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Training Seminar withSensei Masataka Mori & |
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JKA of Stanford and Sensei Kenichi Haramoto will be hosting Sensei Masataka Mori, chief instructor of Shotokan Karate-do International, for a special training seminar open to everyone.
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Please RSVP to jka-admins@lists.stanford.edu if you wish to attend. Please make checks payable to "JKA Shotokan of Stanford" and mail them to the address shown below. We will have a registration table and, if your payment is received by Feb. 26, we will have you on the attendee list.
JKA Shotokan of Stanford
c/o Ming Thanarat
P.O. Box 16807
Stanford, CA 94309
For directions to the seminar and our dojo, please click here. To learn more about JKA of Stanford, please see our dojo's homepage.
Sensei Masataka Mori, 8th Dan, is the chief instructor of our parent organization, Shotokan Karate-Do International, one of the two JKA-recognized karate organizations in the Pan American region. Originally from Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan, Sensei Mori began studying karate when he joined Takushoku University; he graduated in 1955 and joined the Japan Karate Association in 1957. In 1963, Mori Sensei became the chief instructor of the Hawaii JKA, after which he moved to the current SKdI headquarters in New York City in 1968. Click here to learn more about Sensei Mori's organization.
Sensei Kenichi Haramoto, 6th Dan, is the founder and chief instructor of the Northern California branch of the JKA. He began his training in Tokyo, Japan in 1962; in 1966, Sensei Haramoto participated in the All Japan Collegiate Karate Championship Tournament and won the first place together with his Aoyama Gakuin University Karate Club team. Later, while earning his MBA at Aoyama Gakuin Graduate School, he taught JKA Shotokan karate at the university. Sensei Haramoto came to the United States in 1970, establishing the JKA of Northern California, headquartered in San Francisco. In 1975, Sensei Haramoto was appointed judge at the World Karate-Do Championship Tournament. Click here to read more about Sensei Haramoto's organization.
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