Teruo Kono

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Teruo Kono (* 1934 in Yokohama , Japan ; † April 22, 2000 in Hamburg ) was a Japanese Wadō-Ryū - karate master.

Short biography

At the age of six he began to learn karate . Teruo Kono's father was a building contractor and an officer in the Imperial Guard during World War II . His family had a long Budo tradition.

Teruo Kono worked in Japan as an architect, engineer, manager and commercial consultant. In Germany he was a managing partner and managing director in import and export companies and a consultant consulting company in Hamburg. Since 1993 he has acted as the Japanese government's special envoy for Expo 2005 in Nagoya .

During his studies at the Nidachi University in Tokyo he trained intensively Wadō-Ryū Karate with Hironori Ōtsuka .

In the mid-1960s he came to Europe, where he spread the Wadō-Ryū with Tatsuo Suzuki . Later he was national coach for England, Holland and Yugoslavia. In the mid-1970s he founded his own association, WadoKai Germany , with which he later joined the DKV ( German Karate Association ). Teruo Kono was technical advisor to the national trainer in the DKV and trainer of the Wado group in the DKV. In addition, he regularly gave karate courses in Germany and Europe and took exams for higher belts. Teruo Kono wrote several books on karate. In 1995 he was awarded the title of Hanshi (Grand Master) by JKF Wadokai Japan .

Teruo Kono was 8th Dan Wado Ryu Hanshi and 8th Dan Shindo Yoshinryu Jiu Jitsu Kempo until he died on April 22, 2000 after a serious illness.

successes

Excerpt from sporting successes

  • 1956/57, All-Japanese Karate Championship, 1st place
  • 1957, All-Japanese University Championship, 3rd place

Excerpt from positions as trainer

  • 1963–1964 coach of Central Japan ( Tōkai )
  • 1965 national coach of England
  • 1966–1970 national coach in the Netherlands
  • 1970–1971 national coach in Yugoslavia
  • 1973–2000 national trainer of WadoKai Germany and after the merger of the karate associations, chief Wado trainer in the German Karate Association

literature

  • T. Kono, E. v. Oehsen: Karate - Training, Technology, Tactics , Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1986, ISBN 3-499-17615-7
  • T. Kono: The way to the black belt , Kono Verlag, Norderstedt, 5th edition 1995, ISBN 3-9804461-0-7
  • T. Kono and E. v. Oehsen: The way of the black belt , Kono Verlag, Norderstedt, 1996, ISBN 3-9804461-1-5
  • E. v. Oehsen: Mastering one's life - the philosophy and biography of the karate grand master Teruo Kono. Kono Verlag, Norderstedt, 2004, ISBN 3-00-013277-5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Elke von Oehsen: Mastering His Life - The philosophy and biography of Karate Grand Master Teruo Kono. Kono-Verlag, Norderstedt 2004, ISBN 3-00-013277-5 .
  2. ↑ T. Kono, E. v. Oehsen: Karate - Training, Technology, Tactics , Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1986, ISBN 3-499-17615-7 , p. 152.
personal data
SURNAME Kono, Teruo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese Wadō-Ryū Karate Grand Master
DATE OF BIRTH 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Yokohama , Japan
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 2000
Place of death Hamburg