Yaguchi Karate

While going to university in Tokyo, Japan, Yutaka Yaguchi watched a martial arts demonstration that changed his life. He joined the karate club, and after graduation became a full-time instructor. He was part of a group of instructors who are legendary now. In 1962 he was sent to the United States, where he began instructing Americans in the art of Shotokan Karate.

Imaginative, dedicated, and driven, Sensei Yutaka Yaguchi has become one of the most well-known and beloved Shotokan karate instructors in the world. He is invited to teach and hold rank exams in the United States, Canada, and around the world. He still travels over 40 weekends a year, and teaches at his home dojo in Denver, Colorado during the week.