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The World Genseiryū Karate-dō Federation (WGKF) is a Genseiryū karate organization established on November 14th, 2003 on the initiative of Nobuaki Konno, a Japanese residing in The Netherlands. Konno invited a few Genseiryū instructors from Denmark, Holland, Spain, Finland and Japan to came to Oviedo, Spain for a meeting aiming toward the establishment of the World Genseiryu Karate-do Federation. In conclusion of this meeting the agreeing parties all signed an agreement stating, among other things, that they will follow Seiken Shukumine's book Shin Karate-dō Kyōhan (published 1964) as a guideline for training what is considered by the WGKF to be the original Genseiryū. Especially the basic kata Ten-i, Chi-i and Jin-i are considered by the WGKF to be among the most essential kata of the organization's curriculum. Some instructors have chosen to also practice and teach other kata such as Heian (basic kata from Shotokan), but despite of practicing kata not included in the curriculum, none of these instructors have rejected any of the kata mentioned in the book Shin Karate-dō Kyōhan. In the WGKF its freely acceptable to practice any given kata from any style, but changing kata mentioned in the Shin Karate-dō Kyōhan is not.
Seiken Shukumine (1925-2001) founded Genseiryū (1953) and Taidō (1962). Since 1962 Shukumine involved himself only with matters related to Taidō thus no longer involving himself with Genseiryū, apart from keeping friendly relations and the rare appearance when especially invited to official celebrations. Seiken Shukumine did not initially appoint any successor of Genseiryū as it was always his wish for his former students to abandon Genseiryu as he himself had done and follow him in Taido. It was not until years later that the successor, Kunihiko Tosa of the Genseiryu Karate-do International Federation (established 1959) was officially announced as the successor. The announcement was done by Seiken Shukumine during the annual New Years celebration.
The Nippon Karate Budō Kyōkai, which takes part in the World Genseiryū Karate-dō Federation (WGKF), has Yasunori Kanai as the president of both. The Nippon Karate Budō Kyōkai took up the role as honbu (本部, headquarters) of the World Genseiryū Karate-dō Federation with the office located in Itō, Japan. This is also the city where Seiken Shukumine lived for many years and where he was eventually buried.
Visiting Seiken Shukumine, taking pictures
In the following years (1997-2001), Nobuaki Konno, visited the founder of Genseiryu, Seiken Shukumine, a number of times as did a few of Nobuaki Konno's followers. During these visits, and during the introductory seminars on Taido, a lot of pictures were taken. These pictures have later been shown and claimed as "evidence" of Shukumine's involvement with Genseiryu even after 1962 and as "evidence" for Shukumine supporting Nobuaki Konno. Especially people in Holland, Denmark and Finland are using these pictures to promote Nobuaki Konno's story of Seiken Shukumine's "involvement" and "support" of Nobuaki Konno and later the WGKF.
External links
- Genseiryu Karatedo Japan (玄制流空手道) (Official WGKF site)
- DGKF - Danish Genseiryu Karate Federation (This is the danish department of the WGKF)