George Kotaka
George Kotaka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | July 28, 1977||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Style | Shitō-ryū Karate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teacher(s) | Chuzo Kotaka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 4th dan karate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | Official site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Kotaka (born July 28, 1977, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States) is an American karateka. He has a 4th Dan black belt in karate and is the winner of multiple World Karate Championships and appeared in the documentary Empty Hand: The Real Karate Kids.[1][2]
Achievements[]
- 2002 World Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal[3]
- 2008 World Karate Championships Gold Medal
References[]
- ^ "Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports". archives.starbulletin.com.
- ^ Printing, Midweek. "Going out on Top - MidWeek Cover Story - Midweek.com". archives.midweek.com.
- ^ Inc, Active Interest Media (1 March 2003). "Black Belt". Active Interest Media, Inc. – via Google Books.
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Categories:
- 1977 births
- Living people
- American male karateka
- Karate coaches
- Sportspeople from Honolulu
- American sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Shitō-ryū practitioners
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in karate
- Karateka at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
- American martial arts biography stubs
- Karate biography stubs