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On November 1st, Hanshi Minobu Miki received a special citation in honor of his years of dedication to the development, spread and instruction of an element of Japanese Culture: Karate-Do. Hanshi has been teaching and promoting Karate-Do, both here and throughout the world, for over 30 years. This special Citation of Meritorious Service will be presented by His Excellency, the Ambassador of Japan, on November 1st at the Japanese Embassy in Washington, DC.
Hanshi Miki holds official positions and rank in the following organizations:
• Eighth Degree Black Belt; Shito-Ryu Nippon Karate Kai
• Seventh Degree Black Belt, Japan Karate Federation
• Fourth Degree Black Belt; Hokushin Ittoh Ryu Iai-Do.
• Fourth Degree Black Belt, Okinawan Kobudo
• Referee, World Karate Federation
• World Karate Federation Technical Committee Member
Hanshi Miki has been teaching Karate-Do since 1966. He has taught in Washington, Tennessee, and Virginia prior to arriving in San Diego in 1972. Some of his current students have been under his instruction since 1967.
Hanshi Miki was the first person other than members of the Mabuni family, to receive Eighth Degree Black Belt and be certified as a Hanshi of Shito-Ryu Karate-Do from the authentic Shito-Ryu Nippon Karate-Do Kai (the organization of the founder of Shito-Ryu, Kenwa Mabuni, founded in 1931) in the world.
He is the first foreign resident recipient of Seventh degree Black Belt (1989) from the Federation of All Japan Karate-Do Organizations. FAJKO/JKF is under the auspices of the Ministry of Education of Japan.
Hanshi Miki was the chief referee of the Pan American Games is Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1995. This was the very first Karate event in the Continental Olympic Games.
He is the Inaugural Member of the Pan American Union of Karate Organizations which was founded in 1982.
Hanshi Miki has been a WUKO/WKF International Referee since 1975 and was promoted to the Referee Control Commission in Madrid in 1980. He is the longest active world referee in the United States (1975-1995).
Hanshi Miki was the chief delegate of the United States in both the first Women's Cup in Taiwan and the first International Collegiate Championship in Kobe, Japan (1987).
Hanshi Miki is currently a member of the National Referee Council of the National AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) Karate Program.
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