Kokusai Butokukai
The Kokusai Butokukai ( Japanese 国際 武 徳 会 ) is an international martial arts association for the promotion of the martial art of Shorinji ryu ( Karate , Kobudo , Tai Chi ) of the style founder Grandmaster Richard Kim (* 1917; † 2001), Hanshi , 10th Dan . The association is the official successor organization of Butokukai International .
Association purpose
The purpose 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 exclusively and directly pursues charitable purposes. The association is selflessly active; it does not primarily pursue economic purposes.
Name meaning
Kokusai ( 国際 International); Butokukai ( 武 徳 会 Martial Arts Association)
- 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 . 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 2006 the Kokusai Butokukai was founded under the direction of the technical directors Jean Chalamon ( Butokukai Europe ) and Rod Sanford (Zen Bei Butoku Kai). The name change as well as the change of the logo became necessary in order to clearly differentiate itself from the DNBK.
stand-in
Since its founding in 2006, the legal transactions of Kokusai Butokukai have been officially carried out by Butokukai Germany eV.
- Technical Directors
- Jean Chalamon, Hanshi, 10th Dan
- Rod Sanford, Hanshi, 9th Dan
- president
- Louis Jemison, Kyoshi, 8th Dan
- Vice President
- Jean-Michel Argant, 7th Dan
- Honorary President
- Robert Leong, Hanshi
- Secretary General
- Stephan Peitz, Kyoshi, 7th Dan
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".
Member associations
- Butokukai Europe
- Butokukai Finland
- AM Butokukai France
- Butokukai Germany eV
- Butokukai Luxembourg
- Butokukai Poland
- Butokukai Scotland
- Butokukai Spain
- Butokukai North America
- Zen bei Butoku Kai (USA)
- Butokukai Canada
swell
- 20th Century Samurai: Richard Kim 1917–2001, Don Warener, 2006, ISBN 978-0920129265
- Official website of Richard Kim
- Official website of Jean Chalamon
Web links
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 ( memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (As of January 8, 2012)
