Seiji Nishimura
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| Born | June 9, 1956 Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Wadō-ryū Karate | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Teacher(s) | Hironori Ōtsuka | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 7th dan karate | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Seiji Nishimura (西村誠司, Nishimura Seiji; born June 9, 1956), Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan) he is a Japanese karateka.[2] He has a 7th.Dan black belt in Wadō-ryū karate and is the national trainer of the Japan Karatedo Federation (JKF).[3][4]
Born and grew up in the Kumamoto Prefecture, Seiji Nishimura began karate training at the age of 15 years. In 1982, Nishimura won the WKF World Championship in Kumite.
Nishimura began to train the Japanese Karate national team after his active competition career; In 15 years as coach of the national team, he has helped numerous Karateka through his training methods and his experience to international success: for example, Manabu Takenouchi won the national championships in Kumite under Nishimura 1994.
Since 2016, Nishimura has been senior director of JKF Wadokai.
Various
Seiji Nishimura also practices the Gōjū-ryū as well as the Kushin-ryu-style in addition to Wadōkai. He himself, however, prefer the Wadō style because of its technical variety and efficiency. Nishimura teaches in his own Dojo as well as at the Fukuoka University. He also teaches seminars throughout Japan and abroad; He is a regular guest at the annual karate summer camp in Ravensburg and the biggest karate summer camp in Austria in Neuhofen an der Krems.
