Seiji Nishimura

Japanese karateka
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Seiji Nishimura
Born (1956-06-09) June 9, 1956 (age 67)
Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
StyleWadō-ryū Karate
Teacher(s)Hironori Ōtsuka
Rank7th dan karate
Websitewww.karatedo.co.jp/seiji-nishimura/
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Japan
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1982 Taipei Kumite −70 kg
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Santa Clara Kumite −70 kg[1]

Seiji Nishimura (西村誠司, Nishimura Seiji, born June 9, 1956), Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan) he is a Japanese karateka.[2] He has a 7th.Dan black belt in Wadō-ryū karate and is the national trainer of the Japan Karatedo Federation (JKF).[3][4]

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 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. 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

References

  1. ^ "Home > The Games > Results history". World Games. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
  2. ^ "Britannica Book of the Year". Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Seiji Nishimura". Internationalshitoryu.com. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  4. ^ "M° Seiji Nishimura – KarateDo Magazine". 16 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  5. ^ "World Championship 1982 Results [archive]". World Karate Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-06-13. Retrieved 2014-10-29.

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