Association football | Japan | association football | Forward (association football) | Goalkeeper (association football) | Defender (association football) | National Basketball Association | American Association for the Advancement of Science | Association of Tennis Professionals | American Library Association | World Boxing Association | National Collegiate Athletic Association | American Association | American Heart Association | National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics | National Rifle Association | International Development Association | Empire of Japan | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People | American Bar Association | Philippine Basketball Association | American Medical Association | International Air Transport Association | World Hockey Association | Women's Tennis Association | Prime Minister of Japan | Gaelic Athletic Association | Substitute (association football) | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta | Karate |
Master Tabata went to Waseda University and started studying Shotokan style karate under Master Isao Obata, one of Master Gichin Funakoshi's first students and first chairman of the Japan Karate Association.