ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Karate master Tadashi Nakamura was born on February 22, 1942 on Karafuto, one of Japans northern islands now claimed by the Soviet Union. Of upper middle-class parentage, he received degrees in architecture and psychology with the intention of entering business. His older brothers, black belt holders in Wado-ryu and Goju-ryu, introduced Nakamura to martial arts.
He began studying karate in 1953 under Master Masutatsu Oyama and became the youngest student in Japan to attain a shodan ranking in Kyokushinkai-kan. By the time Nakamura was 19 he had earned his nidan or second-degree black belt and was appointed chief instructor for martial arts training at Camp Zama, a U.S. millitary base near Tokyo, a significant honor for one so young.
One of Nakamuras first loves was tournament competition. He made his debut with a first-place triumph in the All-Japan Student Open Karate Championship in 1961. This was followed by a long string of victories which earned him a national reputation in the free fighting and kata categories.
In May of 1962, Nakamura was appointed as coach of the prestigious Toho Medical University karate team and took the championships for the All-Japan, Kanto and Eastern Japan karate tournaments.
During the same year the Thai Boxing Association, claiming their martial art, what we now know as kick boxing, was the superior fighting technique, officially challenged all the karate dojos in Japan. Out of the hundreds of karate schools, the Oyama dojo was the only one confident enough to accept the invitation. The tournament was international with each country represented by a three-man team. As part of the Japanese contingent, Nakamura recalls: I saw this as a great personal challenge. I considered it the ultimate test of my mental and physical training in karate. Without this opportunity I would never know for certain just what I was capable of. In a full contact bout with only thin gloves for protection, Nakamura defeated the ranking title holder by a knockout and returned home victorious as the new Thai boxing champion.
Nakamura went on to earn his seventh dan under Oyama and, as the masters top student, was assigned as chief instructor at the Kyokushinkai Honbu in Tokyo. In 1966 he was named chairman of the North American Kyokushinkai Organization and traveled all over the world holding demonstrations, seminars and clinics. Nakamura has made several appearances on ABCs Wide World of Sports, a nationwide TV program in the U.S., as well as at Madison Square Garden and the United Nations headquarters in New York.
As chairman of the World Seido Karate Organization, which he founded in 1976, Nakamura established the Seido Juku headquarters in New York City on October 15 of the same year. Seido karate, now a rapidly growing martial arts organization, has 44 schools and over 10,000 students around the worldall closely monitored by the founder. Nakamura is currently living in New York with his wife and three children.
World Seido Karate Organization Headquarters
Chairman-Director Master T. Nakamura
61 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010
Tel: (212) 924-0511 Fax: (212) 691-0343
http://www.seido.com e-mail: akira@seido.com
DOMESTIC BRANCHES
CALIFORNIA
Seido Karate - Los Angeles
Sensei John Greene
(818) 625-3313
seidolosangeles@aol.com
Seido Karate - San Francisco
Senpai Liz Delgado
(650) 366-3655
www.seidosf.com
Seido Karate - Scott Valley
Sensei Robert Henderson
(831) 688-6334
Seido Karate - San Diego
Senpai Peter Terezakis
FLORIDA
Seido Karate - Miami
Shihandai Newton James
(305) 256-2765
Seido Karate - West Palm
Beach
Senpai Rose Sensi
Seido Karate - Miramar
Shihandai Newton James
(954) 989-8044
Seido Karate -Long Wood
Kyoshi Gil Alstein
Alstein5@aol.com
ILLINOIS
Thousand Waves Seido Karate
Kyoshi Nancy Lanoue
(773) 472-7663
MARYLAND
Seido Karate - Howard
County
Kate Stewart
(410) 465-4334
Senpai Sandy Sattin
(410) 992-6791
Pamfilis Karate Academy
Sensei Marc Pamfilis, Karen
Kells Pamfilis
(410) 560-5870
NEW JERSEY
Rutgers Seido Karate - Newark
Kyoshi Nan Baldwin
Seido Karate - Garwood
Shihandai Sana Bennett
(908) 301-0740
DASI Seido Karate
Sensei Peggy Eberbach
NEW YORK
Manhattan
World Seido Karate
Headquarters
Kaicho Tadashi Nakamura
(212) 924-0511
www.Seido.com
akira@Seido.com
St. Bartholemews Church
Senpai Daisuke Koh
(212) 378-0220
Midtown Seido Karate
Kyoshi Jim and Kyoshi Gisela
Baum
(212) 581-2244
jbgb71@aol.com
Seido Karate - McBurney YMCA
Sensei Pamela R. Roberts.
Sensei Duane Roberts
(212) 741-9224
Seido Karate - Vanderbilt YMCA
Shihandai Leichton Barker
(212) 756-9600
Seido Karate - West Side YMCA
Kyoshi Mel Ramsey. Kyoshi
Deborah Hershkowitz.
Senpai Bill Belida
(212) 787-4400
Seido Karate - New York
Sports Club
Senpai Joe Scerri
(212) 987-7200
Associated Blind Seido Karite
Sensei Paul DeMatteis, Sensei
Roxanne Blatz
(212) 255-1122
Seido Karate - Deaf Program
Kyoshi Margaret Welsh
(212) 924-0511
Seido Karate - Young Adult Institute
Senpai Lisa Rutledge
Brooklyn
Fort Hamilton Seido Karate
Senpai Kate Hammon
(718) 680-0006
Staten Island
Seido Karate - Staten Island
Kyoshi Edward Ellington
(718) 442-6112
Queens
Seido Karate - Central Queens YMCA
Kyoshi Michelle Cuttino
(718) 739-6600
Long Island
Seido Karate - Massapequa
Kyoshi Maureen Rouse
Upstate
Adirondack Seido Karate
Kyoshi Don and Kyoshi
Sandy Carter
(518) 283-3067
www.adirondackseido.homepage.com
University of Buffalo Seido
Karate Club
Senpai Jeff Evenson
(716) 433-821
www.wzrd.com
World Seido Juku Karate Ithaca
Sensei Olen Lane
(607) 277-1047
www.rso.cornell.edu/seido
seidoith@clarityconnect.com
Riverdale Seido Karate
Kyoshi Paul Sookdar
(718) 601-3607
www.riverdaleseido.com
PENNSYLVANIA
Warren Baileys Pocono Seido Karate
Senpai Warren Bailey
(717) 223-2995
poconoseido@juno.com
VERMONT
Vermont Seido Karate - South Hero
Sensei Mark Brooks
spotdog@together.net
Seido Karate - Vermont
Senpai Scott Stewart
WASHINGTON
Seattle Seido Karate
Kyoshi Tom Tanaka
(206) 418-1032
www.elston.net/seido
riesling@pobox.com
INTERNATIONAL BRANCHES
AUSTRALIA
Seido Karate - Sydney
(Broadway Dojo)
Kyoshi Ino Maquirang
02-9371-2628
Inomaq@ozemail.com.au
www.seidojuku.com.au/
Seido Karate - Melbourne
Senpai Matthew Layton
03-9429-6101
seidomelb@hotmail.com
www.angelfire.com/sd/seido
Seido Karate - Geelong Branch
Sensei Allan Lambert
03-52-439-847
allan.lambert@geis.ge.com
seidogeelong@yahoo.com
Seido Karate - Five Dock Branch
Sensei Jo Walker
02-9715-2083
jwalker@global-logic.com.au
Seido Karate - Domain Branch
Senpai Helen Malin
02-9356-8221
malinh@rba.gov.au
Seido Karate - Ballarat Branch
Senpai Jason Korb
03-5345-2270
jak@qonline.com.au
Seido Karate - Greystanes
Senpai Sylvester Tan
02-9891-6061
solutionz4u@hotnail.com
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