Zen at Butoku Kai
The Zen Bei Butoku Kai is an American martial arts association founded in 1959 in San Francisco , California to promote the martial arts of Shorinji ryu ( Karate , Kobudo , Tai Chi ) by the founder of the style, Grand Master Richard Kim (1917 - 2001), Hanshi , 10th Dan .
Zen Bei Butoku Kai is a member of the international association Kokusai Butokukai .
Association purpose
The purpose of the association is the national promotion of the traditional martial art Shorinji ryu, consisting of Karate Do, Okinawa Kobudo, Tai Chi and Chi Kung .
Name meaning
Zen Bei ( 全 米 North American); 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 United States 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 (North American Martial Arts Association) in San Francisco in 1959. After 60 years, Grand Master Richard Kim left the DNBK in 1999 due to domestic political differences. After Richard Kim's death in 2001, Zen Bei Butoku Kai was continued by his senior students.
In 2007 Brian Ricci and Frank Gaviola founded their own association, Zen Bei Butoku-Kai International, and ended their relationship with the international association Kokusai Butokukai (formerly Butokukai International ).
Zen Bei Butoku Kai (founded 1959), based in California, continues to be led by Rod Sanford (Technical Director), Robert Leong (Honorary President) and Louis Jemison (President).
The change of the logo in 2006 became necessary in order to clearly differentiate itself from the DNBK.
literature
- 20th Century Samurai: Richard Kim 1917-2001 , Don Warener, 2006, ISBN 978-0-920129-26-5
- Werner Lind: Lexicon of Martial Arts , 1999, ISBN 3-328-00838-1
Web links
- Website of Zen Bei Butoku Kai (founded 1959)
- Website of Zen Bei Butoku-Kai International (founded 2007)
Individual evidence
- ^ German representation of the DNBK on Ōno Kumao (as of January 4, 2012)
- ↑ Black Belt Magazine . tape 4 , no. August 8 , 1966, ISSN 0277-3066 (English).
- ↑ Black Belt Magazine . tape 11 , no. July 7 , 1973, ISSN 0277-3066 (English).
- ↑ Black Belt Magazine . tape 22 , no. April 4 , 1984, ISSN 0277-3066 (English).
- ↑ Black Belt Magazine . tape 26 , no. December 12 , 1988, ISSN 0277-3066 (English).
- ↑ Zen at Butoku-Kai International | Founded 2007 (as of January 8, 2012)
- ↑ 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.
