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Yahara Hills Golf Course
Yahara may refer to: * Hiromichi Yahara (1902-1981), an Imperial Japanese Army officer * Mikio Yahara (b. 1947), a Japanese karate expert and instructor *The Yahara River in Wisconsin in the United States *The USS ''Yahara'', a gasoline tanker that served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946 {{disambig, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiromichi Yahara
was the senior staff officer in charge of operations of the 32nd Japanese Army at Okinawa during the American invasion of that island during World War II. Defense of Okinawa Yahara, who had taught strategy at the Army War College, was assigned to Okinawa prior to the anticipated American invasion to organize its pre-invasion strategy. His recommended strategy for fighting the American invaders was to continue to tie up the American military as long as possible in a war of attrition (jikyūsen, 持久戦), so that the rumored American invasion of Kyūshū, Japan, would be delayed, thereby allowing Kyushu defenders more time to better prepare their defenses. Once the Okinawa invasion started, Yahara recommended holding back Japanese forces for as long as possible and using them primarily in a defensive posture, rather than an aggressive one. However, Chief of Staff of the Army, Lieutenant General Isamu Cho, soon became frustrated by the relative inaction of the battlefield, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikio Yahara
Mikio Yahara (; born April 4, 1947 in Ehime Prefecture) is a Japanese karate expert of the Shotokan style. He holds the rank of 10th dan. Biography Yahara was born in 1947 in Ehime Prefecture, the fourth son of a prominent family with ancient samurai roots. He started his martial art training in judo. After studying at Kokushikan University, he became a kenshusei (or junior instructor) with the Japan Karate Association and began his career as a competitive ''karateka''. In the period 1974-1984, he achieved substantial success both in kumite and kata. In 2000, after a battle for leadership at the JKA, which lasted from 1987 to 1999, Yahara decided to establish his own organization, the Karatenomichi World Federation that promotes Yahara's core concept of "one killing blow". Tournament achievements JKA All-Japan Championships *1984 - 3rd (kumite), 1st (kata), Grand Champion *1983 - 2nd (kata) *1982 - 3rd (kumite), 2nd (kata) *1981 - 2nd (kata) *1980 - 2nd (kata) *1979 - 3rd (kumi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahara River
The Yahara River is a tributary of the Rock River in southern Wisconsin. It is about longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 (including the distance across intervening lakes), and drains an area of .U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset. Area data for Yahara River watershed, 10-digit Hydrologic Unit Codes 0709000205, 0709000206, 0709000207, 0709000208, and 0709000209The National Map retrieved 2014-03-12 Via the Rock River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The Yahara River links the lakes around which the city of Madison was built. Description The river begins in Windsor in northern Dane County and flows for a short distance in the town of Leeds in Columbia County, then returns to Dane County and flows southward through the villages of DeForest and Windsor, and the towns of Burke and Westport into Lake Mendota in the city of Madison. Downstream from Lake M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |