Richard Kim

25/05/2026

Only 69 days to go until this extraordinary event!

50 years of KOKUSAI BUTOKUKAI – Anniversary Camp 2026
Experience an extraordinary martial arts event in the heart of the Black Forest!
To mark its 50th anniversary (1976–2026), Kokusai Butokukai is hosting a top-class international summer camp.
Under the patronage of Jean Chalamon, you will train with high-ranking instructors from Europe and the USA – in the tradition of Shorinji Ryu Karate Do, Okinawa Kobudo, Tai Chi and Chi Kung.
2–8 August 2026 | Full board & course
Members: €850
Non-members: €950
Intensive training, international team of instructors, budo in action – and a once-in-a-lifetime anniversary.

09/02/2026

The course programme for the 2026 summer camp – A tribute to the vision of O'Sensei Richard Kim
Throughout his life, O'Sensei Richard Kim had a grand vision: the idea of a university of martial arts. A place where styles, nations and teachers come together, where not only techniques are taught, but also the spirit, attitude and understanding of budo are cultivated. For him, this idea was not an abstract dream, but a way to preserve and pass on martial arts as a holistic school of life.

The Kokusai Butokukai Summer Camp 2026 is deliberately intended as a tribute to this vision. The diverse course programme is structured in such a way that it opens up a broad, in-depth and at the same time coherent field of learning for participants – in the spirit of a living martial arts university.
Shorinji Ryu Karate Do, Okinawa Kobudo, Tai Chi and Chi Kung are taught in parallel and coordinated units. Each discipline stands on its own, yet is part of a larger whole. Karate trains clarity, structure and determination, while kobudo deepens the understanding of distance, timing and traditional weaponry. Tai chi and chi kung open the mind to inner work, energy flow, health and mindfulness.

The programme is supported by an international team of instructors consisting of Hanshi, Kyoshi, Renshi and Sifu, who not only impart technical excellence, but also decades of experience and lived Budo. Different teaching approaches and cultural influences are not seen as contradictions, but as enrichments – just as O'Sensei Richard Kim dreamed it would be.

The course programme invites participants to look beyond their own style, recognise connections and experience martial arts in all its depth. It is not about faster, higher, further – but about understanding, connecting and growing.

Thus, the 2026 summer camp will be more than just a training camp: it will be a place of encounter, learning and inspiration. A place where the idea of a university of martial arts comes to life for a week – as a respectful tribute to O'Sensei Richard Kim and as a mission for the future of budo.

- Kyoshi Stephan Peitz, Secretary General -
https://www.shorinjiryu.info/camp2026booking/

21/10/2025

17/08/2025

INVITATION FOR ALL INTERESTED PARTIES AND FRIENDS OF SHORINJI RYU

This course offers you the opportunity to get to know the original school of Shorinji Ryu founded by O'Sensei Richard Kim and the KOKUSAI BUTOKUKAI. You can visit us for one day or experience the entire course with full board (limited places available).

Here is a brief overview of the programme:
- Shorinji Ryu Karate / 10 Kata
- Okinwa Kobudo / 5 weapons, 6 Kata
- Tai Chi Chuan / The 3 parts of the long form
- Tai Chi Sword / 2 forms
- Tai Chi Fan / 1 form
- Roots of O'Sensei Kim's Shorinji Ryu /
Aiki, Pakua, Hsing Yi, Karate, Boxing...
- Chi Kung, TCM and Meditation

We look forward to meeting you.

If you are interested or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me for further information.

Gasshō
Kyoshi Stephan Peitz

22/10/2023

Bookable now.

03/05/2023

Guiding lights.