Location: Haifa
Date: December 11-13, 2014
Sensei Yutaka Yaguchi, 9th Dan began karate training in 1952. He studied under Masatoshi Nakayama, the late chief instructor of the JKA, Motokuni Sugiura, the former chief instructor of the JKA, and Teruyuki Okazaki, chief instructor of the ISKF, and received his shodan and nidan from Master Funakoshi himself. Among the first to graduate from the JKA Instructors Program.
Master Yutaka Yaguchi is not only the chief instructor for the Mountain States region, including parts of Canada, he is the technical director for the International Shotokan Karate Association. He is a 9th degree black belt who came from Japan to help start Shotokan Karate in the United States 45 years ago.
Famous for his speed and power, he has developed more national champions than any other instructor.
