Mikio Yahara

Mikio Yahara
Born	April 4, 1947 (1947-04-04) (age 64) Ehime, Japan
Style	Shotokan
Teacher(s)	Masatoshi Nakayama, Hirokazu Kanazawa

Mikio Yahara (矢原 美紀夫, Yahara Mikio^?, born April 4, 1947) is a Japanese Shotokan karateka and Chief Instructor of the Karatenomichi World Federation. He is famous for his performance of the Unsu kata.^{[citation needed]}

After graduating from Kokushikan University, he became Kenshusei in the Japan Karate Association and had a competitive career from 1974-84.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2000 he established the Karatenomichi World Federation. The KWF is a Shotokan karate association that is dedicated to developing technical excellence. Yahara believes that the purpose of karate is to be able to destroy an opponent with one killing blow.^[1]

See also

• Karate
• Shotokan
• Karatenomichi World Federation

References

1. ^ http://karatenomichi.ru/articles/interview/9.html

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Name	Yahara, Mikio
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Date of birth	April 4, 1947
Place of birth	Ehime, Japan
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