karate
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Sakura Kokumai’s Olympic quest to represent USA’s karate team
March 28, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Sakura Kokumai, the seven-time United States karate national champion, listens to music to help her relax and eats lots of rice to “give (her) that power” before a competition. However, […] READ MORE
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Speaking the language of karate for the Tokyo Olympics
March 31, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
As if fluency in both English and Japanese wasn’t enough, Gakuji Tozaki has used a different type of skill as a means to positively express his Japanese American identity. Through […] READ MORE
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Steeped in tradition, American karate pioneer Bernard Edwards
April 1, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Bernard Edwards Shihan (grand-master) has been a lifelong practitioner of karate. A competitive champion in the early part of his life, he won several prestigious tournaments both in Japan and […] READ MORE
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Japanese cultural classes
April 4, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
Taiko San Francisco GenRyu Arts Location: Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, 1840 Sutter St., S.F.’s Japantown Contact: (415) 420-3151, info@genryuarts.org, www.genryuarts.org Maikaze Daiko Location: Dance Mission Theater, […] READ MORE
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In karate, manners matter
April 4, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
On a Friday evening, the seven students in Sensei Naohiro Tomiyama’s Japantown-based Enshin Karate dojo spar with each other in two-minute battles, kicking, punching and pulling at each other’s uniforms. […] READ MORE
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