🥋 Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama Karate 🥋 su vida y obra COMPLETA 🥋

#HidetakaNishiyama #karate #ISKA Nishiyama Hidetaka (October 10, 1928 – November 7, 2008) was a prominent Japanese Shotokan karate master. He was an internationally recognized instructor, author, and administrator, and helped establish the Japan Karate Association. Nishiyama was one of the last surviving students of Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan karate. He lived in the United States from 1961 until his death in 2008, and was a pioneer of karate in that country. He was posthumously awarded the rank of 10th dan in karate. His father was a lawyer and kendo master, and he had two sisters, Sumiye and Michiko. During Nishiyama's childhood, karate was largely unknown in Japan, and children were required to train in judo or kendo in high school. He began learning kendo in 1933 and judo in 1938. Recalling the beginning of his martial arts training, Nishiyama said, "I started, as is customary in Japan, on the fifth day of the fifth month when I was five years old. I started in kendo." His kendo instructor, Moorio Mochida, had a strong and lasting influence on the young man's development in the martial arts. By the time Nishiyama was 14, he had achieved black belt status in judo. In 1943, Nishiyama was promoted to the rank of 1st dan in kendo (and would eventually achieve 3rd dan in that art), and began training in Shotokan karate at the art's honbu dojo (headquarters training hall) under its founder, Gichin Funakoshi. His interest in karate had been sparked by two things: an old book written by a sword master (Nishiyama estimated the book was written around 1550), and Zoku Sugata Sanshiro (1945), a film by Akira Kurosawa. He recalled that training at the honbu dojo was about 80% kata (patterns) and 20% kihon (basics), and that Funakoshi and his son, Gigō Funakoshi, would divide the teaching load evenly between them. Nishiyama served in the Imperial Japanese Navy before the end of World War II and was unable to continue his karate training during this brief period. In 1946, he was promoted to the rank of 1st dan in karate, and in 1948, he was promoted to 2nd dan. With the war over, he was able to begin university studies. In May 2000, Nishiyama was honored at the Nishiyama Cup in Moscow, the first official karate event held in Russia since the end of the Soviet Union. On November 3, 2000, the Emperor of Japan awarded him the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th Class (Golden Rays with Rosette), in a ceremony on the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Nishiyama was one of 11 recipients of the award outside of Japan that year. During the first Traditional Karate World Cup in October 2001, Poland honored Nishiyama with the Officers' Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland. The award was presented by Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski. On November 1, 2003, the International San Ten Karate Association (ISKA) awarded Nishiyama the rank of 10th dan. The ISKA reported that "Master Nishiyama initially tried to deflect the honor, but was moved by the sincere affection of the ISKA leaders." The certificate's calligraphy was executed by Eri Takase. Nishiyama died on November 7, 2008, in Los Angeles, after a long battle with lung cancer. His funeral was held on November 30 at the Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles, with over 500 people in attendance. He was survived by his wife, Yohko, and his three daughters: Yumi, Amy, and Nami. On October 10, 2009, the ITKF posthumously awarded Nishiyama the rank of 10th dan; his daughter Nami accepted the honor on his behalf. ITKF President Richard Jorgensen recalled: "[Nishiyama] always said that he never wanted to reach the level of 10th Dan because he believed that doing so and acquiring the highest rank meant that his apprenticeship and life would be over... he would never accept the rank as long as he lived."