DOJOS KEN
SHIGEO NAKAZATO, 8º Dan (Degree), Sensei (master) of the style "ZEN SHO SHORINJI KENPO NO
TUMAI-TI", was the founder of the well-known school DOJOS KEN. The school was founded with the arrival of
Sensei Nakazato in Argentina.
The word "DOJO" means place of practice and the word "Ken" means fist. This style promotes traditional
karate and kobudo, where respect, discipline and education are the three fundamental pillars of the Dojos
Ken school.
Sensei Nakazato is native of Haebaru Cho, prefecture of Okinawa, Japan. He was born on December, 23 th
of 1938. His martial arts studies began at the age of 14, with two Karate teachers: Bushi Kanegusuku
"old salesman of oil" and Makabi, while in Kobudo his teacher was Ugushiku of the Kudaka-bo style.
His first classes as an instructor began to distribute in the University of Okinawa, where he graduated with a
degree in Economics Sciences and a degree in Mathematics.
In 1965 he arrived at the city of Conception, province of Tucuman, Argentina, where he began with the classes
of Karate-do and Kobudo.
In 1968, after a demonstration realized in the Okinawan Center in Argentina (COA) in the city of Buenos Aires,
Sensei Nakazato took permanent residency in the Federal Capital of Argentina. His trajectory include
presentations in national and world-wide championships, as well as numerous exhibitions and presentations
in the Japanese cultural scope. He was the flagman of the Argentine delegation in the 42º National Olympic
Games of Japan (HOKUSAI).
At the beginning of 1988 he regulated and organized the DOJOS KEN creating the Circle of Black Belts and
Association Civil Institutes Ken (ACID).
In 2000, he received the annual Martial Artist Prize and in 2005 he was distinguished as an honorary member
of the counselors of notables of the Japanese Argentine Cultural Foundation. It is during that same year the
launching of the book; "KARATE and KOBUDO OKINAWENSE" written by Sensei Nakazato that coincides
with the 40 years of interrupted teachings of Nakazato in Argentina.
SHIGEO NAKAZATO, 8º Dan (Degree), Sensei (master) of the style "ZEN SHO SHORINJI KENPO NO
TUMAI-TI", was the founder of the well-known school DOJOS KEN. The school was founded with the arrival of
Sensei Nakazato in Argentina.
The word "DOJO" means place of practice and the word "Ken" means fist. This style promotes traditional
karate and kobudo, where respect, discipline and education are the three fundamental pillars of the Dojos
Ken school.
Sensei Nakazato is native of Haebaru Cho, prefecture of Okinawa, Japan. He was born on December, 23 th
of 1938. His martial arts studies began at the age of 14, with two Karate teachers: Bushi Kanegusuku
"old salesman of oil" and Makabi, while in Kobudo his teacher was Ugushiku of the Kudaka-bo style.
His first classes as an instructor began to distribute in the University of Okinawa, where he graduated with a
degree in Economics Sciences and a degree in Mathematics.
In 1965 he arrived at the city of Conception, province of Tucuman, Argentina, where he began with the classes
of Karate-do and Kobudo.
In 1968, after a demonstration realized in the Okinawan Center in Argentina (COA) in the city of Buenos Aires,
Sensei Nakazato took permanent residency in the Federal Capital of Argentina. His trajectory include
presentations in national and world-wide championships, as well as numerous exhibitions and presentations
in the Japanese cultural scope. He was the flagman of the Argentine delegation in the 42º National Olympic
Games of Japan (HOKUSAI).
At the beginning of 1988 he regulated and organized the DOJOS KEN creating the Circle of Black Belts and
Association Civil Institutes Ken (ACID).
In 2000, he received the annual Martial Artist Prize and in 2005 he was distinguished as an honorary member
of the counselors of notables of the Japanese Argentine Cultural Foundation. It is during that same year the
launching of the book; "KARATE and KOBUDO OKINAWENSE" written by Sensei Nakazato that coincides
with the 40 years of interrupted teachings of Nakazato in Argentina.
Haebaru Cho
Okinawa
Okinawa
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