WAKAYAMA KARATE-DO INDIA WAS STARTED IN THE YEAR 1985 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF
SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N .
THEY STARTED THEIR FIRST DOJO IN St TERESA'S CONVENT IN BANGALORE , LATER DUE TO THEIR SUCCESSIVE APPROACH THE DOJO WAKAYAMA FLED TO VARIOUS PLACES WITHIN THE CITY AND THE STATE.
SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE BOTH TRAINED IN SHOTAKAN AND GOJURYU FORM OF KARATE-DO AND HENCE FORTH THE DOJO ALSO PRACTICES THE SAME STYLES OF KARATE-DO.
WAKAYAMA KARATE EMPHASIZES ON PRACTICING THE SHITORYU FORM ALSO UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF KENSHIN KAN SHITORYU KARATE-DO AND KENPO KARATE JAPAN.
RANKS/TITLES
SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE AWARDED THE RANK OF SEMPAI IN THE YEAR 1992 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF SHIHAN S SOMASHEKAR FROM THE SEIBUSHIDO KAI KARATE-DO JAPAN , LATER THEY WERE AWARDED THE RANK OF NIDAN-HO FROM SEIBUSHIDO KAI KARTE-DO JAPAN.
SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE AWARDED THE RANK OF SANDAN IN THE YEAR 1992 FROM THE KENSHIN KAN SHITORYU KARATE-DO AND KENPO KARATE JAPAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTERNATIONAL KARATE-DO INSTRUCTOR GREICIOUS SEQUIRA.
SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE LATER AWARDED YON DAN GRADE IN THE YEAR 1995 FROM THE BUDO KAI KARATE-DO INDIA UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE LATE PIONEER RENSHI R.V.T MANI.
SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE BOTH AWARDED THE RANK OF SHIHAN FROM THE WORLD OSAKA KARATE-DO JAPAN AND KENSHIN KAN SHITORYU KARATE-DO AND KENPO KARATE JAPAN IN THE YEAR 2001.
SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N .
THEY STARTED THEIR FIRST DOJO IN St TERESA'S CONVENT IN BANGALORE , LATER DUE TO THEIR SUCCESSIVE APPROACH THE DOJO WAKAYAMA FLED TO VARIOUS PLACES WITHIN THE CITY AND THE STATE.
SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE BOTH TRAINED IN SHOTAKAN AND GOJURYU FORM OF KARATE-DO AND HENCE FORTH THE DOJO ALSO PRACTICES THE SAME STYLES OF KARATE-DO.
WAKAYAMA KARATE EMPHASIZES ON PRACTICING THE SHITORYU FORM ALSO UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF KENSHIN KAN SHITORYU KARATE-DO AND KENPO KARATE JAPAN.
RANKS/TITLES
SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE AWARDED THE RANK OF SEMPAI IN THE YEAR 1992 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF SHIHAN S SOMASHEKAR FROM THE SEIBUSHIDO KAI KARATE-DO JAPAN , LATER THEY WERE AWARDED THE RANK OF NIDAN-HO FROM SEIBUSHIDO KAI KARTE-DO JAPAN.
SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE AWARDED THE RANK OF SANDAN IN THE YEAR 1992 FROM THE KENSHIN KAN SHITORYU KARATE-DO AND KENPO KARATE JAPAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTERNATIONAL KARATE-DO INSTRUCTOR GREICIOUS SEQUIRA.
SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE LATER AWARDED YON DAN GRADE IN THE YEAR 1995 FROM THE BUDO KAI KARATE-DO INDIA UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE LATE PIONEER RENSHI R.V.T MANI.
SHIHAN C S MANJUNATH AND SHIHAN PURUSHOTHAM N WERE BOTH AWARDED THE RANK OF SHIHAN FROM THE WORLD OSAKA KARATE-DO JAPAN AND KENSHIN KAN SHITORYU KARATE-DO AND KENPO KARATE JAPAN IN THE YEAR 2001.