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Revision as of 13:44, 26 November 2009 by NeilN (talk | contribs) (Undid revision 327923094 by Mario Roering (talk) youtube not a WP:RS + WP:PRIMARY)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The World Genseiryū Karatedō Federation (WGKF) is a Genseiryū karate organization established on November 14th, 2003 . Several Genseiryū instructors from Denmark, Holland, Spain, Finland and Japan came together in Oviedo, Spain for a meeting aiming toward the establishment of the World Genseiryū Karatedō 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 Karatedō 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 Karatedō Kyōhan. Currently, the President of the WGKF is Yasunori Kanai, Vice-President is Rodolfo S. Alonso and the Director-General is Nobuaki Konno.
Seiken Shukumine (1925-2001) founded Genseiryū (1950) and Taidō (1962). Since 1962 Shukumine involved himself mainly with matters related to Taidō, but he remained Grand Master (Saikō-Shihan) of Genseiryū until his death in 2001. He did appoint certain teachers, who used to be his students, to "run" the Genseiryū schools as the Head Master/President. The first one being sensei Yamada (one of Shukumine's first students) in 1968 who was later followed by Haruo Saito.
The Nippon Karate Budō Kyōkai, which takes part in the World Genseiryū Karatedō 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 Karatedō 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.
External links
- 玄制流空手道本部 ('Genseiryū Karatedō Honbu') or Genseiryū Karatedō Headquarters (Official Japanese website of Genseiryū)
- DGKF - Danish Genseiryū Karate Federation (This is the danish department of the WGKF)
References
- ^ Agreement of the World/European Genseiryū Karatedō Federation, Oviedo, Spain, 14 Nov. 2003
- Shukumine, Seiken (1964). 新空手道教範 ('Shin Karatedō Kyōhan') or "The Teaching Methods of the New Karatedō".
- Taniguchi, Koichi (2005). "Genseiryū Karatedō to Taidō no sosaku wo kaerimiru" or "Looking back at the creation of Genseiryū Karatedō and Taidō".
- ^ 玄制流の歴史 ('Genseiryū no rekishi') or "The history of Genseiryū" on the official Japanese Genseiryū website
- Taido's Position in the History of Budo: From Okinawa karate to Taido (on Swedish Taido site)
- 玄制流組織体系 ('Genseiryū Soshiki Taikei') or Genseiryū Organization Structure on the Official Japanese website of Genseiryū
- 玄制流空手道本部 ('Genseiryū Karatedō Honbu') or Genseiryū Karatedō Headquarters (Official Japanese website of Genseiryū)