{"id":61,"date":"2014-08-11T20:55:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T20:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chojinkai.x10host.com\/?page_id=61"},"modified":"2022-03-21T16:56:03","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T16:56:03","slug":"the-eighties","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chojinkai.com\/?page_id=61","title":{"rendered":"The Eighties"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Eighties<\/h5>\n

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Double Gold\u00a0presentation by Sensei Toru Takamizawa & Sparring Demo with Eugene Codrington\u00a0at 1980\u00a0Tera Nationals.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The eighties started well with a Gold Medal in Kata at the Wado and Open Style Tera Karate Kai Nationals. His hard work continued to pay off with a successful grading to 3rd Dan by the Tera Karate Kai Panel in Birmingham in 1980.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0His Clubs were far & wide covering Cumbria & North East, so he decided to re-brand the clubs to bring under one banner & “Chojinkai Karate” was born.<\/p>\n

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1980 – the first course in Carlisle under the ‘Chojinkai’ banner,<\/strong>\u00a0front row l to r, Tim Bird, Graham Solon, Tom Armstrong (emigrated to Perth, Australia), Ged Carr, Doug, Jim Thompson, Steve Greenwood, Richard Bird. <\/em><\/p>\n

As his interest in competition flourished, Doug became more interested in refereeing and trained under Barry Tatlow who was the Tera Karate Kai Chief Referee.<\/p>\n