 E Komo Mai! |
Welcome to the official website of the Hawaii Karate Kodanshakai. Our members are among the most senior Karate instructors in Hawaii and have joined together to promote traditional Karate in Hawaii. Here are some features to check out: lists of our Officers & Members, Minimum Requirements For Dan Ranking and Titles, Awardees Listing, Articles by our Members, and some Photos from training sessions and meetings.
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 Kodanshakai members, students, and guest at a training on August 20, 2006 at Sensei Paul Ortino's dojo. |
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Officers |
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Members |
| Members (Titles & Dan Rankings*) Associate Members | Dojo |
| Joseph A. Bunch, Kyoshi, 8th dan tel: (808) 488-6372 e-mail: bunchj001@hawaii.rr.com
Associate Member:
| Hawaii Okinawa Karate-Do Shudokan |
| Lee D. Donohue, Sr., Kyoshi, 7th dan cel: (808) 753-5617 e-mail: donohuel001@hawaii.rr.com
Associate Member:
| American Karate Kai Newsletter |
| Francis Fong tel: (808) 839-7864 e-mail: f.fong@hawaiiantel.net
| SKIF Hawaii at Salt Lake |
| Kenneth Funakoshi, Kyoshi, 9th dan 1293 South Park Victoria Drive Milpitas, California 95035
tel: (408) 263-8544
Associate Member & Representative:
| Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association Island Ki |
| Charles C. Goodin, Renshi, 6th dan 98-211 Pali Momi Street, Suite 640 Aiea, Hawaii 96701
tel: (808) 488-5773
Associate Member:
| Hikari Dojo Hawaii Karate Museum Hawaii Karate Seinenkai Karate No! Program |
| Alan Lee, Renshi, 7th dan e-mail: goju@hawaii.rr.com
Associate Member:
| Hawaii Senbukan Dojo |
| Jimmy Miyaji, Hanshi, 9th dan
Associate Member:
| Ken Shu Kan Karate Kobudo Association |
| Paul Ortino, Renshi, 6th dan tel: (702) 448-1654 e-mail: PaulOrtino@yahoo.com
Associate Member & Representative:
| Okinawa Kenpo Dharma-Ryu Dojo |
| Earl Padeken, 4th dan tel: (808) 261-4742 | Hawaii Karate Organization |
| Masakazu Teruya, Renshi, 6th dan tel: (808) 255-6758 | Shorin-Ryu Seibukan Hawaii |
| Anthony "Tony" Troche, Kyoshi, 7th dan tel: (808) 697-8479 e-mail: trochea002@hawaii.rr.com | Zen Budo Kai International, Inc. |
| Richard Young, Kyoshi, 7th dan 1056 12th Avenue, 1st Floor #101 Honolulu, Hawaii 96816
tel: (808) 732-0670
Associate Member:
| Karate Hawaii - Martial Arts School |
| In Memoriam
Tomu Arakawa, Hanshi, 10th dan | Hawaii Senbukan Dojo |
| Note: Titles and dan rankings shown above are issued by the Hawaii Karate Kodanshakai. Members may have additional or different titles and dan rankings in their own styles and/or organizations. | |
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Articles by Members |
Tomu Arakawa:
Hisae Ishii-Chang (Representative of Kenneth Funakoshi):
- Karate Ni Sente Nashi (Karate is for Self Defense, Not Offense), appeared in Of Andagi and Sanshin: Okinawan Culture in Hawaii, Hui O Laulima, 1988.
- A photograph of Arakawa (with Henry Fujita) demonstrating kobudo appeared in Uchinanchu: A History of Okinawans in Hawaii, Ethnic Studies Oral History Project, University of Hawaii and United Okinawan Association of Hawaii, 1981.
Bobby Lowe:
- The Hawaii Karate Seinenkai Salutes Kiyohisa Hirano.
- The Hawaii Karate Seinenkai Salutes Clarice Tsuchiya-Hirano.
Pat Nakata:
- Kyokushin Karate: Self-Defense Techniques. Published by Bobby Lowe, 1999.
- Mas Oyama's Karate As Practiced in Japan. ARC Books, 1964.
Paul Ortino:
- Budo.
Charles C. Goodin:
Member Profiles:
- Karate Thoughts Blog.
- Okinawa's Bushi: Karate Gentlemen. Appeared in Classical Fighting Arts, Issue 7, 2005, and Patrick McCarthy's Uchinadi: An Informal Journal for the Progressive Traditionalist, 4th Quarter 2005.
- The Roots of Okinawan Karate in Hawaii. In Okinawan Mixed Plate: Generous Servings of Culture,
- Okinawan Karate in Hawaii: A Cultural Legacy. The Pre-War Years. April 2005 (pdf format). Extracted from the Uchinanchu Newsletter with permission of the Hawaii United Okinawa Association
- Thomas Shigeru Miyashiro: Hawaii's First Nisei Karate Sensei. Dragon Times, Volume 17, 2000. See Dragon Times Online.
- Chojun Miyagi's 1934 Visit to Hawaii. Dragon Times, Volume 17, 2000. See Dragon Times Online.
- Karate and Okinawan Sumo. Hawaii Pacific Press, October 1, 1999.
- Kobudo: The Okinawan Weapons Arts. Hawaii Pacific Press, November 15, 1999.
- The 1940 Karate-Do Special Committee: The Fukyugata Promotional Kata. Dragon Times, Volume 15, 1999. See Dragon Times Online.
- Kata: The Living History of Matsubayashi-ryu Karate. Martial Arts Illustrated, August 1998 (Premier Issue).
- See complete list of articles.
There are profiles of several Hawaii Karate Kodanshakai members at the Hawaii Karate Seinenkai website. See, the Hawaii Karate Seinenkai Salutes:
- Tomu Arakawa (1925 - 1998)
- Joseph A. Bunch
- Lee Donohue, Sr.
- Kenneth Funakoshi
- G. Hisae Ishii-Chang
(representative of Kenneth Funakoshi)
- Bobby Lowe
- James Miyaji
- Pat Nakata
- Paul Ortino, Jr.
- Anthony "Tony" Troche
- Richard C. Kai Young
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Photos |
| Some Kodanshakai Training Sessions with Members (& Guests) | |
 1985 courtesy of Joseph Bunch |
 late 1980's courtesy of Pat Nakata |
 late 1980's courtesy of Pat Nakata |
 late 1980's courtesy of Pat Nakata |
 May 11, 1991 courtesy of Anthony "Tony" Troche |
 2000 courtesy of Richard C. K. Young |
 2004 courtesy of Joseph Bunch |
 January 8, 2005 courtesy of Charles C. Goodin |
 November 19, 2005 Awards Dinner courtesy of Joseph Bunch |
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 March 5, 2006 courtesy of Charles C. Goodin |
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For information about this website, contact Charles C. Goodin at goodin@hawaii.rr.com.