Month: August 2022

At Tiger Mountain Shotokan Karate!...

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of one of our founding members of the North American Karate Federation Sensei Cosmo Nardella. Sensei Cosmo started his Karate Journey in Medford Massachusetts and went on to found his own Dojo in Scauri Italy. He will be missed....

Back to the video tape! This was a promotion held back in 1984, but not much more is known about the specific school in question outside the title. If you have any recollections regarding this event, please let us know in the comments. What club was this? The audio...

Here is the full video containing the entire collection of Masters’ demonstrations posted in shortened form previously from the 1993 Boston Asian Festival. The Masters who did demonstrations that day were (in order of appearance): Hiroyasu Kobayashi, Bow-sim Mark, Tadashi Yamashita, Kazumi Tabata, Fumio Demura, James Lew, Kiyoshi Yamasaki,...

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Great workout with a great crew on a recent Saturday!...

Here’s some more vintage video footage for you! The May 1989 NAKF Tournament and Masters Demonstrations, held at Wilmington High School in Wilmington, MA. Demonstrations by Tadashi Yamashita and Kazumi Tabata. Enjoy! (and don’t forget to like, subscribe and leave a comment on YouTube!)...

Here’s some vintage video footage for you! In 1993 Sensei Tabata organized the Boston Asian Festival which included a demonstration by various martial-arts masters, most of whom were his personal friends. Here’s a sample from the archive which includes the shows put on by (in order of appearance) Masters...

Congratulations!...