31/05/2013
THE BENEFITS OF KOSHIKI KARATE FOR WORLD AND AFRICAN KARATE
History
In 1987, Masayuki Kukan Hisataka, Hanshi 9th dan, developed the “Super Safe” protective equipment for use by all people who practice Karatedo or other contact martial arts.
By using the Super Safe protective equipment, we can train without fear of injury and still execute full power punching, kicking, striking, and other hitting (ate-waza) techniques. Along with the Super Safe protective equipment, Hanshi Hisataka introduced the Koshiki Karatedo competition rules. The Koshiki Karatedo rules, which accumulate points for contestants during matches based on successful techniques used, allow participants and audiences to clearly understand the results of matches.
In 1981, the 1st All Japan Contact (Koshiki) Karatedo Championship was held at the National Yoyogi Dai-ichi Gymnasium in Tokyo . The Championship included many styles of Karatedo, and was strongly influenced by Koshiki Karatedo along with non-contact and other contact Karate schools, Nihon Kempo, Chinese martial arts, and Shorinji-Kempo, among others. The tournament was honored by the support of highly respected individuals in Japan , including Mr. Tokuichiro Tamazawa (President), a member of the Upper House of Japan's parliament and the former Minister of Japan's Defense Agency, and Mr. Keizo Obuchi (Senior Advisor), former Prime Minister of Japan.
In advance of the 1st All Japan Contact (Koshiki) Karatedo Championship, in 1980 the 1st International Friendship Koshiki Karatedo Championship was held at the National Yoyogi Dai-ni Gymnasium, with contestants from many countries including Canada, the U.S., Australia, Switzerland, Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, India, Singapore, Philippine, Taiwan and Hong Kong. President of the Championship was Mr. Shigeyoshi Matsumae, former president of the Nihon-Budokan and Tokai University , and Senior Advisor was Mr. Toshiki Kaifu, former Prime Minister of Japan.
Establishment of the All Japan Koshiki Karatedo Federation and the World Koshiki Karatedo Federation
At the same time as the 1st All Japan Contact (Koshiki) Karatedo Championship, the All Japan Koshiki Karatedo Association (subsequently changed to the All Japan Koshiki Karatedo Federation) was established with the support of all Sensei and Shihan of participating schools.
In the present day, Koshiki Karatedo tournaments are held frequently throughout the world. Since the first Koshiki Karatedo tournament in Japan , many International and World Championships have been held, involving countries from every region:
• Asia Pacific region: Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippine , etc.
• Africa region: Algeria, Mali, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Tunisia, South Africa, Egypt, Sudan, etc.
• American region: Canada, U.S.A., Venezuela, Colombia, Argentina , etc,
• Eurasia region: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Republic of Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Tajikistan, Latvia, Bulgaria , Ukraine , Finland, Yugoslavia, etc.
• Europe region: Switzerland, Spain, Germany, France, Portugal, Netherlands , Russia, England, Italy, Greece, etc.
In August 2003, the 22nd All Japan Koshiki Karatedo Championships were held at the National Yoyogi Dai-ni Gymnasium with many Japanese and foreign contestants, and in August 2004, the World Koshiki Karatedo Championships were held in Greece during the Olympics.
To promote health in both mind and body for all people, especially youth, the World Koshiki Karatedo Federation operates many local schools throughout the world.
The All Japan Koshiki Karatedo Federation and the World Koshiki Karatedo Federation strongly act together to aim at the eventual Olympic participation of Koshiki Karatedo.
Koshiki karate is not a style (or ryu) of karate but rather is a way of practicing one's karate fighting skills.The koshiki system of fighting was developed by Hanshi Masayuki Hisataka in the 1980s. Considerable research went into discovering the material that would offer the most protection. The resulting gear is known as “Super Safe” protective equipment.
Koshiki competition is a blend of realistic contact and courteous sportsmanship with an emphasis on technical excellence and player safety, and is played around the world. Although the early to mid Nineties was probably the period this discipline enjoyed its greatest popularity, it has survived the political upheavals and fads that plague all martial arts bodies and is still widely practised. Two major bodies exist worldwide (there was a split in the mid nineties) and many tournaments run Koshiki events despite not being "official" Koshiki member organisations.
Protective Equipment
The protective armor, called bogu, consists of a chest protector (anzen bogu), helmet (men), and groin protection (Kin ate). The chest protector protects from the clavicle to just above the groin. It also wraps around the side offering some protection to the floating ribs. The cut of the arm holes allows for unimpeded movement. It is made from material that prevents shock from penetrating to the wearer. The helmet is made of similar material and has a 'bullet-proof' clear plastic face shield.
Koshiki fighters typically fight with bare hands and feet. In Australia however, protective hand coverings made of thin neoprene are used to prevent the hands becoming cut on the breathing holes of the face shield. Because of the impact resistant material of the bogu, Koshiki participants can execute full force, or near full force hand and foot techniques to the body. This heavy contact more closely approximates the kind of force karate-ka are trained to produce. Without the bogu, in a typical kumite match where hands and sometimes feet are padded but the body is unprotected, punches and kicks have to be pulled before they pe*****te the opponent's body.
Competition Rules
In practice and in tournaments, koshiki fighters are allowed to throw near full-force punches and kicks to their opponent's bogu. Scoring is based on "Ippon Shobu" the idea that a fighter can win with one perfect technique -worth "ippon" or a "full" point. Lesser techniques are awarded "wazari" or part points. Punches are worth one wazari, kicks two. Victory is decided by either greater number of wazari at the end of a match, or instantly by Ippon. Scoring is cumulative and both contestants may score points during a clash. Where a competitor scores three wazari in a continuous flow (rensoku waza), uninterrupted by defence, counterattack or a missed technique this can also be awarded an ippon. Ippon may also be awarded for a choke, strangle or lock that leads to submission- however these are infrequently attempted and even less often successful as referees will usually break up any protracted clinching or grappling in order to keep the match flowing.
Some Koshiki tournaments also allow fighters to sweep or take down their opponents.
Tournaments are open to all of the martial arts that use atemi (blows to the body), not just to karate-ka. And technique banned at many martial arts tournaments-- spear hands, palm heel strikes, knifehands, etc.-- can be employed safely at koshiki tournaments. However, certain techniques which cannot be controlled may be penalised or banned depending on which country you are competing in; fighters can hit very hard but not blindly or wildly and the technique has to be a recognised martial arts technique.
The World Koshiki Karatedo Federation (WKKF)
Koshiki Karatedo allows contenders to fight, not just once, "but plural numbers of round", continuously, without being injured or fatal damaged, so as to build up accumulated scores for series of rpound, as recognized as Round Robin Competition System.
In short, in Koshiki Karatedo, we canmerit points to each contender to all the attacks and counterattacks of the contenders during the round.
This new score adding rules came to have been implemented in 1978 by Koshiki Karatedo Federation, whereas other Karatedo schools only acknowledge the initial attack alone, and disregard any counterattacks, an will not give any credit at all when both contenders hit each other at the same moment.
Thus, our system can give chances for every contender to come to adjust him/ herself or improve his/ her behaviour each time called to fight to build up higher scores in total.
These advantages help improve every player's techmiques for a bout with an opponent of different behavioural actions. In other words, we can expect a favourable learning curve from Koshiki Karatedo players.
Koshiki Karatedo guarantees the precise and clear judgement, because the referee can see the moment of a contact, hear a bang sound from the touch by a fist or a leg to protective equipment of the opponent which gives a clear and inpartial judgement, even from the eyes of general audiences.
Worldwide WKKF
Koshiki Karatedo thus enables us to perform, like the instance of World Succer, a tournament system of multi - step championchips, first for national level, and then, Continental level, and finally for the Global level, even for Olympic, which now covers around 180 countries of the entire world.
The World Koshiki Karatedo Federation executes an agreement with each regional Koshiki Karatedo Federation in detail in writing.
These binding agreements help keep the international standard to have been setforth by the World Koshiki Karatedo Federation for detail.
This agreement thus enables each regional federation to terminate its affiliation with those local organizations under the Umbrella of, if the required standard is not realized by the latter.
Close to 20 years of global activities as the World Koshiki Karatedo Federation, as attached list of World Championships for the period of 1980 through 1997 may tell, our World Koshiki Karatedo Federation can accommodate all the Karate school if they wish to participate in our contests so as to contribute to the promotion of Karatedo.
History of World Championships presided by World Koshiki Karatedo Federation
1980 1. International Koshiki Karatedo Championchip in Tokio, Japan
1981 2. International Koshiki Karatedo Championchip in Tokio, Japan
1982 3. International Koshiki Karatedo Championchip in Tokio, Japan
1983 4. International Koshiki Karatedo Championchip in Maracaibo, Venezuela
1985 5. International Koshiki Karatedo Championchip in Brisbane, Australia
1987 6. InternationaleKoshiki Karatedo Championchip in Irvine, Californien, U.S.A.
1989 7. International Koshiki Karatedo Championchip Montreal, Canada
1991 8. Internationale Koshiki Karatedo Championchip in Amsterdam, Netherland
1993 9. International Koshiki Karatedo Championchip in Tokio, Japan
1994 10. International Koshiki Karatedo Championchip in Tokio, Japan
1997 11. International Koshiki Karatedo Championchip Gold Coast, Australia
2000 12. International Koshiki Karatedo Championchip in Sydney, Australia
2003 13. International Koshiki Karatedo Championship in Lisbon, Portugal
2004 14. International Koshiki Karatedo Championship in Greece
Note 1: The World Koshiki Karatedo Federation was founded in 1980, the year 1st International Koshiki Karatedo Championship was held in Tokyo.
Note 2: Some five thousend players paticipated from 40 countries in the 6th Koshiki Karatedo Championship which was held at Hilton Hotel in Irvine, Calif., at the occasion of the 25t anniversary of the U.S. Karate Association. Recorded the largest number of participants of the Championships series.
Current Events
4/1 May 3-4, 2008 Koshiki Karatedo Seminar Hannover,Germany
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9/12 October African Koshiki Karate Championships
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6/1 - KOSHIKI 2007 - Montreal , CANADA
August 16th-19ｔｈ 2007
Invitation - Registration Forms - Fund transmission
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6/1 Koshiki Karatedo Seminar in Puerto Rico
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5/27 Ukrine Koshiki Karatedo Seminar
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5/6 U.S.A. Koshiki Karate-Do Clinic
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■ Seminar
2008
January Koshiki Karatedo Seminar / Referee Seminar
Date: January
Venue: Tokyo Budokan, Tokyo Japan
February Official WKKF Seminars and International Dan Degree and Kyu Grade of Promotional Examination
Date: 4 th week of February,
Venue: Bamako city, Republic of Mali
Contact:
Shihan Alassan Maiga [email protected]
March Koshiki Karatedo Seminar / Referee Seminar
Date: March 14-21
Venue: Australia
Contact:
Shihan Scott Brown [email protected]
April
May Koshiki Karatedo EURO Seminar / Referee Seminar
Date: May 3,4
Venue: Hannover,Germany
Contact:
Shihan Olaf Lotze Leoni [email protected]
June
July Koshiki Karatedo Seminar / Referee Seminar
Date: July
Venue: Okinawa, Japan
Contact:
Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karatedo HQ [email protected]
Mission of the World Koshiki Karatedo Federation
The mission of this federation is to develop health in mind and body for all people, especially youth, by increasing awareness and popularity of, and participation in, Koshiki Karatedo in the 21 st century. This federation also aims to contribute to the culture of sports, and to the culture of society in general, by promoting Koshiki Karatedo events and managing cultural sports activities.
Name World Koshiki Karatedo Federation
Address 20 Kikui-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0044, Japan
TEL: 03-3203-5765
FAX: 03-3203-6178
e-mail: [email protected]
Chairman Masayuki Hisataka
Establishment Nobember 18, 1980
OFFICIAL W.K.K.F. GRADING REQUIREMENTS
Qualifications for Official International Dan Gradings, Titles, Referees, and Instructors
Applicants for the above qualifications are judged based on the official rules of the World Koshiki Karatedo Federation (W.K.K.F.).
Applicants need to follow the requirements for each qualification by submitting the appropriate application form, fee and thesis. The International Qualification Committee will carefully examine the skills of the Applicant and any documents submitted.
All Applicants are required to attend the appropriate seminars and regularly held W.K.K.F. examinations, and need to meet the required level of skill (as shown in the examination) and knowledge (as shown in the thesis).
All Applicants for Dan grades and titles, and for Referee and Instructor Licenses, are judged based on a broad spectrum of considerations including
• Mind
• Technique
• Training attitude
• Understanding of Koshiki Karatedo
• Skill level
• Competition record and experience of international and domestic matches
• Experience of Embu (performance demonstrations)
• Attitude of training
• Participation in W.K.K.F. related activities and support to W.K.K.F.
Examination meetings are held two times per year at the W.K.K.F. headquarters, in the spring and autumn.
Examinations are held during W.K.K.F. World Cup events, international, national, tournaments and other local tournaments. Applicants are eligible for Examination after participating in appropriate W.K.K.F. seminars and handing in the necessary application form and thesis in advance. For Dan grading, Applicants need to pay the appropriate Dan Recognition Fee after passing the Examination.
Representatives of each country or examination committee have to send reports of any W.K.K.F. seminars and test results of grading, along with grading recommendation letters, to the W.K.K.F. Applicants who pass all requirements are required to pay the Dan Recognition Fee within one month of Dan approval.
Minimum ages and years of practicing for each dan is
Grade Title Minimum age Minimum time since last grading
First dan Yushi 15
Second dan Gyoshi 16 2 years after 1st dan
Third dan Shushi 17 3 years after 2nd dan
Forth dan Kenshi 18 4 years after 3rd dan
Fifth dan Kengo 21 5 years after 4th dan
Sixth dan Renshi 28 6 years after 5th dan
Seventh dan Kyoshi 35 7 years after 6th dan
Eighth dan Hanshi 45 8 years after 7th dan
Examinations for 1 st Dan to 5 th Dan rank
SKILL DEMONSTRATION
Basics basic techniques
basic movements
Kata basic kata
tanren kata
buki-ho
1 bou
2 bokuto
Kumite basic kumite
1 sotai uchikomi, hangeki
2 Gokyo no kumite
tanren kumite
1 Yakusoku kumite
2 Kumite Kata Gokyo
jiyu kumite
1 hand only, foot only, both hand and foot
2 offence only, defense only, both offence and defense
Bunkai kumite 1 basic technique
2 tanren Kata
Records of tournaments 1 international: shiai, enbu, experiences, results
2 local: shiai, enbu, experiences, results
3 examination: shiai, enbu, experiences, results
THESIS
Applicants will be required to submit a thesis. The contents of the thesis will vary depending on the Dan ranking sought.
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International Official Instructor License
In order to support the further development and growth of Koshiki Karatedo, it is important to ensure that Koshiki Karatedo instructors have the right understanding of the art, knowledge and techniques. On this basis, it is important that instructors in each country, dojo, school and club are appropriately licensed as International Official Instructors of Koshiki Karatedo To provide this license, International Official Instructor seminars will be held in each country and area, and after discussion, Official Instructor Licenses and diplomas will be given as appropriate.
Ranks of International Official Instructors:
• Junior Instructor
• Senior Instructor
• Master Professor
• Grand Master Professor
• Great Grand Master Professor
What is Koshiki Karatedo
Koshiki Karatedo is a competition system which allows participants to understand the principles of a fighting match, combining safety with full power techniques and the true spirit of traditional Budo. Koshiki Karatedo practice develops mental strength, physical fitness and coordination, and martial prowess through efficient training of hand and foot techniques and body movement.
By using “Super Safe” protective equipment, we can train without fear of injury and still execute full power punching-tsuki-, kicking-keri- striking-uchi, and other hitting- ate, techniques. You could truly taste the techniques is essential to grasp the most practical and healthful aspects of traditional Budo.
Koshiki Karatedo is a fair match system which allows and encourages competition among different martial arts styles such as non-contact Karate, full-contact Karate, semi-contact Karate, and others including Kickboxing, Nippon Kempo, Shorinji Kempo, Kung Fu, Tae Kwon Do, and others.
■ Features of Koshiki Karatedo
Matches with actual striking and kicking techniques
True Karatedo is a systematic fighting method using bare hands and feet, consisting of basic ways of punching, blocking and kicking. Based on this principle of bare hands and feet, Koshiki Karatedo does not use gloves or foot protectors such as boxing gloves or foot shields. Instead, we strike with bare hands and feet and use “Super Safe” body and face protectors to protect the parts of the body and face that cannot be trained to withstand injury. In addition to being protected by the Super Safe protective equipment, contestants are protected by Koshiki Karatedo safety rules and official referees who intervene as necessary to help prevent injury. The direct contact allowed in Koshiki Karatedo is the most fundamental element of Karate, and is in fact the original meaning of Karatedo which originated as a true traditional fighting system rather than not only sport.
Super Safe Protective equipment which allows a variety of dynamic techniques
By wearing the Super Safe body and face protector, it is possible to controlled punch and kick directly with dynamic power and a variety of techniques. Many techniques prohibited in non-contact, full-contact and semi-contact Karate can be used in Koshiki Karatedo because of our use of Super Safe protective equipment. Koshiki Karatedo rules allow many dynamic kicking and hand techniques to the upper level (eg. sword hand, ridge hand, hammer fist, punch, spinning back kick, etc), middle level (eg. punch, hammer fist, roundhouse kick, knee strike, elbow hit, etc), and lower level (eg. Foot sweeps, controlled low kicks, leg reaping etc.). The possibility of using so many techniques in Koshiki Karatedo allows us to enjoy Karate more deeply.
An “accumulation of points” competition system
Koshiki Karatedo is an “accumulation-of-points” based competition system that awards points for offensive, combination and counter techniques executed by both contestants. Conventional non-contact Karate, for example, is a demerit mark system which stops punches and kicks without actual contact, then judges a match based on the technical ex*****on of the first successful attack. Actual contact results in a loss of points by the offending contestant. Non-contact Karate does not award points for mutual attacking at the same time, combination techniques or counter techniques, which are critical elements of true combat.
Under Koshik Karatedo rules, however, points are awarded to both contestants if strong techniques are successfully executed simultaneously, and counter techniques are awarded the same points as initial attacks. Since the non-contact system only awards points for the first attack and does not score counter techniques, taller competitors with longer arms and legs have an advantage because they can easily score the first point. Under Koshiki Karatedo rules, however, contestants can use combination techniques and counter techniques positively and effectively, to more closely resemble true combat and reduce the advantage taller competitors have in non-contact Karate. Training and practice to improve technical skill and fitness become even more important in a system that allows combinations and counter techniques.
The Bushido spirit and victory through “Ippon”
Although Koshiki Karatedo is a points-based system, a competitor can immediately achieve victory through the ex*****on of an “Ippon”-full point technique. If a contestant scores an “Ippon”, the match is immediately declared over and the contestant is awarded victory. An “Ippon” technique is a technique or combination judged by the referees to be perfectly and powerfully executed, which without the safety equipment would likely have ended the match with the incapacitation of the opponent. Competitors therefore cultivate Bushido spirit by developing their techniques to the highest level, with the goal of achieving a victory through “Ippon”.-full point technique. This rule ensures that the true principles of karatedo as a martial art are an essential part of the competition system of Koshiki Karatedo.
Fair and transparent refereeing and scoring
Koshiki Karatedo matches can be easily and fairly judged because the attacking techniques can be clearly seen and heard. Contestants, referees, and audiences can recognize the results of matches not only through their eyes, but also through their ears. A cleanly executed technique making contact with the Super Safe protective equipment makes an easily determinable sound which can be heard by the referees and audience.
Openness to different styles
Any style of martial arts can safely compete under fair conditions using Koshiki Karatedo rules. Participants from many styles, such as non-contact Karate, full and semi-contact Karate, Kung Fu, Kempo, Tae Kwon Do, and others can compete with each other. Koshiki Karatedo is a truly martial competition system allowing all styles to test their techniques in a friendly, competitive match atmosphere.
■ History of Koshiki Karatedo
The founder of Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karatedo, Kaiso, Masayoshi Kori Hisataka, Kensei 10 th dan, engaged in many martial arts matches in Japan, Taiwan and China in the early Showa era (1920 ～ ) to find the truth of fighting. However, matches between skilled martial artists were extremely dangerous because of their highly trained punches and kicking. In those days when hand to hand combat was essential on the battlefield, such skilled techniques were as deadly as swords. To enable the safe development and practice of technique, Kaiso Masayoshi Kori Hisataka developed safety equipment for Karate by studying and adapting the safety protectors used in Kendo. In the early 1960s, Masayuki Kukan Hisataka, Hanshi 9th dan, started to consider a new style of fighting match with fewer prohibited techniques.
Hanshi Masayuki kukan Hisataka traveled widely to study and teach martial arts. Based on his experiences and research in and outside Japan, he sought to add the manners of Occidental knighthood spirit to the Bushido soul of Japan , and studied modern sports and Olympic Games regulations to combine them with a Japanese approach to martial competitions. Hanshi Hisakata examined the match rules and equipment of Japanese Budo (Judo, Kendo, Bogu-Karatedo, Sumo) and Occidental combative sports (Boxing, Fencing, Wrestling, Baseball, American Football, and Ice Hockey), and in 1979 developed the revolutionary “Super Safe” safety protector. Hanshi Hisataka developed the Koshiki Karatedo competition rules and “addition-of-points” system based on his extensive studies and the use of the “Super Safe” protective equipment.
The 1st Tokyo International Goodwill Karatedo Tournament was held based on Koshiki Karatedo rules in 1980, and the 24 nd Championship were held this year. As of 2005, training Dojos, refereeing seminars, and Koshiki Karatedo competitions have been held in Venezuela, Australia, New Zealand the United States, Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Canada, the Netherlands, Algeria, Mali, South Africa, Spain, Hong Kong, Indonesia, ,India Germany, Switzerland, ,France, England, Greece and Portugal without any serious injury, proving the safety, popularity and effectiveness of Koshiki Karatedo.
International Official Referee License
All referees for official tournaments (including world cup tournaments, international ,national, tournaments, and local tournaments for each country) should have an International Official Referee License.
International Official Referee Licenses are given based on a skill test and written test or thesis, after discussion.
International Official Referee seminars will be held in each country and area, and after discussion, International Official Referee Licenses and diplomas are given.
Rank of International Official Referees:
• Class-C Referee (lowest rank)
• Class-B Referee
• Class-A Referee
• Senior Referee
• Master Referee
Referee licenses are effective for one year. Referees need to have additional accreditation in future to continue as an international referee following expiration of the current license.
Attitude of International Official Referees
The attitude of referees strongly affects the success of Koshiki Karatedo tournaments. Accordingly, it is critical that:
• Referees are neutral;
• Referees have dignity and a stately attitude;
• Referees carefully watch every match and judge each movement correctly;
• Referees do not discuss the results of matches except with auditors, other referees and competitors during the match; and
• Referees must make each judgment clearly and quickly, with punctual timing and full confidence.
