Billy Higgins (karateka)
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| Born | William Higgins 14 August 1945 Bootle, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Shotokan Karate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 8th Dan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | /http://www.sei-do-kan-karate.co.uk/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Billy Higgins (born 14 August 1945, in Bootle, England) is a British karateka and former kumite competitor.[2] He holds an 8th-degree black belt from the KUGB, was a winner of multiple European championships, and a gold medalist in men's kumite with the British team at the 1975 World Karate Championships in Long Beach, California.
He is currently a karate instructor for the Karate Union of Great Britain.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Black Belt". Active Interest Media. February 1974. p. 48. Retrieved 8 November 2014 – via Internet Archive.
Karate World Championships wuko 1970.
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- ^ "Profiles of Senior KUGB Instructors". Karate Union of Great Britain. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
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