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The Japan Karate Association (JKA; "Nihon Karate Kyokai" in Japan) was formed in 1949 by several senior students of Sensei Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan Karate. The highest rank that Master Funakoshi awarded to his students was 5th Dan (5th-degree black belt). JKA raised the highest rank of the Black Belt from 5th Dan to 10th Dan ...
Deutscher JKA-Karate Bund e.V. The Deutsche JKA-Karate Bund was created 1993 by Hideo Ochi [1] as the German branch of the Japan Karate Association (JKA). [2] The reason for the founding of the Deutsche JKA-Karate Bund were disagreements with the Deutscher Karate Verband [3] about the importance of the traditional values of Shōtōkan karate.
Official language. Japanese, English. Shuseki Shihan (Chief Instructor) Masaaki Ueki, 10th Dan (Deceased July 14 2024) Website. www.jka.or.jp. The Japan Karate Association (日本 空手 協会; Nihon Karate Kyokai; JKA; sometimes referred to simply as Kyokai 協会 in Japan) is one of the oldest global Shotokan karate organizations in the world.
Japan (188 medals) The Karate World Championships, also known as the World Karate Championships, are the highest level of competition for karate organized by the World Karate Federation (WKF). [1][2][3][4][5] The competition is held in a different city every two years. [6] Championships in the 2000s included Madrid in 2002, Monterrey in 2004 ...
In Seiki Juku karate, a red belt denotes 10th Kyu, the lowest beginner rank. [5] In Shorinkan karate the red belt is the highest belt. In vovinam, the red belt is the highest master rank. In Kyokushin karate, as governed by the International Federation of Karate (IFK), a red belt denotes 10th and 9th kyu, the two lowest ranks after white belt ...
Teruyuki Okazaki (岡崎 照幸, June 22, 1931 – April 21, 2020), was a tenth degree black belt in Shotokan Karate, as well as the founder and chief instructor of the International Shotokan Karate Federation . Along with Gichin Funakoshi and Masatoshi Nakayama, Okazaki helped found the Japan Karate Association's instructor training program.
International competition. German Karate Federation is a member of the European umbrella organization European Karate Federation as well as the World Association for World Karate Federation (WKF). On the part of the German Olympic Committee, the German Karate Federation is the only Karate Association authorized to send athletes to the Olympic ...
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 ]