Kazumi Tabata

Kazumi Tabata is a Grand Master in the Shotokan and Shorinji styles of Karate. He was sent to this country in the 1960s by his teacher Professor and Master Isao Obata (senior student of Gichin Funakoshi) to promote Karate in the United States. Shortly after his arrival in this country, he established and continues to serve as the Chief Instructor of the North American Karate Federation, consisting of schools throughout the United States, Bermuda, and Europe, and the New England Collegiate...See more

Kazumi Tabata is a Grand Master in the Shotokan and Shorinji styles of Karate. He was sent to this country in the 1960s by his teacher Professor and Master Isao Obata (senior student of Gichin Funakoshi) to promote Karate in the United States. Shortly after his arrival in this country, he established and continues to serve as the Chief Instructor of the North American Karate Federation, consisting of schools throughout the United States, Bermuda, and Europe, and the New England Collegiate Karate Conference. Over the years, Master Tabata has had a wide impact on the martial arts, including training the local tactical police force, authoring several books including Secret Tactics and Mind Power , and hosting the first Boston-Asian Festival in 1993. See less