Tanaka Masahiko

A Karateka who is well-known in the whole world is Tanaka Masahiko, who was born on February 24th 1941 in Tokyo. After his study of veterinary medicine at the Nihon university he decided to make Karate his life content.

1996 he got the 8th Dan.

Tanaka is famous for his strong and fast techniques, particularly the kicks. At his training it is mandatory to execute the techniques several hundred times. The reason for this fastidious training form: " With just hundred repetitions the body does not learn to move correctly. Only if the strength diminishes, the body has to find new ways, in order to continue the exercise. Practice with Kiai and you will set free further undreamt-of force reserves."

Here two further sayings by Tanaka:

" the most important fight, which takes place in the Dojo, is the fight against yourself."

" Mukin Shori - the way to success does not have abbreviation "

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