Awards and Honors:

 

· US Team Coach 2006

· Since 1992, he has been a member of the US national team.

· He was the captain of 1999 US National team. 1st place in team kumite and 2nd place team kata at the 1999 Pan-American Games in Barbados.

· He took 1st place in team kumite and 2nd place team kata at the 1997 Pan-American Games in Mexico City. In1996,

        He was one of the top 16 competitors at the 6th World Shoto Cup competition in Japan.

· He took 2nd place in both individual kata and kumite, also 2nd place in team kumite at the 1999 ISKF National, Denver, CO

· Kumite and Grand Champion, Master Camp Goodwill Tournament, PA, 1998

· Kumite Champion, Master Camp Goodwill Tournament, PA, 1997

· Kumite Champion, Master Camp Goodwill Tournament, PA, 1996

· Kumite Champion, Western States Karate Championship, Phoenix, AZ 1996

· US Team member and individual and team sparring competitor, 6th World Shoto Cup, Japan, 1996 Individual best 16th

· Mountain States Team 1st place sparring, US Nationals, Santa Rosa CA, 1995

· Kata Champion, Western States Karate Championship, Phoenix, AZ 1995

· Grand Champion, 1st place kata, 1st place sparring, Mountain States Regional, Greeley, CO, 1995

· US Team fourth place sparring and individual sparring competitor, 5th World Shoto Cup, Philadelphia, PA 1994

· US Team 1st place, Pan-American Games, Canada, 1993

· US Team member, 2nd World Shoto Cup, England 1988

· Kata Champion, Grand Champion, 1st place team sparring, 2nd place individual sparring Western States Karate Championship, Phoenix, AZ 1993

· Sparring Champion and Grand Champion, Western States Karate Championship, Phoenix AZ, 1992

· First Place, Team sparring, Second place individual sparring, ISKF national Tournament Anchorage, Alaska, 1992

· Sparring Champion, Western States Karate Championship, Phoenix, AZ 1990

 

 

 

Sensei Nagatomo has been interviewed twice by KRQE-13 for sports segments, and has been featured in articles in both the Albuquerque Journal and Tribune His victories in competition have also been displayed in Black Belt Magazine.

The Only Authentic Japanese Dojo in Albuquerque, NM since 1986

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