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WAKAYAMA KARATE-DO INDIA

WAKAYAMA KARATE-DO INDIA
WAKAYAMA KARATE-DO INDIA WAS STARTED IN THE YEAR 1985 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N. THEY STARTED THEIR FIRST DOJO IN St TERESA'S CONVENT IN BANGALORE, LATER DUE TO THEIR SUCCESSIVE APPROACH THE DOJO WAKAYAMA FLED TO VARIOUS PLACES WITHIN THE CITY AND THE STATE. SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE BOTH TRAINED IN SHOTAKAN AND GOJURYU FORM OF KARATE-DO AND HENCE FORTH THE DOJO ALSO PRACTICES THE SAME STYLES OF KARATE-DO. WAKAYAMA KARATE EMPHASIZES ON PRACTICING THE SHITORYU FORM ALSO UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF                                                KENSHIN KAN SHITORYU KARATE-DO AND KENPO KARATE JAPAN.

RANKS/TITLES SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE AWARDED THE RANK OF SEMPAI IN THE YEAR 1992 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF SHIHAN S SOMASHEKAR FROM THE SEIBUSHIDO KAI KARATE-DO JAPAN, LATER THEY WERE AWARDED THE RANK OF NIDAN-HO FROM SEIBUSHIDO KAI KARTE-DO JAPAN. SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE AWARDED THE RANK OF SANDAN IN THE YEAR 1992 FROM THE  KENSHIN KAN SHITORYU KARATE-DO AND KENPO KARATE JAPAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTERNATIONAL KARATE-DO INSTRUCTOR GREICIOUS SEQUIRA. SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE LATER AWARDED YON DAN GRADE IN THE YEAR 1995 FROM THE BUDO KAI KARATE-DO INDIA UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE LATE PIONEER RENSHI R.V.T MANI. SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE BOTH AWARDED THE RANK OF SHIHAN FROM THE WORLD OSAKA KARATE-DO JAPAN AND KENSHIN KAN SHITORYU KARATE-DO AND KENPO KARATE JAPAN IN THE YEAR 2001.