Butokukai France
The Butokukai France ( Japanese 法國 的 武 徳 会 ) is a French martial arts association founded in 1972 to promote the martial arts of Shorinji ryu ( Karate , Kobudo , Tai Chi ) by the style founder Grandmaster Richard Kim (* 1917; † 2001), Hanshi , 10. Dan . The association is a member of Kokusai Butokukai , Butokukai Europe , Fédération Française de Karaté et disciplines associées and Fédération de Tai chi Chuan et Chi Gong.
Association purpose
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.
Name meaning
Butokukai ( 武 徳 会 Martial Arts Association), French ( 法國 的 )
- Bu ( 武 warriors, weapons)
- Toku ( 徳 virtue, morality)
- 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 .
Butokukai France was founded in 1972 by Jean Chalamon and Richard Lee in agreement with Grand Master Richard Kim in Paris.
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.
Since 1996 the association AM (Arts Martiaux) Butokukai France is an association registered by Jean Chalamon (French: Association Loi 1901).
In 1982 Jean Chalamon took over the management of Butokukai France as technical director after Richard Lee left it. In 2002 Jean Chalamon appointed his student Max Bouton as technical director of Butokukai France.
The change of the logo became necessary in 2006 in order to clearly differentiate itself from the DNBK.
The emblem
The edge symbolizes the virtues of martial arts and the rays with the orange background represent the rising sun. Calligraphy 忍 means "patience".
swell
- 20th Century Samurai: Richard Kim 1917-2001, Don Warener, 2006, ISBN 978-0920129265
- Richard Kim's website
- Website of the Kokusai Butokukai
- Butokukai Europe website
Individual evidence
- ^ German representation of the DNBK on Ōno 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.
