Butokukai Europe
The Butokukai Europe ( Japanese 欧 州 武 徳 会 ) is a European martial arts association for the promotion of the martial arts of Shorinji ryu ( Karate , Kobudo , Tai Chi ) of the style founder Grandmaster Richard Kim (1917–2001), Hanshi , 10th Dan .
Association
Butokukai Europe was founded in 1996 by Grand Master Jean Chalamon , Hanshi, 10th Dan, and is a member of the international umbrella organization Kokusai Butokukai . The purpose of the association is to promote the traditional martial art Shorinji Ryu, consisting of Karate Do, Okinawa Kobudo, Tai Chi and Chi Kung . The purpose of the statutes is realized in particular through teaching and learning the martial art Shorinji Ryu, the implementation of sporting events as well as through national and international exchange. The association pursues exclusively and directly non-profit purposes, it does not primarily pursue its own economic purposes.
The name Butokukai ( 武 徳 会 Martial Arts Association), Europe ( 欧 州 ) comes from Bu ( 武 = warrior, weapons), Toku ( 徳 = virtue, morality) and Kai ( 会 = association).
history
The name Butokukai goes back to the Dai Nippon Butokukai (DNBK) which was founded in Kyoto , Japan in 1895 with the official approval of the imperial family. Grandmaster Richard Kim became a member of the DNBK in 1939. After the Second World War, the DNBK was dissolved at the urging of the Allies, as the proximity to the paramilitary and ultra-nationalist Black Dragon Society (Armur-Bund) found no goodwill.
After the signing of the peace treaty between the USA and Japan, the DNBK was revived as a private Budo organization in 1953 under the chairmanship of Ōno Kumao . As a close friend of Ōno Kumao, Richard Kim was asked to represent the DNBK outside of Japan. This was the laying of the foundation stone for the Zen Bei Butoku Kai (Great American Martial Arts Association) in 1959 in San Francisco . The growing international relations beyond the USA required the establishment of an international martial arts association. So in 1976 the organization Butokukai International came into being under the direction of Richard Kim. After 60 years, Grand Master Richard Kim left the DNBK in 1999 due to domestic political differences. After Richard Kim's death, Butokukai International was dissolved in 2001. In 1996 Jean Chalamon initiated the founding of Butokukai Europe in agreement with Richard Kim. Thus, the national associations Butokukai Finland , Butokukai France and Butokukai Germany could be united under a common European roof.
The change of the logo became necessary in 2006 in order to clearly differentiate itself from the DNBK.
stand-in
The legal transactions of Butokukai Europe were carried out from 1996 to 2011 by Butokukai France . This task was taken over by Butokukai Germany in 2012 .
- Technical Director: Jean Chalamon, Hanshi, 10th Dan
- President: Jean-Michel Argant, Kyoshi, 7th Dan
- Honorary President: Richard Kim, Hanshi, 10th Dan
emblem
The edge symbolizes the virtues of martial arts and the rays with the orange background represent the rising sun. Calligraphy 忍 means "patience".
Member associations
- Butokukai Finland
- Butokukai France
- Butokukai Germany
- Butokukai Luxembourg
- Butokukai Poland
- Butokukai Scotland
- Butokukai Spain
swell
- 20th Century Samurai: Richard Kim 1917–2001, Don Warener, 2006, ISBN 978-0920129265
- Richard Kim's website
- Website of the Kokusai Butokukai
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ German representation of the DNBK on Ono Kumao (as of January 4, 2012)
- ↑ Black Belt Magazine | Aug 1966 | 64 pages | Volume 4, No. 8 | ISSN 0277-3066
- ↑ Black Belt Magazine | Jul 1973 | 64 pages | Volume 11, No. 7 | ISSN 0277-3066
- ↑ Black Belt Magazine | Apr 1984 | 112 pages | Volume 22, No. 4 | ISSN 0277-3066
- ↑ Black Belt Magazine | Dec 1988 | 104 pages | Volume 26, No. 12 | ISSN 0277-3066
- ↑ Black Belt Magazine | Dec 1976 | 96 pages | Volume 14, No. 12 | ISSN 0277-3066
- ↑ Hawaii Karate Museum on the DNBK logo (as of January 8, 2012) ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
