Hi Everyone! We’d like to draw your attention to a couple of items. First, we have added a new page here: Black Belt Network (get there by clicking the “People” menu item). From the description on the page: “Meet some of the black belts in our network. Here you...

Welcome back to Feature Friday, where we introduce you to someone within or related to our organizations by asking them a few questions and presenting their answers to you. Today we feature Mikaella Besson. Mikaella is a 24 year-old Program Assistant working at Our Space Our Place, Inc. “Our...

Welcome back to Feature Friday, where we introduce you to someone within or related to our organizations by asking them a few questions and presenting their answers to you. Today we feature Sensei Tony Benevides. Sensei Benevides is coach of the UMass Dartmouth Shotokan Karate Club. Why and how...

In 1994, Inside Karate came out with this edition of Martial Arts Masters featuring Master Kazumi Tabata on the cover. Here is the cover and article by Fritz Kerr with lots of history for you. Were you present for any of these events? Enjoy....

Enjoy this article from the January 1978 issue of Karate Illustrated, “Monster Tabata,” by George Barbaro and Tom Shea. Written only a little more than ten years after Sensei Tabata went abroad from Japan. BTW, that character on the cover was Tabata Sensei’s good friend, Master Tadashi Yamashita. NAKF...

Master Kazumi Tabata was the cover subject of the October 2006 issue of the excellent Shotokan Karate Magazine. Here is the cover and interview. SKM is highly recommended and it was a pleasure to see Sensei featured. A lasting tribute [By the way, NAKF continues to offer karate grading...

The next advanced training will be Sunday, January 16th from 9:00am to around 11 at Doshi Kai in Acton, MA. All brown and black belts are welcome to come, regardless of organizational affiliation. Feel free to spread the invitation to your own lists. We would always like to see...

Welcome back to Feature Friday, where we introduce you to someone within or related to our organizations by asking them a few questions and presenting their answers to you. Today we feature Sensei Sadaharu Honda. Sensei Honda was Captain of the Waseda University Karate Club (Sensei Tabata’s alma mater)...

Thanks to everyone who joined us Sunday, January 9, 2022 at 6am for this year’s Winter training. It was cold, both in the air, and ultimately, in the water, but it was well worth it! Here are some photos and a video....

For a number of months now, the NAKF/NACKC has been facilitating supplemental training for advanced students from a number of organizations. This “leave your ego at the door” training is available to anyone who just shows up. Recently, the session has been conducted by NAKF legend, Sensei Jordan Berry....