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    Patrick Nakata Sensei, who passed away in 2013, was a prominent karate instructor in Hawaii who studied various martial arts styles. He began training in Wado Ryu karate in 1958 and received his black belt in 1960. Nakata Sensei then traveled to Japan and Okinawa for further study, where he trained extensively in Shorin Ryu karate under its founder Chibana Chosin Sensei. Upon his return to Hawaii in 1963, Nakata Sensei established the Okinawa Shorin Ryu Karate Association of Hawaii and taught karate and kobudo there for many decades. He received numerous high ranks and honors over his long career and made major contributions to promoting and preserving Okin

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    Patrick Nakata Sensei, who passed away in 2013, was a prominent karate instructor in Hawaii who studied various martial arts styles. He began training in Wado Ryu karate in 1958 and received his black belt in 1960. Nakata Sensei then traveled to Japan and Okinawa for further study, where he trained extensively in Shorin Ryu karate under its founder Chibana Chosin Sensei. Upon his return to Hawaii in 1963, Nakata Sensei established the Okinawa Shorin Ryu Karate Association of Hawaii and taught karate and kobudo there for many decades. He received numerous high ranks and honors over his long career and made major contributions to promoting and preserving Okin

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    Patrick Nakata Sensei, who passed away in 2013, was a prominent karate instructor in Hawaii who studied various martial arts styles. He began training in Wado Ryu karate in 1958 and received his black belt in 1960. Nakata Sensei then traveled to Japan and Okinawa for further study, where he trained extensively in Shorin Ryu karate under its founder Chibana Chosin Sensei. Upon his return to Hawaii in 1963, Nakata Sensei established the Okinawa Shorin Ryu Karate Association of Hawaii and taught karate and kobudo there for many decades. He received numerous high ranks and honors over his long career and made major contributions to promoting and preserving Okin

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    Patrick Nakata Sensei, who passed away in 2013, was a prominent karate instructor in Hawaii who studied various martial arts styles. He began training in Wado Ryu karate in 1958 and received his black belt in 1960. Nakata Sensei then traveled to Japan and Okinawa for further study, where he trained extensively in Shorin Ryu karate under its founder Chibana Chosin Sensei. Upon his return to Hawaii in 1963, Nakata Sensei established the Okinawa Shorin Ryu Karate Association of Hawaii and taught karate and kobudo there for many decades. He received numerous high ranks and honors over his long career and made major contributions to promoting and preserving Okin

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    A Tribute to Patrick Nakata Sensei

    A karate and kobudo demonstration by the


    Hawaii Karate Kenkyukai

    February 8, 2014, 10:00 a.m.


    Mission Memorial Auditorium
    EMPTY HAND KATA Pat Nakata Sensei was born in the Palama neighborhood of
    • Kihon Kata: Shodan, Nidan, Sandan - OSKA Honolulu on October 14, 1944. In 1958, he began training in Wado Ryu
    • Nijushiho – Minakami Dojo karate under Walter Nishioka Sensei. He was awarded his black belt in
    • Tensho – Kyokushin 1960, and after graduating Roosevelt High School in 1962, he embarked
    • Naihanchi Kata: Shodan, Nidan, Sandan - OSKA on a training trip to Japan with Nishioka Sensei. There, he primarily
    • Rohai – Hikari Dojo trained at Nichidai and Meiji University.
    • Wansu – IKL
    • Seisan – Zentokukai He then went to Okinawa where he was introduced to Chibana Chosin
    • Pinan Kata: Shodan, Nidan, Sandan, Yondan, Godan - OSKA
    Sensei, founder of Shorin Ryu karate. Impressed with Chibana Sensei’s
    •Pinan Sono Yon - Kyokushin
    skill and character, he obtained permission to become his student and
    • Jitte – Island Ki Dojo
    for the next eight months, privately trained with Chibana Sensei every
    • Patsai Sho (Itosu Patsai) - OSKA
    • Patsai Dai (Matsumura Patsai) - OSKA
    morning and afternoon, as well as during group classes in the evening.
    • Jion – Kenshukan
    • Ananku – Zentokukai Upon his return to Hawaii in 1963, he enrolled for classes at the Univer-
    • Kusanku Sho - OSKA sity of Hawaii and began teaching Shorin Ryu, establishing the Okinawa
    • Kusanku Dai - OSKA Shorin Ryu Karate Association of Hawaii. In 1964, Fumio Nagaishi
    • Hakutsuru - IKL Sensei began teaching Nakata Sensei the weapons style of Kyan Shinei
    • Gojushiho – Island Ki Dojo Sensei.
    • Sepai - Senbukan Dojo
    • Chinto - OSKA Also in 1964, Chibana Sensei granted him a Shihan no Menjo, or teaching
    certificate, formally presenting it to him when he returned to Okinawa
    WEAPONS KATA in 1965. This conferred a level of seniority, having previously only been
    • Maezato no Tekko - RKHSH awarded to four of Chibana Sensei’s top students. He also trained in
    • Choun no Kon – Minakami Dojo the bo and sai directly under Kyan Sensei during this time period and
    • Maezato no Nunchaku - RKHSH returned to Hawaii in 1965. By this time, Nagaishi Sensei would also
    • Bo no Kata Sho - RKHSH instruct Nakata Sensei and other students in Ryukyu Kobudo. Nakata
    • Bo no Kata Dai - RKHSH Sensei was awarded his nanadan (7th degree black belt) in Shorin Ryu in
    • Shiromatsu no Kun - IKL 1968 and maintained close contact with Chibana Sensei until his passing
    • Shushi no Kon Sho - RKHSH
    in 1969.
    • Shushi no Kon Dai - RKHSH
    • Shuji nu Kun - Hikari Dojo
    Over the years, Nakata Sensei has been heavily involved in the Hawaii
    • Tsuken Sunakake no Eiku – RKHSH
    • Sai no Kata Sho - RKHSH karate community. He served as president of the Hawaii Karate Congress
    • Sai no Kata Dai - RKHSH and the Hawaii Karate Kodanshakai, and was a founding member of the
    • Ufushiku no Sai – Zentokukai Hawaii Karate Kenkyukai. He has supported tournaments, exhibitions,
    • Kanegawa no Timbei - RKHSH and lectures, and his experiences have been an invaluable contribution to
    • Maesato no Sai - Kenshukan karate literature, including interviews and articles published in Classical
    • Kojo no Sai - RKHSH Fighting Arts, Black Belt Magazine, and various online venues.
    • Hamahiga no Tunfa - RKHSH
    • Hamahiga no Tunfa - Senbukan Dojo After over five decades of karate friendship, fellowship, and mentorship,
    • Kanegawa no Nichogama- RKHSH Nakata Sensei passed away on Feb 7, 2013.

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