1. Yutaka Yaguchi was a Japanese karateka who was the Chief Instructor and Chairman of the International Shotokan Karate Federation Mountain States Region.
15 Facts About Yutaka Yaguchi
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Yutaka Yaguchi was born in Hiroshima, Japan, in 1932 and began karate training in 1952.
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Yutaka Yaguchi later tested under masters Gichin Funakoshi for his 1st dan black belt and Masatoshi Nakayama for his 2nd through 8th dan black belts.
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In 1974, Yutaka Yaguchi founded the ISKF of Colorado, the regional headquarters for the Mountain States Region.
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Yutaka Yaguchi was born on November 14,1932, in Kure, a suburb of Hiroshima, Japan, on November 14,1932, into a farming family.
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Yutaka Yaguchi went to Nihon University in Tokyo, and this is where he first started Shotokan karate.
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Mr Yutaka Yaguchi graduated with a degree in Marine Biology, but was averse to sailing.
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One day in 1957, Sensei Masatoshi Nakayama asked Mr Yutaka Yaguchi to quit his job and join the JKA Instructor Training program full-time.
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Yutaka Yaguchi quit his job the very next day and enrolled.
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At the first JKA All-Japan Karate Championships in 1957, Yutaka Yaguchi achieved the unfortunate distinction of being the first contestant to foul out.
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Yutaka Yaguchi returned to California and continued to teach at Sensei Nishiyama's dojo through the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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In 1972, the year Sensei Yutaka Yaguchi permanently relocated back to Denver, he was the coach for the US team at the 1972 Shotocup World Tournament in France.
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Sensei Yutaka Yaguchi remained the head of the technical committee after the death of Sensei Okazaki in 2020.
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Sensei Yutaka Yaguchi later travelled to Japan to renew old acquaintances with the JKA honbu dojo.
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Yutaka Yaguchi died on October 26,2023, at the age of 90.