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Shihan Miyuki Miura was born in 1949 in Chiba, Japan, the son of
a ship's engineer. At age 13, Shihan Miura began the study of Shotokan
karate, receiving the rank of nidan by his 18th birthday.
Shihan Miura also studied judo
during this time, achieving the rank of shodan by age 17.
From the age of 18, Shihan Miura worked out at the Headquarters
of the Kyokushinkai Honbu in Tokyo under Mas
Oyama. Upon graduation from college, Shihan Miura became an
uchi deshi at the Honbu; eating, sleeping, studying, and teaching
at the dojo for over two years. At the time, Miura's senior was Saiko
Shihan Yasuhiko Oyama. In 1971, Shihan Miura, at 5 foot 10
inches (1.78m), 160 lbs (73 kg), placed 4th in the Japanese
National Championship, and he took first place in the All-Japan Tameshiwari
competition. In 1972, Shihan Miura won the 1972 All-Japan Full
Contact Karate Tournament. To win this championship, Miura defeated both
Howard Collins and Toshikazu Sato.
Soon after his Championship, Sosai Oyama
approached Miura to participate in the 100-man
kumite. Miura accepted, and on April 13, 1972, Shihan Miura
successfully completed the 100-man kumite in a little over 3 hours.
After a short recovery time, Miura, at age 24, was sent to New York to
acculturate to the United States and study under Soshu Shigeru
Oyama, and then he was sent to Chicago, Illinois, to run the Chicago Kyokushinkai
dojo.
Shihan Miura has taught at a dojo in the Chicago area since that
time. In 1984, Shihan Miura began teaching karate under the auspices
of the World Oyama Karate Organization, an organization founded by Soshu
Shigeru Oyama. Shihan Miura taught at the Midwest Headquarters
of the World Oyama Karate Organization. The school was fairly sizeable,
and regular students as well as Japanese uchi deshi (who make a
commitment to train and work and live at the dojo for five years) train
together on a regular basis.
In 2002, Shihan Miura decided to part company with Shigeru Oyama, and
now no longer trains under the World Oyama Karate organisation. Instead,
he operates simply as Miura dojo.
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