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In 1973, as a newly promoted black belt, he compiled the first set of national Top Ten ratings for American karate kata competitors for Official Karate magazine. [1] Over the next three decades, Corcoran served as editor of Black Belt, and then Professional Karate, Inside Kung Fu, KICK Illustrated, The Fighter International and Martial Arts ...
The magazine featured articles on modern wushu and kung fu as well as tournaments and events in the United States and China. The magazine also covered the Filipino martial arts, reality-based self-defense, and martial arts movies. It had annually inducted martial artists into its Hall of Fame.
Dave Lowry is an American writer best known for his articles, manuals and novels based on Japanese martial arts.. A student of Japanese martial arts since 1968, when he began studying Yagyū Shinkage-ryū kenjutsu under Ryokichi Kotaro of the Nara Prefecture of Japan, he has also studied Shintō Musō-ryū, as well as karate, aikido, and Kodokan judo.
He is credited with establishing the Washin-Ryu style of karate in the United States in 1966. [1] He was the winner of the United States Grand National Karate Championship five consecutive times. [2] Ochiai was inducted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame twice—as Instructor of the Year for Japanese Arts in 1979 and as Man of the Year in 1980. [3]
Tsutomu Ohshima (大島 劼, Ōshima Tsutomu, born August 6, 1930) is a prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the organization Shotokan Karate of America (SKA). [1] He is the Shihan (Chief Instructor) of the SKA, and to this day holds the rank of 5th dan , which was awarded to him by Gichin Funakoshi . [ 1 ]
The sport’s prominence declined in Hollywood productions. The once robust market of karate magazines and martial arts publications — such as one Matsuda used to publish — had nearly disappeared.
Founded in 1974, Karate Bushido is the first magazine in France devoted to combat sports including Karate, Taekwondo, Kung Fu, Aikido, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Muaythai, Kickboxing, Lethwei and more. [4] The magazine was founded by Europ-Mag a few months after the death of Bruce Lee at a time when the world of martial arts was mourning his death. [5]
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