Teruyuki Okazaki
| Teruyuki Okazaki | |
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| Born |
June 22, 1931 Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Residence |
 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Style | Shotokan |
| Teacher(s) | Gichin Funakoshi, Masatoshi Nakayama |
| Rank | 10th dan karate |
| Notable students | Tetsuhiko Asai, Frank Woon-a-tai |
| Website | http://www.iskf.com |
Teruyuki Okazaki (岡崎 照幸, born June 22, 1931), a tenth degree black belt in Shotokan Karate, is the founder and chief instructor of the International Shotokan Karate Federation (ISKF). Along with Gichin Funakoshi and Masatoshi Nakayama, Okazaki helped found the Japan Karate Association's instructor training program.
Okazaki was born in Fukuoka Prefecture Japan. As a young man, he grew up studying judo, kendo, and aikido. In 1948, at the age of sixteen, he entered Takushoku University. It was here that Okazaki began his karate training. Teruyuki Okazaki studied primarily under Gichin Funakoshi (Shotokan's founder) as well as Masatoshi Nakayama. In 1953, Okazaki graduated and was immediately appointed coach of the Takushoku team. Later that year, it was decided that Okazaki would be trained as a "test case" for the still formulating JKA Instructor Trainee Program. In 1955, he was appointed head of the program, which produced some of modern Shotokan's most integral leaders. Takayuki Mikami, Eiji Takaura, and Hirokazu Kanazawa were among the first graduates from this program.
As part of an effort by Nakayama to spread the practice of Shotokan karate internationally, Okazaki came to the United States in 1961, originally planning to stay only six months, but has since opened a dojo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and settled there permanently. In 1977, Okazaki founded the International Shotokan Karate Federation.
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