Chief Instructor

Mikio Yahara - 8th Dan, Chief Shihan

Yahara Sensei was born on April 4, 1947, in Ehime prefecture. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he became Kenshusei, or junior instructor, in the Japan Karate Association.He rampaged through the world, monopolizing the high rankings in many tournaments, establishing legendary fame.Known for his leopard-like carriage, beautiful jumping techniques and adaptations, his unique karate style fascinated karateka all over the world.

He met Yohji Yamamoto, an admirer of his "killing blow" karate, and in April 2000 he established the Karatenomichi World Federation to develop further his idea of karate.The concept behind the Karatenomichi World Federation is that the essence of karate is technical, and that exactly this is where karate starts.To strive persistently, in spite of the general current of sportification in the karate world, to attain ippon technique, towards the killing blow concept and to stake one's life on the offensive and defensive action inside a split second, this is the nature of his karate.

Yahara Sensei's karate techniques, having been formed during countless fighting scenes, make use of the maximum possibilities of human muscles and sinews, the maximum possible movement of the joints, to focus all the potential energy of the body into the fists or feet during the briefest of moments. The theory behind these techniques is without doubt an eye opener, even to karateka that have studied karate through many years of arduous practice.