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Dojo's Lineage
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If
there is one man who could be credited with placing
karate in the position it enjoys on the Japanese
mainland today, it is
Gichin Funakoshi.
This Meijin (Master) was born in Shuri, Okinawa,
and didn't even begin his second life as harbinger
of official recognition for karate on mainland
Japan until he was fifty-three years old.
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 Morihei
Ueshiba (1883-1969) was history's greatest martial
artist. Even as an old man of eighty, he could
disarm any foe, down any number of attackers,
and pin an opponent with a single finger.
Although invincible as a warrior, he was above
all a man of peace who detested fighting, war,
and any kind of violence. His way was Aikido,
which can be translated as "The Art of Peace."
Morihei Ueshiba is referred to by the practitioners
of Aikido as O Sensei,
"The Great Teacher". Learn
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On November 3, 2000, Master Hidetaka Nishiyama,
Chairman of the International Traditional Karate
Federation (ITKF) and President of the American
Amateur Karate Federation (AAKF), was recommended
by the Japanese government for his worldwide promotion
of Japanese culture
as a Master Instructor of Traditional Karate..
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 Steve
Gancherov trained under Hidetaka Nishiyama a first
generation student of Funakoshi Gichin founder
of Shotokan Karate.
Sensei Steve Gancherov is a second generation
Shotokan Karate master. His teachings have been
a vital part of not only his own students' practice
but dojos across the globe.
Sensei Steve recently went to Switzerland where
he gave a seminar and met with other Shotokan
Karate students that have been training in the
forms created by Gichin Funakoshi.
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