Yoshiji Soeno is a Japanese karateka and a retired professional welterweight kickboxer.
10 Facts About Yoshiji Soeno
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Yoshiji Soeno is currently the director of The World Karate Association Shidokan, headquartered at Shizuoka-ken, Japan.
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From childhood, Yoshiji Soeno was very interested in martial arts, and learned Judo.
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Yoshiji Soeno began the study of Kyokushin karate at the headquarters of Kyokushin Kaikan at Ikebukuro, Tokyo, where founder Masutatsu Oyama taught on September 1,1964.
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Yoshiji Soeno practiced with the senior pupils who were Shigeru Oyama, Yasuhiko Oyama, Tadashi Nakamura and Hideyuki Ashihara at the time.
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Yoshiji Soeno had reached the rank of shodan on April 15,1967.
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Yoshiji Soeno practiced Muay Thai in Bangkok, and Karate in the United States.
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Yoshiji Soeno founded The World Karatedo Association Shidokan and The Japan Fighting Association New Fighting Shidokan in 1981.
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When Mas Oyama passed away, Yoshiji Soeno had rushed to the Kyokushin headquarters and started crying on the spot.
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Yoshiji Soeno has tutored professional wrestlers Mitsuharu Misawa and Toshiaki Kawada in combat sports.