Category: Master Tabata

Congratulations to all the NAKF Bermuda folks on another successful Kazumi Tabata Memorial Tournament! Bernews: Bermuda’s karate community gathered at the 2nd Annual Kazumi Tabata Open in the Whitney Institute Auditorium, where Tony Cabral emerged as the overall winner. A spokesperson said, “The Whitney Institute Auditorium was filled with...

We got a great comment on one of our YouTube videos recently and with permission of the author, Martha Grant, we thought we’d share it and a selection of the subsequent email exchange with everyone! The comment was on the video “Shotokan Karate Master Kazumi Tabata Early Footage Partner...

Spotted in the wild on the shelves at Disney’s Epcot, one of Sensei Tabata’s books, Mind Power: Thanks to Tony Benevides for sending it along! Why not complete your own karate bookshelf: Mind Power: Secret Strategies for the Martial Arts (Achieving Power by Understanding the Inner Workings of the...

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Harken back to 1970, when young Sensei Tabata was training the Somerville, MA police and received a badge which he carried with pride for many, many years after. Also note the regular karate column(!) in The Somerville Times by then brown belt(!) Cosmo Capobianco… (Please email greg@nackc.us if you...

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Here’s something special for you. Paul Rubacha, who trained at the Syracuse Club back in the 80’s, sends along a few reminiscences along with the most detailed after action report of one of Sensei Tabata’s Special Trainings that we have ever seen! You can read a description of what...

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’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...

I have a few used guitars in my collection and I often wonder about who the previous owners were. What songs did they play and the time they spent with them. I have read many times about a guitarist that gets the opportunity to play a special guitar from...