{"product_id":"abe-keigo-the-shotokan-legend-dvd","title":"Abe Keigo The Shotokan Legend DVD","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"je_2kCCw7 jb_dm5 X_7sfl N_7sfl\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yiv4469679402\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yiv4469679402ydpa5fa9b1yahoo_quoted\" id=\"yiv4469679402ydpa5fa9b1yahoo_quoted_2020767670\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yiv4469679402ydpa5fa9b1yiv1751385713\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yiv4469679402ydpa5fa9b1yiv1751385713ydp55fe6200yahoo-style-wrap\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeigo Abe (October 28, 1938 – December 21, 2019) was a Japanese master of Shotokan karate who founded the Japan Shotokan Karate Association in 1999 and was its Chief Instructor. He held the rank of 9th dan in karate, was a direct student of Masatoshi Nakayama (1913–1987), and was a senior instructor in the Japan Karate Association.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAbe Sensei had a close working relationship with Nakayama, benefiting from his technical knowledge and assisting him with teaching. He was one of several instructors who demonstrated techniques in Nakayama's books on karate. In 1985, two years before Nakayama's death, Abe was appointed as Director of Qualifications in the JKA. After the division of the JKA in 1990, he became the Technical Director of the JKA (Matsuno faction). He was responsible for formulating the ippon shobu tournament rules, which are used by most Shotokan karate competitors today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eLength: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e28 min.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"EM3 Videos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46531621421255,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0506\/2521\/files\/AbeKeigoTheShotokanLegendDVD.webp?v=1778559189","url":"https:\/\/budovideos.com\/en-gb\/products\/abe-keigo-the-shotokan-legend-dvd","provider":"Budovideos Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}