[2][3][4] He was the Chief instructor and President of the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation, an organisation he founded after he left the Japan Karate Association (JKA).
[6] Kanazawa also learned from the founder of the Shotokan style, Gichin Funakoshi,[8] and was one of the last living karateka (practitioners of karate) to have done so.
[9] He established a dojo (training hall) and served as the inaugural President of the Hawaii Karate Congress.
[5] In 1966, Kanazawa became Chief Instructor of the Karate Union of Great Britain, and the JKA promoted him to the rank of 6th dan that year.
[9] In 1977, Kanazawa left the JKA[6] and founded the Shotokan Karate-Do International Federation (SKIF).
[11] In 1990, Kanazawa demonstrated his art at the 10th Traditional Karate Tournament International, held in Las Vegas.