Richard Kim

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Richard Kim (Richard Sun Sung Kim) (born November 17, 1917 in Papaaloa, Hawaii ; † November 8, 2001 in Sacramento , USA) was the Grand Master of Martial Arts , Hanshi and holder of the 10th Dan . He founded the style of Shorinji ryu ( Karate , Kobudo , Tai Chi ).

biography

Richard Sun Sung Kim was born in Papaaloa, Hawaii, in 1917. At a young age, Kim dealt with the subject of martial arts and came across many well-known masters of different martial arts directions in his life.

Kim began taking judo lessons at the age of seven. Three years later, in 1927, the first karate training under Yabu Kentsū and Ankichi Arakaki followed . After Ankichi Arakaki's death in 1928 he was taught by the Japanese Mizuho Mutsu. In 1930 Kim graduated from McKinley High School, Hawaii and took boxing lessons in Hawaii. For three years he studied at the University of Hawaii.

In 1933 Kim continued studying karate under General Sadao Araki and Kamesuke Higashionna in Hawaii. Two years later he entered the merchant marine and learned karate from the Okinawan karate master Chibana Choshin . In 1937 Richard Kim first met Yoshida Kōtarō in Sendai (Japan) - one of the greatest martial arts masters in Japan. He then became a member of the Great Japanese Martial Arts Association Dai Nippon Butoki Kai (DNBK) in 1939 and received lessons from Yabu Kentsu, Kenichi Sawai and Kanken Toyama . A year later Richard Kim got to know the grand master of karate and Kobudo Kinjo Hiroshi (Hanshi, 10th Dan).

In 1941 Kim took up service on an American cargo ship, the SS Benjamin Harrison. Kim was briefly imprisoned and then worked for the Japanese military police ( Kempeitai ) as a translator in Shanghai. He studied at Jiaotong University Shanghai and Saint John's University (Shanghai) , where he later graduated in political science. Kim began to learn the internal and external Chinese martial arts from Chen Chen Yuan (Tai Chi), Hsu Chao Lai ( Pa Kua ) and Wang Xiangzhai ( Yiquan ).

In 1945, Richard Kim finally worked in the Merchant Navy and moved to San Francisco. Kim began studying Daito-ryu and Kobudo intensively with Yoshida Kotaro, whom he had already met in 1937. In 1948 Richard Kim moved to Yokohama (Japan) and met the karate masters Gogen Yamaguchi and Mas Oyama there . In 1949 he trained with Ueshiba Morihei , the founder of the modern Japanese martial art Aikido.

A turning point in Richard Kim's life began in 1951: the long-time student became a teacher and from this point on Kim taught karate, judo and kobudo in Yokohama (near Tokyo). In 1957 Kim founded the Kenshu Kan Karate School in Hawaii with one of his closest students, James Miyaji , and began training with Clarence and Richard Lee in San Francisco . Two years later, Zen Bei Butoku Kai was founded with the encouragement of Ōno Kumao , chairman of Dai Nippon Butoki Kai. Richard Kim moves to San Francisco, USA and teaches Duke Moore , the later pioneer of Aiki-Jujutsu.

Finally, in 1964, Kim founded the dojo at the Chinese YMCA of San Francisco. In 1968 Richard Kim became Technical Director of the International Amateur Karate Federation (IAKF) and in 1972 Technical Director of the American Amateur Karate Federation (AAKF).

In 1976 the international martial arts association Butokukai International was founded by the founder of the style Richard Kim to promote the martial art of Shorinji ryu (Karate, Kobudo, Tai Chi). In 1996 the corresponding counterpart for Europe, Butokukai Europe , was founded under the direction of Jean Chalamon .

Richard Kim died on November 8, 2001 at the age of 83 in Sacramento, California. By the internationally active Japanese Shotokan karate master Hidetaka Nishiyama ( International Traditional Karate Federation ) he was awarded the 10th Dan posthumously.

Awards

  • 1973 Black Belt Hall of Fame "Instructor of the Year".
  • 1977 Nominated for the "Black Belt Hall of Fame".
  • 1978 appointment to Hanshi (DNBK).
  • 1979 Nominated for the "Black Belt Hall of Fame".
  • 1986 Black Belt Hall of Fame "Men of the Year".

Own literature

Own video

  • The Classical Man | Richard Kim | DVD | english | PAL | Rising Sun Video Productions

Video

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Black Belt Magazine | Jun 1965 | 64 pages | Volume 3, No. 6 | ISSN  0277-3066
  2. ↑ a b Black Belt Magazine | Oct 1973 | 64 pages | Volume 11 No. 10 | ISSN  0277-3066
  3. ↑ Black Belt Magazine | Aug 1966 | 64 pages | Volume 4, No. 8 | ISSN  0277-3066
  4. ↑ Black Belt Magazine | Jul 1973 | 64 pages | Volume 11, No. 7 | ISSN  0277-3066
  5. ↑ Black Belt Magazine | Apr 1984 | 112 pages | Volume 22, No. 4 | ISSN  0277-3066
  6. ↑ Black Belt Magazine | Dec 1988 | 104 pages | Volume 26, No. 12 | ISSN  0277-3066
  7. ^ German representation of the DNBK on Ono Kumao (as of January 4, 2012)
  8. ↑ Black The Karate Dojo: Traditions and Tales of a Martial Art (Engl.) | Peter Urban | 1991 | ISBN 978-0-8048-1703-5
  9. ↑ Black Belt Magazine | Dec 1976 | 96 pages | Volume 14, No. 12 | ISSN  0277-3066
  10. ↑ Black Belt Magazine | Aug 1991 | 104 pages | Volume 29, No. 8 | ISSN  0277-3066

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personal data
SURNAME Kim, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American martial arts master
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Papaaloa , Hawaii
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 2001
Place of death Sacramento