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Ashihara Karate
was developed mainly from Kyokushin
, Aikido
and Jujitsu
by Hideyuki Ashihara. He placed more emphasis on positioning and taking
down (Sabaki), rather than fighting an opponent head on. The reasoning
behind this, is by shifting out of the line of the attack, you can off-balance
them more easily and so have a greater chance of felling them.
Ashihara Karate belongs to NIKO (New International Karate Organisation). This was founded by Kancho in 1980.
These are some quotes from Kancho Hideyuki Ashihara:
"I am not aiming for a style that results in a mass of failures, while producing one superman, more a style where the enthusiast can continue training for a lifetime, improving gradually without dropping out on the way. . ."
"If you think you cannot do it, then you cannot. If you think you can, seek deeply, and you will always find a way"
Courtesy of the Denmark Ashihara Webpage.
Kancho died in 1995 and now his son Hidenori Ashihara has taken up this position.
Below is a picture of Kancho Hidenori and Shihan-dai Harada.
There are over 200 dojos around the world, and many more in Japan. Australia has a number of dojos in Queensland and Victoria.
Sensei Paul Whittaker (3rd Dan) standing with Kancho Ashihara and Joko Ninomiya. Sempai Paul Sumner (1st Dan) and Jim Boyle (then 1st Dan) have also been to Japan.
These are some pictures of Shodan Matthew Meersbergen (1st Dan) at age 20. He is now over in Japan, training for his Nidan (2nd Dan). He is standing between Shihan-dai Harada and Kancho Hidenori. He has appeared in the Jackie Chan movie: Nice Guy.
| Japan (Chugoku Honbu) | Romania |
| Japan (Aizu Branch) | Spain (English version) |
| USA | Japan Reference |
| South Africa | Japan2 Reference |
| Denmark (English version) | |
| Sweden | |
* IMPACT mag. (1994) - Hideyuki Ashihara, A modern day karate master.
* IMPACT mag. (1994) - Ashihara Karate, back to the source
* Australasian
Fighting Arts mag. (1994) - Ashihara Karate, more than meets the
ear
