Karate Dō: My Way of Strife

About the Author

Norma Foster is the only woman in the world to have achieved JKF Wado Kai 7th Dan. In the international all-styles arena, she was the first woman to become a World Karate Federation (WKF) Referee and Kata Judge, paving the way for other women around the world to aspire to and achieve these qualifications. She was the first woman to be appointed to the WKF Referee Council and the first Chair of the WKF Gender Equity Committee, which became the current WKF Women's Sport Committee. She started studying karate in 1969 and spent eight years in Tokyo studying Wado karate with Mr. Toru Arakawa and Dr. Hideho Takagi.She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland and currently resides in Vancouver, Canada.