History of the Tanaka Karate-Do Association: Part I – Shikan Akamine, ABK and the first steps

Tsunioshi Tanaka and Seiichi “Shikan” Akamine

The Tanaka Karate-Do Association (Associação Karate-Do Tanaka) is one of the oldest Karate organizations in Brazil. It is also one of the most long-lived, perhaps only behind Shinshukan, by master Yoshihide Shinzato, founded a year earlier, in 1962. For its history of pioneering, determination and loyalty to the values of Karate, the history of our school needs to be widely known and recognized. Many active Karate teachers today, even though they are in other styles like Shotokan, Kyokushin and Seido Juku, started their trajectory in our organization or in affiliated dojos, which only proves the importance of the Association for Brazilian Karate.
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