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Yoshizo Machida

One of the most respected Karate Masters in Brazil, Yoshizo Machida has helped develop Shotokan Karate in the country. He has passed on his love of Karate to his sons.

Yoshizo Machida was born in Ibaraki, Japan on 29 January 1946. Growing up, he loved fighting. He started practising Goju-Ryu Karate in an attempt to get better at fighting. At the age of 15, he began training under Soichi Yamamoto.

In 1964 Machida enrolled at Nippon University to study Civil Engineering. He joined the University’s Karate club. He transitioned from Goju-Ryu to Shotokan Karate. He trained under Masahiko Tanaka. He later trained under Tetsuhiko Asai, Hidetaka Nishiyama, and Chief Instructor of the JKA, Masatoshi Nakayama.

Machida realised that he wanted to pursue a career in Karate. However, his father was against this, so he focused on his studies.

In 1966 Machida entered the 1st Okinawa Championship. He became the Kumite Champion. The following year he entered the All Japan University Championships. He became the Kata Champion. In the kumite event, he finished in third place.

After graduating from University Machida received a one year contract, working for a Japanese road construction company, as a civil engineer.

In April 1968 Machida travelled from Japan to Brazil by boat. It was a 40-day journey. He arrived in Belem, Brazil only speaking Japanese and no Portuguese.

It was around this time that Machida met his future wife, Ana Claudia. After his contract ended, he decided to make Brazil his permanent home. He decided to pursue his dream of teaching Karate.

In 1969 Machida moved to Rio de Janeiro where he trained at the dojo of Yasutaka Tanaka, a Shotokan practitioner. From there he moved to Bahai at the invitation of Denilson Caribé. In Bahai, Machida began to teach and establis

When I finished school, traveling and training in the USA became one of my biggest goals. And I finally made it happen. It probably doesn’t sound as magical for Americans who already live in the States, but for all of us foreigners, I know it could mean a lot—especially for those who are into mixed martial arts. Everyone knows that MMA is very popular in the USA, probably more so there than anywhere else in the whole world. We always watched UFC and other fights from popular MMA organizations and always dreamed to be and train together with all those UFC stars that we see on TV. I was always following Lyoto Machida’s fights because of my Shotokan Karate background, and I always wanted to learn to adapt my karate skills in MMA fights the same way Lyoto Machida did.

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