Career
Born in Japan in 1943, Master Tabata started karate at age 13 and received the rank of nidan in Shorinji as a freshman in high school. Master Tabata went to Waseda University and started studying Shotokan style karate under Master Isao Obata, one of Master Gichin Funakoshi"s first students and first chairman of the Japan Karate Association. He founded the North American Karate-Do Federation (NAKF) and the New England Collegiate Karate Conference (NECKC), and lives in Massachusetts in the United States where he teaches regularly.
Master Tabata was the captain of the karate club at Waseda University, and after moving to the United States to spread Shotokan Karate, he was the captain of the United States Karate Team for two decades, representing the United States in many international tournaments.
In addition, he was the technical director for the United States National Olympic Committee. The is a collection of Shotokan karate schools, mostly in New England and centered in Greater Boston.
The organization was founded in 1968 by Master Tabata at the urging of his teacher Master Isao Obata. Current members
Boston College
Boston University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tufts University
University of Massachusetts Lowell
is a group of colleges and universities in the New England area, centered in Boston, that was founded by and train under Tabata.
lieutenant is a sister organization of the NAKF.
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Tabata, Kazumi (2010). Mind Power: Secret Strategies for the Martial Arts (first ed). Tuttle Publishing.
Tabata, Kazumi (2011).
Kudensho: Secrets of Karate (first ed).
Infinity Publishing.
