International Martial Arts Federation
Kokusai Budoin, International Martial Arts Federation ( Japanese 国際 武 道 院 国際 武 道 連 盟 , Kokusai Budōin, Kokusai Budō Renmei ) (IMAF) is the oldest Japanese Budō umbrella organization (founded in 1952) and a foundation of the imperial family . The first president of the IMAF was a member of the imperial family, Prince Kaya Tsunenori. The president of IMAF-Kokusai Budoin has been Tokugawa Yasuhisa, a great-grandson of the last Japanese Shogun , since 2000 .
The association describes the purpose of “promoting and spreading Japanese martial arts and supporting world peace and helpfulness”.
The following martial arts are represented by the IMAF:
Well-known masters of the IMAF were and are:
- Mifune Kyuzo (10th Dan Judo Meijin ),
- Ito Kazuo (10th Dan Judo Meijin),
- Shizuya Satō (10th Dan Nihon Jujutsu Meijin, 9th Dan Judo Hanshi , IMAF Chief Instructor until his death),
- Nakayama Hakudō (10th Dan Kendō Meijin),
- Takano Hiromasa (10th Dan Kendō Meijin),
- Ōtsuka Hironori (10th Dan Karate-Do Meijin, founder of Wadō-Ryū ),
- Yamaguchi Gōgen (10th Dan Karate-Do Hanshi, "the cat", most important representative of Gōjū-ryū in Japan),
- Hirokazu Kanazawa (10th Dan Karate-Do Meijin, "Mr. Shotokan", founder of SKI),
- Sakai Kazuo (10th Dan Karate-Do Hanshi),
- Yamaguchi Katsuo (10th Dan Iaidō Meijin)
- Kisshōmaru Ueshiba ( Dōshū Aikidō, son of Ueshiba Morihei ),
- Shioda Gōzō (10th Dan Aikidō Meijin, founder of Yoshinkan Aikidō )
- and much more
The IMAF-Kokusai Budoin is the only Budo Association in Japan that is authorized to award the honorary titles Renshi , Kyoshi , Hanshi and Meijin in all martial arts.
According to their statutes, regular membership is open to every “particularly qualified Budoka from the 4th Dan”. Budoka with lower graduation can apply for extraordinary membership.
In Germany, the IMAF-Kokusai Budoin is represented by the German-Asian Martial Arts Organization (DAKO) under the chairmanship of the karate pioneer Hans-Dieter Rauscher from Freiburg.
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- ↑ Divisions. Retrieved November 22, 2016 .
- ↑ IMAF: Meijin. Retrieved June 7, 2017 .
- ^ History of the IMAF. Retrieved November 22, 2016 .