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| Budokai friends:: Mr. SKIPPER INGHAM
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 Born
February 18, 1930 (Paget
Bermuda), 10o DAN, Bermuda's highest ranked martial artist, Founder
(1971) Bermuda
Karate Institute
Bermuda Karate Institute focuses on the Goju (hard/soft)
style, one of the major branches of Japanese karate, which
originally developed in Okinawa. O-Sensei Skipper received
his rank from his sensei ( t e a c h e r ) , grand patriarch
Peter Urban , who introduced the Goju style to the eastern
U.S. in the early fifties after study in Japan. Urban
trained under Gogen Yamaguchi , considered until his death
in 1989 as the grand patriarch of Japanese Goju, as Mr.
Urban is regarded as the grand patriarch of U. S .A. Goju.
Urban was also taught by Richard Kim , a fellow student
of the late Matsutatsu Oyama of Kyoshukushinkai. During
his travels as a merchant seaman, O-Sensei Skipper also
trained in Manila under the late Latino Gonzales , a founder
of Philippine karate, and in Tokyo and Nagoya, Japan.
In addition to the classical forms of Okinawan/ Japanese
Goju, BKI incorporates contemporary tournament fighting,
ippon kumite (self-defense), judo and jujitsu, kobudo
(bo staff and sai) and iai (katana - sword - drawing).
Emphasis is placed on conditioning and stretching especially
for martial arts activity. O-Sensei Skipper, as assistant
coach of the Trans World Oil Karate Team (originally the
Atlantic World Karate Team ) from 1987 to 1990, had the
opportunity to coach and train with top international
players in point karate and communicates the benefits
of this unique experience to his students in Bermuda.
From time to time BKI holds special training sessions
under exceptionally qualified guest teachers. These have
included Chuck Merriman , U.S. national karate coach for
WKF; Kathy Baxter , AAU forms champion; Domingo Llanos
, AAU forms champion and WUKO silver medalist; Teruo Chinen, student of goju founder Chogun Miyagi; Toshihiro Oshiro
, Okinawan kobudo master; Toyotaro Miyazaki , forms and
weapons champion; WUKO gold medalist Billy Blanks ; and
Joe Pina , trainer of several East Coast champions and
coach of the Capo Verde 2000 Olympic tae Kwon do team.
.....Previously O-Sensei achieved the first Bermudian
world title in forms (senior division WKF World Championships
Mestre, Italy, November 1992).
PLEASE VISIT >>> BKI
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| Who is Who in Budokai |
 Dr. Emin TOPIC
Budokai represents a modern approach to the field of martial arts. It unites three main aspects of martial arts into one global discipline: wrestling, boxing, and traditional weapons handling. Additionally, Budokai includes the positive psychophysical activity, the art of the relationship with the human environment, as well as therapeutic gymnastics.
As a genuine martial art its founder Dr. Emin Topic introduced Budokai in 1954; competitions have been held since 1969. At that time particular tactical directions were achieved: the idea of the integration of the three mentioned disciplines into the global martial art was connected in a profound synthesis with the form of a sports competition. The skill of self-defense and conflict resolution between attacker and attacked was adjusted to fit into the requirements of a sports competition. Due to Dr. Emin Topic’s tremendous enthusiasm, a Croatian doyen of martial arts (judo, karate, budokai) and long lasting educational practice, Zagreb’s Budokai School continues producing generations of successful competitors on both national and international levels. To thousands of other, less known students, mattresses in Habdeliceva Street #1 helped to create security, self-esteem, and other positive values in life that this activity builds for an individual and the community at large. The results in sports, domestic and international, pedagogical and educational activity, the representation in the media, the popularity of the budokai sport, the amount of clubs and active members and competitors, have all been changing throughout the decades. Many different factors determined these changes: goals, plan and program, orientation, social-economic situation, adequate infrastructure, and so forth. Yet, the Budokai School Zagreb is more competitive and stronger than ever. Parts of the text reprinted by permission from Dr. Irena Kos-Topic. source: BUDOKAI Zagreb |
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