Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Mililani

Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Mililani We are an affiliate of the Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association

Shihan Kenneth Funakoshi, founder and chief instructor of the Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association is fourth cousin to Master Gichin Funakoshi - the founder of Modern Shotokan. He started judo training in 1948 under Arakaki Sensei at the Fort Gakuen Japanese Language School in Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended Farrington High School in the Kalihi District and was on the football team and captain of t

he Territory of Hawaii (Hawaii was not a state yet) Championship swim team. While attending at the University of Hawaii on a swimming scholarship Funakoshi Sensei started Kempo training under Adriano Emperado from 1956 to 1959. In 1960, Funakoshi started shotokan training when the Japan Karate Association (JKA) assigned its first grand champion, Hirokazu Kanazawa to teach at the Karate Association of Hawaii for three years. For the next three years, Funakoshi trained under Masataka Mori, another senior instructor from the Japanese Karate Association. From 1966 to 1969, he trained under the third and last instructor sent by the J.K.A., the legendary Tetsuhiko Asai, another former grand champion from Japan. In 1969, after training 10 years under three of Japan´s top instructors and winning the grand championship of the Karate Association of Hawaii for five years in a row (1964 - 1968), Kenneth Funakoshi was appointed as the Chief Instructor for the Karate Association of Hawaii. Funakoshi moved to San Jose, California to teach karate in December 1986, in 1987, the non-political Funakoshi Shotokan Karate Association was founded with its world headquarters now in Milpitas, CA and affiliates throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe, Africa, Middle East and South America.

05/16/2023

Our Students learning Unsu, led by Kyler and Braeley

05/16/2023
C.W. Nicol was the author of Moving Zen, his account of training as a westerner in Shotokan Karate in Tokyo in the early...
04/05/2020

C.W. Nicol was the author of Moving Zen, his account of training as a westerner in Shotokan Karate in Tokyo in the early 60's. He was one of the first to be accepted and encountered many obstacles along his path to Shodan. He passed on April 3rd at the age of 79.
About the book:
A classic story of one man's confrontation with the self through Karate. In 1962 at age twenty-two, C. W. Nicol left Wales to study Karate in Japan. He quickly found that the study of the martial art engaged his whole being and transformed his outlook on life. Moving Zen is the multifaceted story of a young man who arrived in Japan to study the technique of, and spirit behind, Karate. Joining the Japan Karate Association, or Shotokan, Nicol discovered that Karate, while extremely violent, also called for politeness and a sense of mutual trust and responsibility. He learned that the stronger the Karateka, the more inclined he was to be gentle with others. Those who have gained a measure of skill but have not yet achieved spiritual maturity are the dangerous practitioners. Studying kata, Nicol came to realize that these forms are, in essence, moving Zen and that the ultimate goal of all the martial arts is tranquility. Through the help of many gifted teachers, C. W. Nicol gained his black belt, and moved progressively closer to his goal of tranquility. His story, Moving Zen , was first published in 1975 and has achieved the status of a modern classic.

Author and naturalist C.W. Nicol died on Friday after being diagnosed with cancer in 2016. As a long-standing contributor to The Japan Times, we asked his editor throughout, Andrew Kershaw, to write a few words in memory of the award-winning conservationist.

02/06/2020

Kyu Rank Exam, Mililani Dojo, Monday February 10th 5pm.

Today's training focused on preparing for the exam. Much progress has been shown by all ranks in the past 6 months. The sempai's have been setting a good example for the kohai's with strong spirit and technique. Ossu!

There are still 5 days to practice kata and kihon at home. Only 15 minutes a day will make a difference.

Doing any Heian kata 15 times only takes about 15 minutes. Can you spare 15 minutes a day? Do all five Heian katas 5 times takes about 30 minutes. Enjoy every kata.

To all of those taking the exam: Show strong spirit and respect for the dojo and your sensei's and sempai's. Remember that the test begins when you bow in to enter the dojo.

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