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The International Kyudo Federation (abbreviated as IKYF) is the International body for the Governance of Kyudo Worldwide, establishing standards, grading and competitions throughout the world.The IKYF is a body associated with the All Nippon Kyudo Federation (ANKF) sharing in its role to govern and support Kyudo. While The ANKF governs kyudo ...
Kyudo World Cup - International Competition, 2014. The All Nippon Kyudo Federation (ANKF) (Japanese: 全日本弓道連盟) (全弓連) is a public interest incorporated foundation and sports governing body that presides over the martial art of Kyūdō in Japan by organising standards seminars and events for the majority of kyudo practitioners in the country.
The official American Kyudo Renmei was founded in 1998, and is the official body recognised by Japan in association with the IKYF for Kyudo in the United States. It is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Japanese archery, kyūdō, in the Americas, and has clubs in nine states, and some connected groups. [25]
Dan ranks are also given for strategic board games such as Go, Japanese chess , and renju, as well as for other arts such as the tea ceremony (sadō or chadō), flower arrangement , Japanese calligraphy (shodō), and Japanese archery (Kyudo). Today, this ranking system is part of the hallmark, landscape, and cultural "adhesive" of modern ...
Kūdō (空道) is a Japanese hybrid martial art.It is a full-contact combat sport that aims to achieve safety, aggression and practicality, a style of mixed martial arts practised with headgear and gloves.
In 1921, the DBNK executive committee decided to make kendo, Judo and Kyudo the main Budo disciplines. Kendo and Judo grading system was established in 1895 and kyudo in 1923. By the 1930s a systematic appropriation of martial arts by the state was underway, fueled in the successful wake of the Russo-Japanese War , sped up even more in 1942 ...
The All-Japan judo championships (全日本柔道選手権大会, Zennihon jūdō senshuken taikai) is a judo tournament held every year in Japan. The men's tournament is held in Nippon Budokan on 29 April and the women's tournament (dubbed "Empress cup All-Japan women's Judo championships") is held in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in April.
The Japan Karate Federation (JKF), a.k.a. Japan Karatedo Federation, is a national governing body of the sport karate in Japan. [1] [2] The JKF is officially affiliated with the Japan Olympic Association (JOC), World Karate Federation (WKF), Japan Sports Association (JSA), and Japanese Budō Association (JBA). [2]