THE 1st OKINAWA KARATE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT

What's New

Regarding the holding of the 2nd General Meeting

2017/05/26

Regarding the holding of the 2nd General Meeting
The 2nd general meeting was held on April 19, 2017.
At the meeting, as a report of activities for the Fiscal Year 2016, it was announced that the competition will be carried out through the four following divisions: “Shuri – Tomari-te kei”, “Naha-te kei”, “Uechi-ryu kei” and “Kobudo”.
In addition, karate business project and budget bill for Fiscal Year 2018 were approved according to the proposal.
The main projects for Fiscal Year 2017 are the finalization of the essentials points regarding the tournament and the rules for the competition around July and the participants’ registration to start around autumn. From January 2018, lectures to train referees are also planned among others.

The tournament Logo and Poster are completed!

2017/05/26

The tournament Logo and Poster are completed!

Logo

The logo mark describes a decisive pose of KATA with an awareness of harmony in the touch of the writing brush. It is also designed on the image of a powerful wave of the Okinawan sea.

In the center are the characters for “Okinawa Karate”. They express that karate has spread and developed all over the world, and that through the tournament many international karate enthusiasts gather in the birthplace of karate that is Okinawa. As a whole, the logo was designed wishing for the strength, the future growth and the promotion of Okinawa karate.

Poster

The poster expresses the feeling of exaltation towards the tournament and the enthusiasm of karate participants right before the bouts. The poster is available in Japanese, English, French, Spanish and Russian.

・Japanese（PDF）
・English（PDF）
・French（PDF）
・Spanish（PDF）
・Russian（PDF）

Holding a joint expert meeting

2017/03/08

A special meeting for exchanging opininons between 10 expert committees was held. Letters of commendation were handed out followed by a Q&A.
62 experts participated in the collaboration, including the competition and referee subcommittees, creating rules for the competiton while also paying respect to each dojo’s traditions.
Moreover, it was decided that the 1st expert meeting for each field was to be held on March 14-15.

The 1st and 2nd standing committee meeting

2017/02/22

The 1st standing committee meeting was held on 2017/01/31 with 12 participants where discussions regarding creating a subcommittee for specialized tasks were held.
　
The 2nd standing committee meeting was held on 2017/02/22 where it was decided that the competition would be divided into four categories, Shurite/Tomarite, Nahate, Uechite and Kobudo. It was also decided that 10 subcommittees in total would be created.

【Establishment of expert subcommittees】
①4 competition committees (Shurite/Tomarite, Nahate, Uechi-ryu, Kobudo)
②4 referee committees (Shurite/Tomarite, Nahate, Uechi-ryu, Kobudo)
③1 martial arts demonstration committee
④1 seminar committee

Regarding the 1st General Meeting

2017/01/16

Regarding the 1st General Meeting In the “1st General Meeting of the 1st Okinawa Karate International Tournament Executive Committee” held on January 16th, 2017, the Executive Committee regulations, etc., were approved, and the letters of appointment were issued to the Executive Committee members.

s新着情報　

There have been four International Karate and Kobudo competitions sponsored by Okinawa Prefecture held so far. This tournament will be held for the first time after Okinawa Prefecture has established its own framework to promote Okinawan Karate, including the establishment of the “Okinawa Karate Kaikan” and “Karate Promotion Division”. We will developmentally hold it as “the 1st competition” based on our experiences and achievements, considering continuous holding of such competitions.