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==World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation== ==World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation==


Both ] and ] were created by Seiken Shukumine (1925-2001) and as the founder he was naturally also the head of his own styles. However, since 1962 he was mainly occupied with his new martial art ] (a further development of Genseiryu) and could not be totally involved with Genseiryu anymore. Some believe that sensei Shukumine never took part in Genseiryu at all anymore, and it may have been his wish that all his pupils would switch to Taido, but there are also some people that believe that he in fact still gave some occasional lessons in Genseiryu and even took some examinations of high rank Genseiryu instructors. Proof (pictures) of one of these lessons can be found here: . In fact, Sensei Shukumine did hold a friendly relationship with some of the masters of Genseiryu, that is to say he appointed a head instructor for the Genseiryu Karatedo. The first one being sensei Yamada, later followed by sensei Saito. Today the head instructor of Genseiryu is sensei ]. Since ] all the Genseiryu clubs in the world that honour sensei Shukumine by following his style and his book ''"Shin Karatedo Kyohan"'' have joined in a world-wide federation called the ''World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation'' (WGKF), of which the head instructor of Genseiryu, sensei Yasunori Kanai, became the president. Until his death, Seiken Shukumine, as the founder of ] and ], is by the W.G.K.F. (founded in 2003) considered the head of both styles even up until his death. However, since 1962 he was mainly occupied with ] and was no longer involved with Genseiryu, apart from some occasional lessons in Taido to convince the participants into switching to Taido. Proof (pictures) of one of these lessons can be found here: . Sensei Shukumine held a friendly relationship with some of his former students of Genseiryu, who was considered to continue the lineage. According to the W.G.K.F., Seiken Shukumine appointed a Head Instructor for the World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation, even though this federation was established in 2003 nearly 2 years after Seiken Shukumine's passing in November 2001. The first one being sensei Yamada, later followed by sensei Saito. Today the Head Instructor of the W.G.K.F. is sensei ]. Nowadays all the W.G.K.F. clubs in the world honour sensei Shukumine in their own way by following his first book 'Shin Karate-do Kyohan'. Sensei Yasunori Kanai is the President of the ''World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation'' (W.G.K.F.). The ''Japan Karate-do and Martial Arts Association'', of which sensei Kanai is President as well, also takes a part in this federation.


The World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation has its office in ], Japan, the place where sensei Shukumine lived for many years and where he is now buried. The head quarter (Honbu) of the Japanese branch of Genseiryu, Japan Genseiryu Karatedo is also situated in that office in Ito and Sensei Kanai is also the president of this Japanese branch. Japan Genseiryu Karatedo is a member of ''Nippon Karatedo Rengoukai'', and since Nippon Karatedo Rengoukai is a member of the ] (JKF) (), Japan Genseiryu Karatedo is that as well. The World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation has its office in ], Japan, the place where sensei Shukumine lived for many years and where he is now buried. The Japanese branch of the W.G.K.F., the Japanese Karate-do and Martial Arts Association is also situated in that office in Ito. Sensei Kanai is also President of the Japanese Karate-do and Martial Arts Association that has its headquarter also in Ito. The Japanese Karate-do and Martial Arts Association is a member of ''Nippon Karatedo Rengoukai'', and since Nippon Karatedo Rengoukai is a member of the ] (JKF) (), the W.G.K.F. consider the Japanese Karate-do and Martial Arts Association to be a member as well.


In 2003, many Genseiryu karate instructors from all over the world came to ], ] for a meeting held by the World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation. At this meeting they all signed an agreement where they state a.o. that they will follow Sensei Shukumine's book ''"Shin Karate-do Kyohan"'' as a guideline to train the "original Genseiryu" (let's call this the "original Genseiryu", since this was the <u>first</u> Genseiryu and the only Genseiryu before sensei Tosa created ''Genseiryu Butokukai''...) Especially the basic kata ''Ten-i, Chi-i'' and ''Jin-i no kata'' are considered by the original Genseiryu very important kata, because they prepare the karateka for the advanced kata ''Sansai'' and also because these kata are so characteristic and typical for Genseiryu Karate. Some Genseiryu instructors choose to train ''Heians'' (basic kata from ''Shotokan'') as well, but they did not reject any of the kata in the book. So they still train ''Ten-Chi-Jin'' as it is sometimes abbreviated. It is free to mention and free to train kata from other styles in the original Genseiryu organization, but the original Genseiryu will never change things as mentioned in this book. In the book ''"Taido Gairon"'' (1988) sensei Shukumine wrote a note about his first book, saying that it was written for Genseiryu followers who wanted to continue with Genseiryu. So, according to WGKF, any school that rejects techniques or kata from this book (''Shin Karatedo Kyohan'') is not doing (the original) ''Genseiryu''. Some masters of Genseiryu changed the style according to their ideas, like '']'' and '']''. Therefore, these styles will be called ''Butokukai'' and ''Genwakai'' (which started from ''Genseiryu''). But it cannot be called ''Genseiryu'' only. . In 2003, many Karate instructors from all over the world came to Spain for a meeting held by the World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation. At this meeting they all signed an agreement where they state a.o. that they will follow Sensei Shukumine's book ''"Shin Karate-do Kyohan"'' as a guideline to train what is considered by the W.G.K.F. to be the original Genseiryu. Especially the basic kata ''Ten-i, Chi-i'' and ''Jin-i no kata'' are considered by the W.G.K.F. to be important kata because they prepare the karateka for the kata ''Sansai''. Some instructors choose to train ''Heians'' (basic kata from ''Shotokan'') as well, but they did not reject any of the kata in the book. So they still train ''Ten-Chi-Jin'' as it is sometimes abbreviated. It is free to mention and free to train kata from other styles in our Genseiryu organisation, but we, will never change things as mentioned in this book. In the book ''"Taido Gairon"'' sensei Shukumine wrote a note about his first book, saying that people studying Genseiryu would find important information in that book. According to public policy of the W.G.K.F., any school that rejects techniques or kata from this book (''Shin Karatedo Kyohan'') is not doing Genseiryu. .


== History of Genseiryu according to WGKF (additional to the article ]) == == History of Genseiryu (additional to the article ]) ==
In ] Sensei Seiken Shukumine introduced a new martial art which he called ''Taido''. It is a further development of Genseiryu and is not to be regarded as karate, but as a new ]. From that point on, Sensei Shukumine was mainly involved with Taido and many of his pupils started to train Taido as well. However, Taido people have always kept a friendly relationship with Genseiryu people and sensei Shukumine was occasionally involved in Genseiryu Karate. For example he appointed a Head Instructor several times for the World Genseiryu Karatedo, he wrote books and occasionally gave lessons to high rank Genseiryu instructors. In ] Sensei Seiken Shukumine introduced a new martial art which he called ''Taido''. It is a further development of Genseiryu and is not to be regarded as Karate, but as a new martial art. From that point on, Sensei Shukumine was mainly involved with Taido and most of his pupils started to train Taido as well. However, Taido people have always kept a friendly relationship with Genseiryu people and sensei Shukumine was occasionally involved with introducing Taido to his former students of Genseiryu. However, since October 1961 he never appointed nor held any examinations in Genseiryu, neither Japanese nor otherwise.


In ] he published his book ''"Shin Karatedo Kyohan"'', which is the first book ever on ''Genseiryu Karate''. In this book he describes the techniques, which are being used in Genseiryu Karate. In the book he also describes some of the ] that are trained in Genseiryu very thoroughly, together with pictures. The most important kata of Genseiryu are the basic kata ''Ten-I, Chi-I'' and ''Jin-i-no Kata'' and the kata ''Sansai'' and ''Tai-i''. Sensei Shukumine pointed out the importance of these kata in he wrote not long before he died (). In ] he published his book ''"Shin Karatedo Kyohan"'', which is considered by the W.G.K.F. to be the first book ever on ''Genseiryu Karate''. In this book he describes the techniques, which are being taught in the W.G.K.F. In the book he also describes some of the ] very thoroughly, together with pictures. The most important kata of Genseiryu according to the W.G.K.F. are the basic kata ''Ten-I, Chi-I'' and ''Jin-i-no Kata'' and the kata ''Sansai'' and ''Tai-i''. Sensei Shukumine pointed out the importance of these kata in he wrote not long before he died (). However, this is among many considered to be a false document not written by Shukumine sensei himself. The original document in Japanese has never been produced.


In the mid 1970s Sensei Shukumine wrote another book about Genseiryu Karate: ''"The Karate training by complete drawing"'', which is a much lesser known book. It contains over 200 pages, where he describes Genseiryu karate techniques but he also describes the differences between Karate and ], Karate and ], Karate and ], etc. In the mid 1970s Sensei Shukumine wrote another book about Karate: ''"The Karate training by complete drawing"'', which is a much lesser known book. It contains over 200 pages, where he describes some karate techniques but he also describes the differences between Karate and ], Karate and ], Karate and ], etc.

==The "other" Genseiryu style==
In ] a student of Sensei Shukumine, Kunihiko Tosa, started his own dojo, which he named ''"Butokukai"''. He also created the organization ''Nippon Karate-do Genseiryu Butokukai''. Along with some other students Tosa decided to continue with karate instead of joining Taido. He wanted to join the ] and presumably to increase the chance of being accepted to this federation he changed his lesson curriculum. He implemented ] from ] and ]. The most important difference of his curriculum was his choice of discarding the basic kata ''Ten-i, Chi-i'' and ''Jin-i no kata'' and to replace them by the basic kata of ] (the so called ''Heians''). Tosa also wrote a book (1984) and named it ''"Genseiryu Karate Kyohan 2"''. Tosa's book is used in dojo that train ''Genseiryu-Butokukai''. Because Tosa named his style ''Genseiryu'', there were suddenly two styles calling themselves ''"Genseiryu"'', and a problem arose. This problem seemed to be solved when, through legal intervention, he had to call his karate style '''''Genseiryu-Butokukai'''''. However, this is by ] law and outside Japan, he and some of his followers (not all) are still using the name Genseiryu.
Other students of Sensei Shukumine, like Sensei Yamada and Sensei Kanai, continued with the curriculum that Sensei Shukumine was teaching. So they kept training the 'original' Genseiryu, as was first taught by Sensei Shukumine. Their guideline was and still is the first book of Sensei Shukumine ''"Shin Karatedo Kyohan"''. This can be read in
. This agreement was signed and the federation of WGKF was created to ensure international conformity about the original Genseiryu.

There is also another organization that claims to train Genseiryu. Although WGKF has nothing against other karate styles, WGKF believes that this style is not training the 'original' Genseiryu because there are too many differences, as described above. Sensei Tosa, founder of Genseiryu-Butokukai, is the head of this organization, now called the ] (GKIF) (Japanese name ''Nippon Karate-do Genseiryu Butokukai'').


== External links== == External links==
* (Official Genseiryu site, only in Japanese but worth a visit for the nice pictures: click links below and !) * (Original W.G.K.F. site, only in Japanese but worth a visit for the nice pictures: click links below and !)
* (Official site of Genseiryu Netherlands) *
* (Official Genseiryu Karate site with many nice pictures (like from ) *
* (Danish, but nice pictures of , Japan)
* (Danish (WGKF) Genseiryu site)



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World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation

Until his death, Seiken Shukumine, as the founder of Genseiryu Karate and Taido, is by the W.G.K.F. (founded in 2003) considered the head of both styles even up until his death. However, since 1962 he was mainly occupied with Taido and was no longer involved with Genseiryu, apart from some occasional lessons in Taido to convince the participants into switching to Taido. Proof (pictures) of one of these lessons can be found here: . Sensei Shukumine held a friendly relationship with some of his former students of Genseiryu, who was considered to continue the lineage. According to the W.G.K.F., Seiken Shukumine appointed a Head Instructor for the World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation, even though this federation was established in 2003 nearly 2 years after Seiken Shukumine's passing in November 2001. The first one being sensei Yamada, later followed by sensei Saito. Today the Head Instructor of the W.G.K.F. is sensei Yasunori Kanai. Nowadays all the W.G.K.F. clubs in the world honour sensei Shukumine in their own way by following his first book 'Shin Karate-do Kyohan'. Sensei Yasunori Kanai is the President of the World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation (W.G.K.F.). The Japan Karate-do and Martial Arts Association, of which sensei Kanai is President as well, also takes a part in this federation.

The World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation has its office in Ito, Japan, the place where sensei Shukumine lived for many years and where he is now buried. The Japanese branch of the W.G.K.F., the Japanese Karate-do and Martial Arts Association is also situated in that office in Ito. Sensei Kanai is also President of the Japanese Karate-do and Martial Arts Association that has its headquarter also in Ito. The Japanese Karate-do and Martial Arts Association is a member of Nippon Karatedo Rengoukai, and since Nippon Karatedo Rengoukai is a member of the Japan Karatedo Federation (JKF) (), the W.G.K.F. consider the Japanese Karate-do and Martial Arts Association to be a member as well.

In 2003, many Karate instructors from all over the world came to Spain for a meeting held by the World Genseiryu Karatedo Federation. At this meeting they all signed an agreement where they state a.o. that they will follow Sensei Shukumine's book "Shin Karate-do Kyohan" as a guideline to train what is considered by the W.G.K.F. to be the original Genseiryu. Especially the basic kata Ten-i, Chi-i and Jin-i no kata are considered by the W.G.K.F. to be important kata because they prepare the karateka for the kata Sansai. Some instructors choose to train Heians (basic kata from Shotokan) as well, but they did not reject any of the kata in the book. So they still train Ten-Chi-Jin as it is sometimes abbreviated. It is free to mention and free to train kata from other styles in our Genseiryu organisation, but we, will never change things as mentioned in this book. In the book "Taido Gairon" sensei Shukumine wrote a note about his first book, saying that people studying Genseiryu would find important information in that book. According to public policy of the W.G.K.F., any school that rejects techniques or kata from this book (Shin Karatedo Kyohan) is not doing Genseiryu. The agreement of accepted branches can be read here.

History of Genseiryu (additional to the article Genseiryu)

In 1962 Sensei Seiken Shukumine introduced a new martial art which he called Taido. It is a further development of Genseiryu and is not to be regarded as Karate, but as a new martial art. From that point on, Sensei Shukumine was mainly involved with Taido and most of his pupils started to train Taido as well. However, Taido people have always kept a friendly relationship with Genseiryu people and sensei Shukumine was occasionally involved with introducing Taido to his former students of Genseiryu. However, since October 1961 he never appointed nor held any examinations in Genseiryu, neither Japanese nor otherwise.

In 1964 he published his book "Shin Karatedo Kyohan", which is considered by the W.G.K.F. to be the first book ever on Genseiryu Karate. In this book he describes the techniques, which are being taught in the W.G.K.F. In the book he also describes some of the kata very thoroughly, together with pictures. The most important kata of Genseiryu according to the W.G.K.F. are the basic kata Ten-I, Chi-I and Jin-i-no Kata and the kata Sansai and Tai-i. Sensei Shukumine pointed out the importance of these kata in an open letter he wrote not long before he died (letter in Japanese). However, this is among many considered to be a false document not written by Shukumine sensei himself. The original document in Japanese has never been produced.

In the mid 1970s Sensei Shukumine wrote another book about Karate: "The Karate training by complete drawing", which is a much lesser known book. It contains over 200 pages, where he describes some karate techniques but he also describes the differences between Karate and Judo, Karate and Aikido, Karate and Taido, etc.

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