Top 5 Best Shotokan Karate Masters (Part 1)
Katsutoshi Shiina
Aidan Trimble
Tomio Imamura
Takashi Oishi
Yoshiharu Osaka
Katsutoshi Shiina (Shiina Katsutoshi, 21 November 1961) is a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He has won the JKA’s version of the world championships for kata. He has also won the JKA All-Japan championships for kata on 2 occasions and for kumite on 3 occasions. He is currently an instructor of the Japan Karate Association.
Aidan Trimble began training in the martial arts in 1972 and achieved Black belt 1st Dan in 1977 and is currently a 7th Dan at Karate. A member of the British Karate team from 1978 to 1994 he was four times British champion , four times European Team Champion, and in 1983 he won the In Individual World Championships title in Tokyo, Japan.
Tomio Imamura (Imamura Tomio, 7 October 1958) is a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He has won the JKA’s version of the world championships for kumite on 2 occasions. He has also won the JKA All-Japan championships for kumite on 2 occasions. He is currently an instructor of the Japan Karate Association.
One of the longest was serving instructors at the JKA, Takeshi Oishi was a formidable fighter. Known for his exceptional timing, he was unbeaten for over six years, both nationally and internationally. The former Chief Instructor of the JKA, Masatoshi Nakayama
Yoshiharu Osaka was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on September 8, 1947. He began his Karate training in high school in 1963, then attended Takushoku University, where he won the individual kumite title at the 1969 JKA All Japan University Karate Championships. Upon graduating in 1970,
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