 Bob Nash – 7th Dan – was born in Yokohama Japan of mixed parentage, his mother being Japanese and his father American. He spent the first 18 years of his life in Tokyo as Wataru Shibata. Nash sensei started Wado at the age of six. He has trained under the watchful eye of Hideho Takagi (8th Dan) for many years. Takagi sensei is one of the leading karate technicians in Japan and is currently serving as the Chairman of the JKF Wadokai Technical committee. Nash sensei is the Chief Instructor for Wado Guseikai USA, an organization tied to Dr Takagi, and serves on the United States National Karatedo Federation Technical committee. He holds the license of 2nd Kyu instructor. Bob Nash frequently gives seminars in the US, Europe and the Middle East. He currently resides near Seattle Washington, USA.
Seminars
The seminars are presented in a relaxed atmosphere. His aim is to transmit as much information as possible. For this reason there isn’t an emphasis on physical exertion but he always guarantees that ‘your brains will be hurting’ after the seminar.
Note taking is encouraged because it is not possible to remember all the material that is covered during the seminar.
Techniques are explained in a way that is relevant to practitioners of varying levels of expertise. Novices as well as experienced black belts will find his seminars enlightening, informative and challenging. JKF-Wadokai, founded initially by Hironori Othsuka 1934, is the largest Wado organization in the world. | 
