Kumamoto Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture to the northeast, M ...

, Japan) he is a Japanese

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. He has a 7th.Dan black belt in

Wadō-ryū is one of the four major karate styles and was founded by Hironori Ōtsuka (1892–1982). The style itself places emphasis on not only striking, but ''tai sabaki'', joint locks and throws. It has its origins within Tomari-te karate, but was al ...

karate and is the national trainer of the Japan Karatedo Federation (JKF).

Life

Born and grew up in the Kumamoto Prefecture, Seiji Nishimura began karate training at the age of 15 years. In 1982, Nishimura won the WKF World Championship in Kumite. Nishimura began to train the Japanese Karate national team after his active competition career; In 15 years as coach of the national team, he has helped numerous Karateka through his training methods and his experience to international success: for example, Manabu Takenouchi won the national championships in Kumite under Nishimura 1994. Since 2016, Nishimura has been senior director of JKF Wadokai.

Various

Seiji Nishimura also practices the

Gōjū-ryū , Japanese for "hard-soft style", is one of the main traditional Okinawan styles of karate, featuring a combination of hard and soft techniques. Both principles, hard and soft, come from the famous martial arts book used by Okinawan masters du ...

as well as the Kushin-ryu-style in addition to Wadōkai. He himself, however, prefer the Wadō style because of its technical variety and efficiency. Nishimura teaches in his own Dojo as well as at the

Fukuoka University Fukuoka University is a private research university located in Fukuoka, Japan. The university has nine faculties with a total of around 20,000 students, 800 of whom are foreign. Its two campuses are in Nanakuma and Kitakyushu. Fukuoka Universit ...

. He also teaches seminars throughout Japan and abroad; He is a regular guest at the annual karate summer camp in Ravensburg and the biggest karate summer camp in Austria in Neuhofen an der Krems.

Achievements

* 1980 35th Japan National Karate Festival Tournament Gold Medal * 1981 4th

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70 kg Gold Medal * 1981 9th Japan Karate-do Championship Gold Medal * 1982 6th

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70 kg Gold Medal * 1982 18th Wado-kai Japan Karate-do Championship Silver Medal * 1983 1st Karate Open de Paris 70 kg Gold Medal * 1983 19th Wado-kai Japan Karate-do Championship Gold Medal * 1983 38th Japan National Karate Festival Tournament Open division Gold Medal * 1983 5th Asian Karate Games 70 kg & Open division Gold Medals * 1983 11th Japan Karate-do Championship Silver Medal * 1984 1st

70 kg Gold Medal * 1984 20th Wado-kai Japan Karate-do Championship Gold Medal * 1985 2nd Karate Open de Paris 70 kg Gold Medal * 1985 21st Wado-kai Japan Karate-do Championship Gold Medal * 1985 6th Asian Karate Games Open division Gold Medal * 1986 22nd Wado-kai Japan Karate-do Championship Gold Medal * 1987 23rd Wado-ka Japan Karate-do Championship Gold Medal * 1987 7th Asian Karate Games 70 kg Gold Medal * 1987 15th Japan Karate-do Championship Gold Medal

References

External links

* – official site
Seiji Nishimura at Karaterec.com

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1956 births Living people Japanese male karateka Karate coaches Sportspeople from Kumamoto Prefecture Wadō-ryū practitioners World Games bronze medalists Competitors at the 1981 World Games 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-karate-bio-stub