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BRUCE KANEGAI
Age: 58
Occupation:
KARATE & ART TEACHER
Hometown: SIMI VALLEY, CA
Status: ACTIVE |
BIOGRAPHY
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Bruce
Kanegai is a third generation Japanese American who grew
up in Los Angeles. During the 1960's, he received the
Boy Scout rank of Eagle Scout and the rank of Black Belt
from the Shotokan Karate School. Kanegai received his
Bachelor of Arts degree from California State
University, Northridge. He also received his teaching
credentials for the State of California.
For the past 34 years, Kanegai has been teaching art at
Simi Valley High School, where he has taught over 10,000
students. He had been awarded "Teacher of the Year" from
The International Rotary Club, The Bravo Award from the
Los Angeles Music Center, The Amgen Corporation, The
Pasadena Art Center College of Design and the
Otis/Parsons Art School.
Kanegai is a fifth-degree black belt in karate and has
taught more than 7,000 students over about 40 years. In
1967, he was a member of the first US karate team to
visit Japan. In 2000, Kanegai was promoted to the
highest ranking black belt in the Shotokan Karate of
America. In 2004, he was a judge at Shotokan's 40th
Anniversary celebration in France. Kanegai is currently
in the process of finishing a book on the 50-year
history of the Shotokan Karate of America.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Kanegai was a top
backpacking instructor for Moorpark Community College,
the Yosemite Institute and many private organizations.
Some of his backpacking highlights include hiking the
entire state of Oregon and, in 1980, setting a new
record of running the 220-mile John Muir Trail from
Mount Whitney to Yosemite National Park.
From 1978-1992, Kanegai was a POST (Police Officer
Survival Training) Instructor in California. Under the
Downey-Roth System, Kanegai assisted in teaching police
instructors arrest and control techniques, weapon
retention and the side-handle baton.
Kanegai is a member of the California Art Educators
Association and Shotokan Karate of America. His hobbies
include photography, drawing, hiking, golfing and
skiing. He has had several close brushes with death,
including being bitten by a large rattlesnake while
golfing three years ago.
Kanegai currently lives in Simi Valley, California, with
his wife of 27 years, Nancy. They have two children,
Alexander and Danielle, and one dog, Chako. His birth
date is December 17, 1947. |
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