Maryknoll Karate Club

2005 Nisei Week Karate Exhibition and Tournament

SKA at Nisei Week History

From the opening of Japan to the West in the late 1800’s through the early 1900’s, large groups of Japanese emigrated to Hawaii, the United States and South America. The North American migrants settled primarily in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The first generation of immigrants was known as the “Issei.” By the 1930’s, Los Angeles contained the largest Japanese American population on the U.S. mainland. Little Tokyo, in downtown Los Angeles, represented the center of that community. Retail and commercial businesses, community and religious centers, and professional services centered in Little Tokyo. However, business stagnated as the entire nation struggled through the Great Depression. [more ...]

2005 Poster, Location, and Map

(A map is provided courtesy of MapQuest.com, Inc.)

2005 Press Release

LOS ANGELES, CA July 11, 2005 – On Saturday, August 6, 2005, Shotokan Karate of America (“SKA”) will be hosting its 49th Annual Nisei Week Karate Exhibition and Tournament at the Brown Gymnasium of the California Institute of Technology (“Cal Tech”). SKA’s Nisei Week Karate Exhibition and Tournament is the oldest karate demonstration in the United States, and this year’s event promises to be a very special one. Fighters and participants will be coming from dojos nationwide and abroad to compete and demonstrate. [more ...]

Photos, 2004

Photos, Previous Years

2005 Video Clips

Nisei Week 2005 Vido Clips:

[click the video play button to start] Nisei Week Video Clip in English	[click the video play button to start] Nisei Week Video Clip in Japanese	[click the video play button to start] Nisei Week Video Clip in Spanish

1996 Mr. Ohshima's Interview

The following interview with Mr. Ohshima by San Francisco dojo member Jane Uyeda was published during the Nisei Week in Rafu Shimpo Los Angeles Japanese Daily News on Tuesday, August 6, 1996.[more ...]