Shūkōkai

Shūkōkai
Shūkōkai
Shukokai.jpg
Miyake Shūkōkai International logo
Focus Striking
Hardness Full-contact; Competitions include kicks and hand strikes to the head
Country of origin Japan Japan
Creator Chōjirō Tani
Parenthood Various, including Shitō-ryū, Shotokan, Gōjū-ryū

Shūkōkai (修交会 shūkōkai?) is a group of closely related styles of Karate, based on Tani-ha Shitō-ryū, a branch of Shitō-ryū developed by Chōjirō Tani in the late 1940s, and refined by his student Shigeru Kimura.

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History

Chōjirō Tani ( 長治郎 Tani Chōjirō) was born in 1921,[1] and started his formal karate training under Miyagi Chōjun, who founded the Gojū-ryū style, while a student at the Doshisha University in Kyoto. After a few years, Miyagi Chōjun returned to Okinawa and the founder of Shitō-ryū, Kenwa Mabuni took over the teaching. Upon graduating from university, Tani began learning Shuri-te and then Shitō-ryū from Mabuni as well. After many years of training under Mabuni and becoming one of his most senior students, Tani received the certificate of succession from him and became the head of Shitō-ryū, enabling him to use the name Tani-ha Shitoryu.

Chōjirō Tani began teaching the Karate style Shūkōkai (meaning the way for all)[2] at a dojo in Kobe, Japan in 1946. Shūkōkai was designed around the study of body mechanics, is very fast due to its relatively high stance aiding mobility,[3] and is known for the double hip twist, which maximises the force of its strikes; making it one of the most hard-hitting Karate styles.

Tani's most senior student, Sensei Shigeru Kimura, left Japan in 1965 to teach Shūkōkai in Africa. He developed Shukokai even further, emphasising its power and strength; and was regarded as an expert on the style.[4] He continued to teach after travelling to Europe, before settling in the United States in 1970 at the age of 29, where he taught at Yonezuka's Cranford dojo for two years; creating the first Shukokai World Tournament in 1981. When he was 37 years old, he was the youngest ever to have held the 7th Dan with an acknowledged style. Sensei Kimura died of a heart attack at the age of 54.[5] Tani died on 11 January 1998.[1]

Grading

The white belt (10th Kyu) is assigned to beginning students, who then progress to brown belt (1st Kyu), before reaching black belt (Dan). Certain Shukokai Karate associations do not have a red belt grade, making the white belt a ninth Kyu. In addition, certain associations also require a probationary black belt grade (Shodan-Ho) before progressing to fully fledged dan grading.

Shūkōkai Karate Belt Order
Black (Dan)  
Brown (3rd, 2nd and 1st Kyu)  
Purple (4th Kyu)  
Blue (5th Kyu)  
Green (6th Kyu)  
Orange (7th Kyu)  
Yellow (8th Kyu)  
Red (9th Kyu)  
White (10th Kyu)  

Branches

Shūkōkai split into several independent branches throughout the world


References

  1. ^ a b "CHOJIRO TANI - TANI-HA SHITO-RYU (SHUKOKAI)". Shuriway. http://www.shuriway.com/chojirotani.html. Retrieved 11 May 2010. 
  2. ^ What is Shukokai on www.Shūkōkai.com
  3. ^ "SHUKOKAI-RYU KARATE-DO ASSOCIATION". http://www.btinternet.com/~shukokairyu/. Retrieved 10 May 2010. 
  4. ^ "The History of K.S.K.A". KOBUSHI SHUKOKAI KARATE ASSOCIATION. http://www.kobushishukokai.com/page12.htm. Retrieved 10 May 2010. 
  5. ^ "Master Kimura 10th Dan". http://www.kobushishukokai.com/page11.htm. Retrieved 10 May 2010. 
  6. ^ Kimura Shukokai International
  7. ^ Shigeru Kimura on shuriway.co.uk
  8. ^ About Shigeru Kimura on Shūkōkai.com
  9. ^ http://www.shukokai.com/SGA.html
  10. ^ Stan Knighton on sku.org.uk
  11. ^ History of Kofukan at kofukan.org.uk
  12. ^ Q&A with Shihan Paul Mitchell, extracts from Impact Magazine (Issues 31 & 33, 1995) and Blitz Magazine (Vol 10 no. 12 & Vol 11 No. 1, 1996).
  13. ^ Kunio Miyake on miyake-Shūkōkai.com
  14. ^ Malcolm Hudson on Shūkōkaikarate.org.uk
  15. ^ Kaicho Kawata Shigemasa, an interview by Brett Sampson and Kohji Doi
  16. ^ Still Samurai, 2003 Blitz Magazine article on Sensei Kaicho Kawata Shigemasa
  17. ^ Japan 2004 SWKA Groundbreaking

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