at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii.
July 25, 2005 through August 19, 2005
Photographs by Jason Tanega and Charles C. Goodin, taken at and with the permission of the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii.For more information about the exhibition contact Charles C. Goodin at goodin@hawaii.rr.com, and see:
- Hawaii Karate Roots Exhibition Brochure.
- Letters of Support from Dignitaries.
- Karate's Roots: A collector offers a public display of his artifacts documenting the martial art's history in Hawaii before World War II, by Venus Lee. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, June 25, 2005.
- Karate Kids of Yesteryear, by Michael Tsai. The Honolulu Advertiser, June 19, 2005. Island Life Section.
- Hawaii Karate Museum and Hawaii Karate Seinenkai websites.
- Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii.
- Opening ceremony demonstrations by members of the Hawaii Karate Kodanshakai, and Feliciano "Kimo" Ferreira of the Kempo Jutsu-Kai.
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Senator Inouye
Senator Akaka
Representative Case
Governor Lingle
Mayor Hannemann
Shigeru Takamiyagi, Keicho Tabaru, Morio Higaonna, Toru Kadekaru, Miwa Kanazawa,
Exhibition Brochure
Letters of Support from Dignitaries
Okinawa Karate and Kobudo Encyclopedia Committee:
Tokumasa Miyagi, Kiyoshi Tsuha, Katsuhiko Shinzato, Masahiro Nakamoto, Masaru Agarie
Photographs Copyright © Jason Tanega and Charles C. Goodin. All rights reserved.
Individual photographs in the exhibition Copyright © their respective owners. All rights reserved.
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