History of Daido Juku
s = Showa (Showa Emperor's year) From 1926 to 1989
h = Heisei (Heisei Emperor's year) From January 8, 1989 to current (2006 is Heisei year 18)
1981(Showa 56)
Karatedo-Daido Juku founded in Sendai, Japan by Jukucho Azuma Takashi.
The first Hokutoki Tournament is held. 1981 Hokutoki Open Weight Championships. The Hokutoki Karate Championships becomes known simply as the "Hokutoki."1981 Hokutoki Open Weight Results:
1st Place: Yatarou Iwasaki
2nd Place: Akira Goto
3rd Place: Shigeki Murakami
4th Place: Akira Murakami
1982(Showa 57)
Jukucho Azuma Takashi's "Hamidashi Karate"("Untamed Karate ") is published. "Hamidashi Karate" becomes the first official book explaining Daido Juku's martial art style.
1982 Hokutoki open weight category is held.1982 Hokutoki Open Weight Results:
1st Place: Yatarou Iwasaki
2nd Place: Yoshinori Nishi
3rd Place: Akira Murakami
4th Place: Tsuyoshi Matsumoto
1983(Showa 58)
Jukucho Azuma Takashi writes a manual for the style called "Kakuto Karate" or "Combat Karate".
1983 Hokutoki with both weight division and open weight category are held.1983 Hokutoki Open Weight Results:
1st Place: Yoshinori Nishi
2nd Place: Yatarou Iwasaki
3rd Place: Etsuo Miura
4th Place: Kenchi Osada1983 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Yoshinori Nishi
2nd Place: Yatarou IwasakiMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Etsuo Miura
2nd Place: Hideaki HoshiHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Yoshinori Nishi
2nd Place: Kenichi Osada
1984(Showa 59)
The editorial series "Kakuto Karatedo Seminar" or "Combat Karatedo Seminar" first gets published within the monthly martial arts magazine "Karatedo."
Jukucho Azuma Takashi publishes "Kakuto Karate e no Michi" or "The Way towards Combat Karate"
1984 Hokutoki with both weight division and open weight category are held.1984 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Yoshinori Nishi
2nd Place: Kenichi Osada
3rd Place: Yatarou Iwasaki
4th Place: Etsuo Miura1984 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Yatarou Iwasaki
2nd Place: Hiroyuki OhwadaMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Yukihiko Watanabe
2nd Place: Etsuo MiuraHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Kenichi Osada
2nd Place: Yoshinori Nishi
1985(Showa 60)
1985 Hokutoki with weight division. This year sees the open weight category held in a separate location for the first time.
1985 Hokutoki Open Weight Category takes place as scheduled in the autumn.
Kansai regional headquarters opens in Osaka.1985 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Kenichi Osada
2nd Place: Yoshinori Nishi
3rd Place: Ryoji Sawada
4th Place: Etsuo Miura1985 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Masahiro Murayama
2nd Place: Kazutoyo MizunoMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Masayuki Higa
2nd Place: Kenichi KagamiHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Ryoji Sawada
2nd Place: Etsuo MiuraSuper Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Yoshinori Nishi
2nd Place: Kazuo Satoh
1986(Showa 61)
Jukucho Azuma Takashi publishes the second part to "Kakuto Karate" called "Kakuto Karate II" or "Combat Karate II"
Daido Juku's main Headquarters moves to the Nerima-ward of Tokyo.
1986 Hokutoki Weight Division.
1986 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.1986 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Kenichi Osada
2nd Place: Riichirou Yamada
3rd Place: Kazuo Satoh
4th Place: Etsuo Miura1986 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Masahiro Murayama
2nd Place: Kensuke YokogiLight Middle Weight:
1st Place: Masayuki Higa
2nd Place: Kenichi KagamiMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Ryoji Sawada
2nd Place: Akio MinegishiHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Yoshinori Nishi
2nd Place: Kenichi Osada
1987(Showa 62)
Headmaster or Jukucho Takashi Azuma and his assistant instructor Osada travel to Thailand to see Muay Thai or Thai boxing.
1987 Hokutoki Weight Division.
1987 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.1987 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Riichirou Yamada
2nd Place: Kenichi Osada
3rd Place: Yoshinori Nishi
4th Place: Hideaki Arai1987 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Yatarou Iwasaki
2nd Place: Kiyotaka KatouMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Ryouji Sawada
2nd Place: Masayuki HigaLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Masaaki Watanabe
2nd Place: Akio MinegishiHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Kenichi Osada
2nd Place: Riichirou Yamada
1988(Showa 63)
-Instructors and branch chiefs travel to Thailand to see Muay Thai.
1998 Hokutoki Weight Division.
1988 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.1988 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Riichirou Yamada
2nd Place: Masayuki Higa
3rd Place: Yoshihiro Matsushita
4th Place: Masato Shoda1988 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Kiyotaka Katou
2nd Place: Futoshi TakoshimaMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Yoshio Hiraoka
2nd Place: Kazumori YamashitaLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Akio Minegishi
2nd Place: Yukihiko WatabeHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Riichrou Yamada
2nd Place: Kenichi Osada
1989(Heisei 1)
-Books and video tapes of Jukucho Azuma's "The Way towards Kakuto Karate" are produced.
1989 Hokutoki Weight Division.
1989 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.1989 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Kenichi Osada
2nd Place: Akio Minegishi
3rd Place: Masayuki Kimura
4th Place: Kiyotaka Katou1989 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Futoshi Takoshima
2nd Place: Syokichi MiyanoMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Kenichi Iimura
2nd Place: Kennichi AbeLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Ken Noguchi
2nd Place: Keiichi IshidaHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Kenichi Osada
2nd Place: Masato Shoda
1990(Heisei 2)
-Ten year anniversary parties are celebrated in Sendai and Tokyo.
1990 Hokutoki Weight Division.
1990 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.1990 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Minoki Ichihara
2nd Place: Keiichi Ishida
3rd Place: Masayuki Kimura
4th Place: Kenichi Iimura1990 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Kouji Tobinaga
2nd Place: Futoshi TakoshimaMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Masayuki Higa
2nd Place: Kenichi IimuraLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Hironobu Fukushima
2nd Place: Hiroshi JouHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Minoki Ichihara
2nd Place: Masayuki Kimura
1991(Heisei 3)
-Jukucho Azuma's "Daido Mumon" is published.
-Emerging emphasis on training using boxing gloveShowa
1991 Hokutoki Weight Division.
1991 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.1991 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Kiyotaka Katou
2nd Place: Masayoshi Okimi
3rd Place: Minoki Ichihara
4th Place: Tarou Nishiide1991 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Kiyotaka Katou
2nd Place: Futoshi TakoshimaMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Osamu Sakai
2nd Place: Tomohiko HasegawaLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Hiroshi Jo
2nd Place: Keiichi IshidaHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Minoki Ichihara
2nd Place: Riichirou Yamada
1992(Heisei 4)
-Daidojuku fighters compete in kick boxing style matcheShowa Some win by KO.
-Daidojuku hosts the first "Glove Karate" tournament: WARS-I.
1992 Hokutoki Weight Division.
1992 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.1992 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Kenichi Osada
2nd Place: Kiyotaka Katou
3rd Place: Minoki Ichihara
4th Place: Keiichi Ishida1992 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Hideki Asaoka
2nd Place: Hiroaki AbeMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Kenichi Iimura
2nd Place: Tomohiko HasegawaLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Takumi Takeyama
2nd Place: Osamu SakaiHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Minoki Ichihara
2nd Place: Masayuki Kimura
1993(Heisei 5)
-Seminars in Vladivostok and Chile, after which both areas open brancheShowa These are, respectively, the first and second overseas branches to be opened.
-Daidojuku hosts another WARS-II "Glove Karate" tournament.
-Chubu regional headquarters opened in Nagoya.
-Daidojuku members travel to New York.
1993 Hokutoki Weight Division.
1993 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.1993 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Minoki Ichihara
2nd Place: Keiichi Ishida
3rd Place: Yasushi Tsujii
4th Place: Yutaka Naganuma1983 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Hideki Ogawa
2nd Place: Takeshi TakamatsuMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Hidehumi Tada
2nd Place: Kenichi IimuraLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Kiyotaka Katou
2nd Place: Masaki MakinoHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Takumi Takeyama
2nd Place: Masayoshi Okimi
1994(Heisei 6)
-Branch school opens in Brazil.
-Seminar in Moscow, after which it opens an overseas branch school.
-Seminar in Melbourne, after which it petitions to open an overseas branch school.
1994 Hokutoki Weight Division.
1994 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.1994 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Riichirou Yamada
2nd Place: Minoki Ichihara
3rd Place: Kenji Akiyama
4th Place: Kiyotaka Katou1994 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Hideki Ogawa
2nd Place: Syoukichi MiyanoMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Kenichi Iimura
2nd Place: Hidehumi TadaLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Osamu Sakai
2nd Place: Eiji KuniiHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Takumi Takeyama
2nd Place: Masayoshi Okimi
1995(Heisei 7)
-Seminar in Saint Petersburg, after which it opens an overseas branch school.
-Branch school opens in Iran.
-Seminar in Los Angeles, after which it becomes an overseas branch school.
-The formal name of Daidojuku is changed from "Karatedo Daidojuku"("Way of Karate Daidojuku") to "Kakuto Karate International Federation Daidojuku"("Combat Karate International Federation Daidouku")(KKIF).
-Hokkaido regional headquarters open in Sapporo.
-Fifteen year anniversary parties celebrated in Sendai and Tokyo.
-Branch school opens in Sri Lanka.
-Daidojuku office worker members appear on Japan National Television.
-Jukucho Azuma awarded 8th degree black belt by Jon Bluming, 10th degree black belt, headmaster of Kyokushin Budokai.
1995 Hokutoki Weight Division.
1995 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.1995 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Osamu Sakai
2nd Place: Masakazu Nakayama
3rd Place: Semmy Shilt
4th Place: Yuji Igarashi1995 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Hideki Ogawa
2nd Place: Hideki AsaokaMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Yoshio Hiraoka
2nd Place: Yutaka KurosakiLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Naoki Mori
2nd Place: Alexei KononenkoHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Kenji Akiyama
2nd Place: Tetsuya Kaneko
1996(Heisei 8)
-Daidojuku hosts WARS-III incorporating "No Holds Barred" fighting style.
-Branches open in Nizhnekamsk, Russia, and in Australia.
-Chugoku and Shikoku regional headquarters opened in Hiroshima.
-India and Pakistan petition to open branch schoolShowa
1996 Hokutoki Weight Division.
1996 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.
1996 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Semmy Shilt
2nd Place: Hirokazu Inagaki
3rd Place: Aliev Vyacheslav
4th Place: Masakazu Nakayama1996 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Hideki Ogawa
2nd Place: Satoshi InagakiMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Yutaka Kurosaki
2nd Place: Veselchakov AlexanderLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Alexei Kononenko
2nd Place: Shingen TanakaHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Kenji Akiyama
2nd Place: Tetsuya Kaneko
1997(Heisei 9)
-Panama, Canada, Belgium, Italy, and Holland petition to open branch schoolShowa
-Daidojuku hosts WARS-IV with expanded emphasis on ground techniqueShowa
-Daidojuku's Kakuto Karate ideal thus further evolveShowa
-Branches open in Voronezh and Yaroslavl, Russia as well as in Pakistan.
-Seminar in California.
-Also in California, members research ground fighting techniques of jujutsu.
1997 Hokutoki Weight Division.
1997 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.
1997 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Semmy Shilt
2nd Place: Naoki Mori
3rd Place: Susumu Yamazaki
4th Place: Alexei Kononenko1997 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Hideki Ogawa
2nd Place: Shinya TsuchidaMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Veselchakov Alexander
2nd Place: Tomohiko HasegawaLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Alexei Kononenko
2nd Place: Tatsuharu DoiHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Takuya Inada
2nd Place: Masayoshi Okimi
1998(Heisei 10)
-Branch school opens in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
-Ukraine Republic petitions to open an overseas branch school.
-Daidojuku members tour and train in Moscow, Tatarstan, Vladivostok.
-Seminar in Iran.
-Japan National Television features Daidojuku as a leader in the NHB trend.
-In 1998 the Hokutoki tournament becomes the All Japan Hokutoki, thus in '98 the All Japan Hokutoki and the World Hokutoki Tournaments held separately.1998 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Alexei Kononenko
2nd Place: Hirokazu Inagaki
3rd Place: Susumu Yamazaki
4th Place: Tsunemichi Nagano1998 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Takeshi Takamatsu
2nd Place: Makoto SoumaMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Hideki Ogawa
2nd Place: Tomohiko HasegawaLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Alexei Kononenko
2nd Place: Tatsuharu DoiHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Susumu Yamazaki
2nd Place: Takuya Inada
1999(Heisei 11)
-The United Arab Emirates and Portugal petition to open branch schoolShowa
-Daidojuku establishes the WARS tournament as a regular event. It also hosts WARS-V.1999 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Hirokazu Inagaki
2nd Place: Susumu Yamazaki
3rd Place: Naoki Mori
4th Place: Takumi Takeyama1999 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Motonobu Tsujimura
2nd Place: Takeshi TakamatsuMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Hideki Ogawa
2nd Place: Hisashi TakadaLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Kenichi Iimura
2nd Place: Hideyuki IwakiHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Susumu Yamazaki
2nd Place: Takuya Inada
2000(Heisei 12)
-New office of HQ was opened at Minami Ikebukuro on from May 29.
-2000 Hokutoki weight division and open category tournaments held separately.2000 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Hirokazu Inagaki
2nd Place: Susumu Yamazaki
3rd Place: Alexei Kononenko
4th Place: Kenichi Iimura2000 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Noboru Teranishi
2nd Place: Norio ItouMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Tomohiko Hasegawa
2nd Place: Masaki AokiLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Yoshiki Notoya
2nd Place: Hideyuki IwakiHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Takuya Inada
2nd Place: Tetsuya Kaneko
2001(Heisei 13)
-Held the 1st World Hokuto-ki "Ku-Do" Championships in November.
-Daidojuku HQ held a seminar & a tournament in Sri Lanka and India in February.2001 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Hideki Ogawa
2nd Place: Hiroyuki EnamiMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Kiyotaka Katou
2nd Place: Noriaki SanoLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Hideyuki Iwaki
2nd Place: Tsunemichi NaganoHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Yasumichi Fujimatsu
2nd Place: Takumi TakeyamaSuper Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Susumu Yamazaki
2nd Place: Takuya Inada2001 1st Kudo World Tournament:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Hideki Ogawa
2nd Place: Sinutin DenisMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Hisashi Takada
2nd Place: Dashaev BeslanLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Babayan Rudolf
2nd Place: Alexei KononenkoHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Yasumichi Fujimatsu
2nd Place: Stephen TapilatuSuper Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Grigoriev Denis
2nd Place: Hirokazu Inagaki
2002(Heisei 14)
-Held the WARS-VI on Jun.
2002 Hokutoki Weight Division.
2002 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.2002 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Yasumichi Fujimatsu
2nd Place: Kazuma Shimizu
3rd Place: Alexander R. Roberts
4th Place: Masayuki Teramoto2002 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Taishiro Iga
2nd Place: Noboru TeranishiMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Ichiro Goto
2nd Place: Masahiro YoshiokaLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Satoki Wakatsuki
2nd Place: Tetsu IyotaHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Kazuma Shimizu
2nd Place: Keiichi IshidaSuper Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Yasumichi Fujimatsu
2nd Place: Takuya Inada
2003(Heisei 15)
2003 Hokutoki Weight Division.
2003 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.2003 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Susumu Yamazaki
2nd Place: Kazuma Shimizu
3rd Place: Alexander R. Roberts
4th Place: Masayuki Teramoto2003 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Taishiro Iga
2nd Place: Kaina TakahashiMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Hiroyuki Nakagawa
2nd Place: Naoki FujimotoLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Masayuki Teramoto
2nd Place: Alexei KononenkoHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Jun Shida
2nd Place: Takeshi KimuraSuper Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Yasumichi Fujimatsu
2nd Place: Susumu Yamazaki
2004(Heisei 16)
2004 Hokutoki Weight Division.
2004 Hokutoki Open Weight Division.2004 Hokutoki Open Weight Tournament:
1st Place: Fujimatsu Yasumichi
2nd Place: Yuji Igarashi
3rd Place: Youjiro Hiratsuka
4th Place: Takuya Inada2004 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Takayuki Hirayasu
2nd Place: Tomoaki SuehiroMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Kenichi Iimura
2nd Place: Noriaki SanoLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Alexei Kononenko
2nd Place: Susumu YamazakiHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Shyoji Arai
2nd Place: Yuji FujisawaSuper Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Kazuma Shimizu
2nd Place: Takuya Inada
2005(Heisei 17)
-Azuma Jukucho visits Sri Lanka and the 1st Sri Lankan National Ku-do Championships are held
-Held the 2nd World Ku-do Championships in November with over 45 competing nationShowa
-Ku-do gains recognition as an up and coming new Japanese Budo Sport2005 Hokutoki Weight Category Results:
Light Weight:
1st Place: Kaina Takahashi
2nd Place: Hideki OgawaMiddle Weight:
1st Place: Masayuki Teramoto
2nd Place: Shigeki SatoLight Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Kazuari Sasazawa
2nd Place: Ryo OnoHeavy Weight:
1st Place: Susumu Yamazaki
2nd Place: Yuji FujisawaSuper Heavy Weight:
1st Place: Fujimatsu Yasumichi
2nd Place: Yuji Igarashi
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