Jōkō Ninomiya

Joko Ninomiya (二 宫城 光Japanese Ninomiya Joko; * 1954 Ehime Prefecture) is a Japanese exponent of karate - Enshin karate and other martial arts.

He studied the system Kyokushin in Japan Hideyuki Ashihara (since 1969) and in the U.S. under Shigeru Oyama (since 1974). Ninomiya, total Japanese master of the Japan Karate Kyokushinkai ( JKK ) in 1978 and third in the world championship of the International Karate Organization ( IKO ) in 1975, developed in 1988 Enshin Karate. Among his students, among others heard as Mirza Bangsajayah (GER) and Sensei Chandana Munthunayake. He invented " Enshin Karate", he takes to the dojo ( training halls ) throughout the world travel and visit his pupils. He is a very important martial artist.

Source

• Gustav Gruhlke: German Kyokushin Budo Kai.