香港國際松濤館空手道會 Shotokan Karate International of Hong Kong

After graduated from the university, Master Kanazawa was selected to join the famous’ Instructor Training Class’ of Japan Karate Association and graduated in 1957 to become one of the first group of professional karate instructors. In 1957, Master Kanazawa participated the ‘1st All Japan Karate Championship’ and won the kumite(sparring) champion. During the event, Master Kanazawa injured his right arm by accident and was considered to withdraw from the competitions. However , in order not to let down his mother who came to see him from home town, Master Kanazawa determined to continue the competition and finally won the championship, this had become a popular story. The following year 1958, in the same event, Master Kanazawa won the double championship for both ‘kumite’ and ‘kata’.
Starting from the early 60s, Master Kanazawa was deployed to oversea countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany etc. to promote and teach karate, with students in tens of thousands, he was then the International Chief Instructor of Japan Karate Association.
In 1978, Master Kanazawa left Japan Karate Association to found his own organization – the ‘Shotokan Karate International Federation’(SKIF). Under his leadership, SKIF is now probably one of the largest Shotokan Karate Organization in the world , with hundreds of thousands students in over 130 countries.
In 2002, the ‘International Martial Arts Federation’ of Japan Government presented Master Kanazawa the ‘10th Dan’ and ‘Founder ‘ title. He has then among few other masters who have received the same honor.
Master Kanazawa spent his entire life in teaching and promoting karate-do, until the last few years of his life, he was still sparing large portion of his time travelling and teaching karate all over the world . His karate technique and knowledge, his remarkable personality, are being widely respected. He was a legend in the karate world.