Popular Serialization!　Training Methods to Support Top Athletes　JKfan - Monthly Karate Magazine 2023/6

Popular Serialization!
Training Methods to Support
Top Athletes

This is a training series that began in the March issue. In thisfeature,
we introduce Kakeru Nishiyama and Hikaru Ohno(both KARATE1 Premier League 2022 annual champions,
Oita City Fire Department), who became the first couple inhistory to win the All Japan Karatedo Championships last
December in the men's and women's kata events. SenseiShunichi Oba (REAxGROW representative, Tagawa City,
Fukuoka Prefecture, physiotherapist, member of the OitaKaratedo Federation Medical Science Committee), trainer of
several top karate athletes, including Yuzuki Sawae (TeikyoUniversity 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.

Interview and photograph by Takahiro Terashima