Hiroshi Shirai

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Hiroshi Shirai
Hiroshi Shirai with some students in Innsbruck, October 2009
Born	(1937-07-31) 31 July 1937 Nagasaki, Japan
Residence	Milan, Italy
Style	Shotokan Karate
Teacher(s)	Masatoshi Nakayama, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Taiji Kase
Rank	10th dan karate (ISKA, ITKF)
Notable students	Carlo Fugazza, Enzo Montanari, Rosario Capuana, Bruno De Michelis, Luigi Zoia, Nino Tammaccaro, Bruno Baleotti, Ennio Falsoni, Giuseppe Beghetto, Rossano Ruffini, Tiziana Rizzo, Dario Marchini, Alessandro Cardinale, Bernardo Contarelli, Maurizio Marangoni, Massimo Abate, Claudio Ceruti, Silvio Campari

Hiroshi Shirai (白井寛, Shirai Hiroshi, born 31 July 1937) is a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He is the founder of the Instituto Shotokan Italia, a subdivision of FIKTA (the Italian Traditional Karate Association) and of the SCI (Shotokan Cultural Institute, formerly WSI - World Shotokan Institute).^[1] Shirai holds the title of Shihan and is responsible for taking the dan examinations within SCI and, together with Carlo Fugazza, for those within the FIKTA.

Biography

Shirai was born on 31 July 1937 in Nagasaki, Japan.^[2] He started learning karate in 1956, three years after seeing a promotional video of the Japan Karate Association (JKA) at Komazawa University.

In 1962, he won both the kata and the kumite championships of the JKA,^[3] thereby becoming one of those receiving the title 'Grand Champion'.

After a world trip to promote karate together with Taiji Kase, Kano, and Keinosuke Enoeda to Europe, South Africa, and the United States of America, he settled in Milan, Italy in 1965.^[4] Under his tutelage the Italian karate flourished and many titles went to his students.^{[citation needed]}

Goshindo

Hiroshi Shirai with musician/producer Pino Presti (5th-degree black belt) in 1985

Shirai feels that the self-defence (goshindo) aspect of Shotokan karate has been too much in the shadow of kumite and kata. Although he practised karate for self-defence initially, he focussed on kumite for a few years until moving to Europe. He started refocussing on self-defence and its incorporation in the practise of shotokan karate.^[4]

During the last years Shirai has given special goshindo oriented stages in Europe often together with Claudio Ceruti, Massimo Abate, and Angelo Torre.^[5]

For the practise of goshindo, Shirai has developed several basic (kihon) training methods focussing on simple, powerful and effective techniques, almost always executed in a frontal stance towards the opponent. Turning, in order to achieve this stable frontal stance is a basic principle of Shirai's goshindo.^{[citation needed]}

In addition to kihon, Shirai developed specific goshindo kata.^[4] These kata stress the importance of being able to address an attacker coming from any direction. Several of these kata include grabbing and open hand techniques, elements not so often seen in 'normal' Shotokan karate.^{[citation needed]}

Graduation history

Shirai received the following dan ranks: 1st - 1957; 2nd - 1959; 3rd - 1961; 4th - unknown year; 5th - 1964; 6th - 1969; 7th - 1974; 8th - 1986, 9th - 1999. His current rank, 10th dan, he received in 2011.^[6]

References

↑ Retrieved, 19 August 2010
↑ (2003). Retrieved 15 August 2010.
↑ List of former JKA Champions, Retrieved 19 August 2010
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Interview with Shirai by Andy Campbell, Retrieved 19 August 2010.
↑ . Retrieved 15 August 2010.
↑ (2010). Retrieved 15 August 2010.

External links

v t e JKA All-Japan Male Champions - Kata

1957 to 1989	1957: Hiroshi Shoji 1958: Hirokazu Kanazawa 1959: Takayuki Mikami 1960: Hiroshi Shoji 1961: Takayuki Mikami 1962: Hiroshi Shirai 1963: Tetsuhiko Asai 1965: Masaaki Ueki 1966: Hideo Ochi 1967: Masaaki Ueki 1968: Masaaki Ueki 1969: Hideo Ochi 1970: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1971: Masaaki Ueki 1972: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1973: Yoshimasa Takahashi 1974: Masaaki Ueki 1975: Masaaki Ueki 1976: Hideo Ochi 1978: Yoshiharu Osaka 1979: Yoshiharu Osaka 1980: Yoshiharu Osaka 1981: Yoshiharu Osaka 1982: Yoshiharu Osaka 1983: Yoshiharu Osaka 1984: Mikio Yahara 1985: Masayoshi Kagawa 1986: Minoru Kawawada 1987: Minoru Kawawada 1988: Naito Takashi Hashiguchi 1989: Tomoyuki Aihara

1990 - 1999	1990**: Tomoyuki Aihara 1991: Tomoyuki Aihara 1992: Takenori Imura 1993: Takenori Imura 1994: Takenori Imura 1995: Takenori Imura 1996: Takenori Imura 1997: Seizo Izumiya 1998: Yuji Hashiguchi 1999: Takuya Taniyama

2000 - present	2000: Takuya Taniyama 2001: Katsutoshi Shiina 2002: Katsutoshi Shiina 2003: Takuya Taniyama 2004: Katsutoshi Shiina 2005: Kunio Kobayashi 2006: Kurihara 2007: Kurihara 2008: Kunio Kobayashi 2009: Kurihara 2010: Kurihara 2011: Kurihara 2012: Kurihara 2013: Kurihara

v t e JKA All-Japan Male Champions - Kumite

1957 to 1989	1957: Hirokazu Kanazawa 1958: Hirokazu Kanazawa / Takayuki Mikami 1959: Takayuki Mikami 1960: Masaki Sato 1961: Tetsuhiko Asai 1962: Hiroshi Shirai 1963: Keinosuke Enoeda 1965: Katsuya Kisaka 1966: Hideo Ochi 1967: Hideo Ochi 1968: Masaaki Ueki 1969: Takeshi Oishi 1970: Takeshi Oishi 1971: Takeshi Oishi 1972: Masayoshi Kagawa 1973: Takeshi Oishi 1974: Masahiko Tanaka 1975: Masahiko Tanaka 1976: Yoshiharu Osaka 1978: Toshihiro Mori 1979: Fujikiyo Omura 1980: Toshihiro Mori 1981: Takayuki Tsuchii 1982: Masashi Sakata 1983: Hideo Yamamoto 1984: Hideo Yamamoto 1985: Masayoshi Kagawa 1986: Yasunori Ogura 1987: Masaaki Yokomichi 1988: Tomio Imamura 1989: Masayoshi Kagawa

1990 - 1999	1990**: Tomio Imamura 1991: Katsutoshi Shiina 1992: Tatsuya Naka 1993: Katsutoshi Shiina 1994: Katsutoshi Shiina 1995: Takuya Taniyama 1996: Takuya Taniyama 1997: Toshito Kokubun 1998: Takuya Taniyama 1999: Kunio Kobayashi

2000 - present	2000: Toshito Kokubun 2001: Takuya Taniyama 2002: Kunio Kobayashi 2003: Kunio Kobayashi 2004: Kunio Kobayashi 2005: Koji Ogata 2006: Shimizu 2007: Takuya Taniyama 2008: Shimizu 2009: Inokoshi 2010: Nemoto 2011: Kurihara 2012: Nemoto 2013: Nemoto

Persondata
Name	Shirai, Hiroshi
Alternative names	Shirai Hiroshi
Short description	Martial artist
Date of birth	31 July 1937
Place of birth	Nagasaki, Japan
Date of death
Place of death

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