Budokan, Naha, Okinawa!
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Includes entrance to the world Championships; attendance at karate and kobudo semin ars by Intangible Cultural Assets of Karate; return air travel from West Coast (LAX) of the United States to Okinawa; 6 nights stay in a hotel in Naha, Okinawa,(single occupancy) including breakfast and tax. Total $2,350 (subject to currency fluctuations until time of flight and hotel confirmation).
Instructors:
Morio Higaonna 10th Dan Hanshi Goju Ryu: Masahiro Nakamoto 10th Dan Kobudo: Kotaro Iha 10th Dan Kobudo: Isamu Arakaki 9th Dan Shorin Ryu: Zenpo Shimabukuro 10th Dan Shorin Ryu: Meitetsu Yagi 10th Dan Goju Ryu: Seitoku Matayoshi 10th Dan Goju Ryu: Meitatsu Yagi 10th Dan Goju Ryu: Takayoshi Nagamine  10th Dan Shorin Ryu: Tsuguo Sakamoto 9th Dan Ryuei Ryu: Kiyohide Shinjo 8th Dan Uechi Ryu: Hiroshi Akamine 7th Dan Kobudo.
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Schedule: Events take place at the Okinawa Budokan (above)
| August 14th |
Opening Ceremony & Demonstrations |
| 15th |
World Championships (kata only) |
| 16th |
Seminars by teachers designated Living Intagible Cultural Asetts of Karate A.M.
Seminars by Ryuha (style groups) P.M.
Reception P.M.
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Contents include:
• An interview with Fumio Demura Part 1
• Delayed Death Touch-A Medical Possibility!
• Chotoku Kyan's Memories of Karate (1942)
• Kenwa Mabuni-The Father of Shito Ryu
• Yong Chun Boxing and Its Transmission to Okinawa
• GIRI-The Samurai & Their Obligations
• The Hawaii Karate Museum
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 Encyclopaedia
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Vol. V - DVD by Morio Higaonna
The author of this series of programs is the student of An’ichi Miyagi and trains with both Miyagi Sensei and Aragaki Sensei to this day. All three represent, technically and spiritually, the very essence of Chojun Miyagi’s Okinawan Goju Ryu karate.
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CFA Magazine
Vol 2 #14 Issue 37
Contents
The Lost Art of Kojo Ryu Karate
Pat Nakata's Karate Odyssey Part 3
Jiin Kata by The Shotokan Tiger Keinosuke Enoeda
The Life, Teachings, and Descendants of Ankoh Azato - Father of Modern Karate
Bridges & Big Knives-Their Last Battle at the Marco Polo Bridge
Martial Discipline & The Way of Peace
CFA Magazine
Vol 2 #13 Issue 36
The first in full colour!!!
Contents
Marutani-The Ultimate Competitor
The JKA Alive & Kicking!
The Karate Odyssey of Pat Nakata
Death Touch-The Medical Facts
Jiffa-Okinawa’s Deadly Hairpin
Taijiquan-The Fighting Art
Martial Discipline & The Way of Peace
Giching Funakoshi-Shotokan’s Founding Father
CFA Magazine
Vol 2 #12 Issue 35 Full Details here
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Aikido
Memoirs II Pat Nakata's Karate Odyssey
The Imaginary World of Buddhism
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The Jing Wu Association Karate Styles by Toyama KankenMartial Arts Legends: Taizaburo Nakamura
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