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  • Black Belt Magazine

    From the Archives

    Jan 15, 2019 2 minutes

    Vol. 17, No. 10, $1.50

    • A recent arrival from Japan, Tak Kubota, 32, is developing a reputation for his “rowdy and tough” Los Angeles karate workouts. He refers to them simply as “Tokyo style.”

    • “The first time he [Kubota] started sparring with us or had us spar with others, there was no stopping,” student

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