Wado-Kai Senseis who we have had the honor to host in Hilo, Hawaii.

Hideo Takagi (8th Dan)

23, July 1942 - 14 August 2018

  • Chief Instructor at the Budokan

  • JKF Wado Kai Executive Director

  • Chair of JKF Wado Kai Technical Committee

  • Direct Student of Hironori Otsuka, Founder of Wado Karate

  • A superb technician who was known for his phenomenal speed

Tamaki Sonoda (7th Dan)

  • JKF Wado Kai Japan

Senseis Tamaki Sonoda (Front Left) and Hideo Takagi (Front Right) in Hawaii giving a seminar and Dan testing to our Hawaii Wado Karate Dojo

Sensei Bob Nash (7th Dan)

  • Student of Takagi Sensei

  • Founder and Chief Instructor of Wado Guseikai Karate - USA

  • Sits on the United States National Karatedo Federation Technical committee

Sensei David Sasaki (6th Dan) Back row first on right

  • HWKA’s Chief Instructor Wado Guseikai

Masamichi Shinohara - Front Center (8th Dan)

  • JKF Wado Kai Karate - Japan

  • Current member of the Japan Karate Federation Wado Kai (JKF-Wadokai) Technical Committee. 

Sensei Shirley Hayashida (5th Dan) 3rd from left , front row and her father Sensei George Nakahara (6th Dan) 2nd from left, front row from Berkeley, CA. Dojo: Live Oak Park Wado Kai Karate; Nakahara Dojo