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Kenmei (9th dan) Karatedo, Ken go (5th dan) Judo, World
Chief-Instructor Shorinrjiryu Kenkokan Karatedo President and Founder
of the World Koshiki Karatedo Federation.
Hanshi Masayuki Kukan Hisataka, Kenmei, ninth Dan, was born on 13th
November, 1940, a descendent of Seiwa, the fifty-sixth emperor of Japan
the first son of Kaiso Kori Hisataka, Kensei, tenth Dan, the founder of
Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karatedo. He commenced training in karatedo and
judo at the age of three, and had attained black belt rankings in both
arts by the time he was thirteen. At the age of seventeen, he entered
an open karate championship and won it by successively defeating eight
of Japan's top competitors. In 1961, he met a group of kenpo practitioners who were challenging and
defeating exponents of all other styles of karatedo. He won all of his
fights by knockouts, crediting his victory to the method of contact
training using protective equipment emphasized in Shorinjiryu Kenkokan
Karatedo named Anzen Bogu.
Hanshi Hisataka has never lost a fight in karatedo competition, winning
the All Japan Open Karatedo Championships in 1961 and 1962, and the
Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karatedo Championships each year from 1958 to
1962. He graduated from Nihon University holding a fifth Dan in
karatedo and a fourth Dan in judo. In 1963, he traveled to the United
States in order to teach karatedo and judo. He was asked to represent
Japanese Budo at the New York World's Fair of 1964-65, together with
Mr. Hisanobu Yamazaki, fourth Dan, and Mr. Naoyuki Okabe, fourth Dan.
Following this, he taught karatedo and judo in many universities,
including Columbia University and the New York State University, as
well as at dojos in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and various other
States.
In 1967, he was again asked by the Japanese Government to demonstrate
karatedo and judo at World Expo '67 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, along
with Mr. Shunji Watanabe, then a fifth Dan. Following the completion of
the Expo '67, he remained in Montreal, teaching at McGill University,
Loyola College of Montreal, CEGEP St.Jerome, and the National Theater
School of Canada, as well as at the Seidokan Academy of Karatedo and
Karate Judo Nippon Schools in various Canadian provinces. In 1974, he
returned to Japan to assume the position of Chief Instructor of
Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karatedo, following his father's retirement from
full time teaching.
In the following years he experimented with various forms of protective
equipment for use in karatedo training and competition, eventually
developing an advanced form called "anzen". This equipment, also known
as SUPERSAFE ® , allows controlled contact, thus adding greater realism
and increasing the effectiveness of the practitioner's technique.
In 1976, his first book in English was published. "Scientific Karatedo"
is still regarded by many, as one of the leading karatedo texts, and is
used as a reference today by thousands of karateka worldwide. Hanshi
Hisataka was also invited to tour throughout Europe, lecturing and
demonstrating his teachings as part of the first All Japan Budo
delegation. A group which was headed by Shigeyoshi Matsumaie,
Chancellor of Tokai University and President of the World Judo
Federation. In 1978, Hanshi Hisataka introduced karatedo to Russia for
the first time and subsequently organized and presided over the Premier
USSR Karatedo Championships. He also introduced karatedo to China for
the first time since World War II.
In 1979, Hanshi Hisataka officially launched the SUPERSAFE ® equipment;
and in the following year organized and hosted the first World Koshiki
Karatedo Championships, a competitive system based on the use of
SUPERSAFE ® equipment. World Koshiki Karatedo Championships have been
conducted in Tokyo (1980, 1981, and 1982), Maracaibo, Venezuela (1983),
Brishane, Australia (1985), California, U.S.A. (1987), Montreal, Canada
(1989) and Amsterdam, the Netherlands (1992), and most recently in 2003
in Lisbon, Portugal. Hundreds of competitors take part in these and
other regional and national Koshiki Karatedo events held regularly,
thus attesting to the suitability and popularity of this equipment.
Hanshi Hisataka now holds the rank of ninth Dan in karatedo, and is
regarded as one of the world's foremost exponents of the art, as well
as the related disciplines of bo jutsu and sai jutsu. After his father
passed away in 1988, he assumed the position of Head Professor of
Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karatedo, and now presides over an organization
with dojo in various parts of the world, including Japan, the U.S.A.,.
Canada, Australia, Russia, Venezuela, Europe, Africa, and many other
countries. He travels regularly to give seminars in these countries.
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