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Tadashi Nakamura was born on the February 22, 1942 in the town of Maoka on the island of Karafuto.
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Karate: Technique and Spirit teaches a unique integrated training of the body, mind, and spirit that points you toward the true essence of karate-do. The book covers both the techniques of Seido (sincere way) karate, including warm-ups; basic punches, kicks, and blocks; and weapons (Bo, Jo, Sai), and the schoolÆs history and philosophy.
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Tadashi Nakamura was born on the February 22, 1942 in the town of Maoka on the island of Karafuto.
Nihon University.
Nakamura trained in various martial arts including Goju-Ryu, Kendo, and When he was 19 years old (1961) he made his first tournament appearance, the All-Japan Student Open Karate Championship, where he was placed first. In 1962, he took part in a match against a Muay Thai of the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium. The contest had been to determine which country had the "best" martial art
He fought Muay Thai rule but in winning he became a Japanese national hero.
lieutenant was around this point in his life that Nakamura started passing his knowledge and experience onto others Firstly at Camp Zama (a United States military base near Tokyo) from 1961 to 1965.
He also coached the karate team for the Toho Medical University for three years. He also served as chief instructor at the Karate Honbu in Tokyo while earning his seventh daughter
On April 5, 1966, the head of Karate, Masutatsu Oyama, selected Nakamura to go to the United States.A. and spread the spirit of karate.
Aged 24 he moved to New York to begin teaching Karate. His first dojo was at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Over the next ten years he served as the American head of Karate.
In 1971 he established the North American Karate headquarters on 14th Street in Manhattan.
He trained many students: Thomas Wiggins, Claude Battle, Charles Martin, William Best, Michael Reeves and William Oliver and Warren Bailey were some of his students. As the style became more popular, Nakamura started to feel the quality of the instruction was slipping.
He also began questioning the philosophy of his mentor Mas Oyama. In 1976 he respectfully withdrew from Karate, severed links with the Japanese Karate world and established his own style, Seidō juku. means "Sincere Way" and aims to develop students not just physically but also mentally, helping create "complete" and "balanced" individuals committed to improving themselves and the communities they live in. karate"s three main principles are Respect, Love and Obedience.
Love for one"s family and friends.
Obedience (not subservience) to the laws and moral rules of life. is headquartered in New York City, but has many branch dojos around the world. An important part of the World Karate Organization is the Juku Benefit Foundation which performs many good works for charity, including the annual benefit tournament. Nakamura has received praise and recognition from City, State, National and International leaders for the good works of the benefit foundation.
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