KARATE LEGEND SOKE TAKAYUKI KUBOTA VISITING ARMENIA

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
23.07.2009 21:37 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Founder and President of the International Karate
Association Soke Takayuki Kubota is currently in Armenia to attend
a tournament to be held in Dinamo Stadium on July 25 and 26.

Takayuki Kubota, born in Kumamoto in 1934, Japan, holds the title of
Soke for his development of the Gosoku Ryu style of karate. He was a
self-defense instructor for the Tokyo Police department in the 1950s
where he was noted for his expertise in practical style karate. He has
devoted his life to learning, creating and teaching the application
of self-defense techniques to military, law enforcement and civilian
personnel. He has earned black belt degrees in karate, judo, aikido
and kendo. He is the president and founder of the International Karate
Association Inc. He is also the inventor of the Kubotan self-defense
keychain which bears his namesake.

"The International Karate Association includes 59 countries. I
have a lot of Armenian friends and I always told them that I will
visit Armenia one day. I am happy to be here now and hope that the
tournament will be held on the highest level," Kubota told a news
conference in Yerevan.