1.JKfan - Monthly Karate Magazine 2023/5

This is a training series that began in the March issue. In this
feature, we introduce Kakeru Nishiyama and Hikaru Ohno
(both KARATE1 Premier League 2022 annual champions,
Oita City Fire Department), who became the first couple in
history to win the All Japan Karatedo Championships last
December in the men's and women's kata events. Sensei
Shunichi Oba (REAxGROW representative, Tagawa City,
Fukuoka Prefecture, physiotherapist, member of the Oita
Karatedo Federation Medical Science Committee), trainer of
several top karate athletes, including Yuzuki Sawae (Teikyo
University graduate), winner of the women's kumite event
of the same tournament. Each of the three issues of the
magazine alternates between kata and kumite training. The
magazine will also include some useful training methods for
home training, so stay tuned.