is a Japanese instructor of

Shotokan is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularizing "karate do" throu ...

karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...

.JKA: Instructor profiles – Sensei Riki Kumeta3rd Dan
Retrieved on 15 February 2014. He is currently an instructor of the

Japan Karate Association Japan Karate Association (日本空手協会; ''Nihon Karate Kyokai''; JKA; sometimes referred to simply as ''Kyokai'' 協会 in Japan) is one of the oldest global Shotokan karate organization in the world. Origins Gichin Funakoshi played a ma ...

Biography

Riki Kumeta was born in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan on ch 9 March 1983. He studied at

Kokushikan University is a private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. Combined teams of the Graduate School of Engineering and the Department of Science and Engineering competed against 130 team and came in 11th place in the 27th Formula SAE in 20 ...

Competition

Riki Kumeta has had considerable success in karate competition.

Major Tournament Success

*54th JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2011) - 2nd Place Kumite *53rd JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2010) - 3rd Place Kumite *52nd JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2009) - 2nd Place Kumite *51st JKA All Japan Karate Championship (2008) - 3rd Place Kata

References

1983 births Japanese male karateka Karate coaches Shotokan practitioners Sportspeople from Kyoto Prefecture Living people 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-karate-bio-stub