JKF Renbukai offcial Site

Japan Karatedo Federation Renbukai (JKF Renbukai ; 全日本空手道連盟錬武会; Zennihon Karatedo renmei Renbukai) is Bōgutsuki karate (防具付空手 protector karate in Japanese) organization.

Renbukai is also one of the oldest karate organizations continuously in operation until the present.

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Mr. Nobuyuki Suga
1st All Japan Championship Winner


On the occasion of the opening of the 53rd annual All Japan Bogu Karate Tournament, I would heartily like to extend my appreciation for all those who have devoted time and effort in hosting the 53rd annual All Japan Bogu Karate Tournament magnificently and who have back up this tournament warmly.

The first annual national tournament of Bogu Karate was held in 1954. Since then, the tournament has taken place over 53times, though there were some years that the tournament was not held by the agreement of all schools. Renbukai has made some noted contributions to the development and prevalence of Bogu Karatedo as a pioneer for a long time.

I hope that all participants will play the fair games in this tournament with pride as representatives of each prefecture.

We have pursued the Karatedo with the aims of the discipline of our spirits and bodies as well as the improvement of our “Waza”. We should think that both aims are united. There is a lofty ideal “the growth as a human through Karatedo” under the above-mentioned way of thinking. I believe firmly that the many things you experienced through Karatedo so far have been useful to your valuable character building and that you will bring your experience into full play to contribute to the society.

In this tournament, I am sure of new history and impressions that will be created by you gathered here from all over the country. Lastly I would like to extend my warmest best wishes to you for progress in your most valuable work and I trust that Bogu karatedo will move ahead and make progress steadily.


2023 main event schedule

January 15th

Kagamibiraki @Tokyo Fuji University Martial Arts Hall

March 5th

34th Kanto Bogutsuki Karatedo Championship @Tokyo Budokan

Early April

Application for Official Dan

July 2nd

All Tohoku/Hokkaido Bogutsuki Karatedo Championship @Miyagi Prefecture

August undecided

Application for official rank

October 1st

61st All Japan Bogutsuki Karatedo Championship @Tokyo Budokan

November 26

National Director and Council Committee @Tokyo Fuji University Conference Room


If you would like to contact the International Director, please contact him from the following website.


Bogutsuki Karatedo


Before the World War Ⅱ, people feared karate because karatekas adhered to the power of blow too much alike judo, kendo and other martial arts in those days. Therefore karate was accepted by very few people as an unsafe and mysterious martial art. Our pioneers with foresight took notice of inevitability that the true prosperity of karate would be realized by the safe and fair match closer to actual combat. They pursued the question of how karate should be instructed with Bogu (protective gear) by trial and error consistently. Their strong will has been succeeded to until today. Also, there are some records that the late Mr. Kenwa Mabuni (Okinawan karateka), the late Mr. Chojun Miyagi (Okinawan karateka), and societies for research and investigation in some colleges carried out experiments and researches about Bogu in the early Showa period. Those pioneers recognized the above-mentioned inevitability about 70 years ago.

With the Japanese tremendous economic restoration during 70 years after the War, many sports including martial arts developed so that Japanese athletes could lead the world or fight equally with foreign ones. Karate is not an exception, either. It was natural that Japanese martial arts were accepted better as universal sports like judo, the better they infiltrated in the world and became internationalized. It was inevitable that proper modification or change was required in exchange for universalization. There is no sport that puts a slight on safety and fairness.

As fencing and combative sports, etc. were applied to tournament, generalized and became bases of today’s sports gradually in ancient Europe, it is an indispensable trend that Japanese martial arts are improved progressively without ticking to old convention with modernization of human race. The efforts for prevention of hazard, etc. need to be understood and supported fully by the public opinion so as to accomplish the further prevalence of karate and the adoption of karate in school curriculum. Moreover, as people come to practice karate all over the world and international exchange become popular, it is reasonable that the safety in common with each country and the clear match rules should be introduced in karate. We take a standpoint that the karate spirit as a traditional martial art should be respected fully but that the application to tournament and the universalization of karate as sport is inevitable historically.

We made efforts to evolve and promulgate Bogu Karatedo one after another, and accomplished the hosting of the 1st annual All Nippon Bogu Karatedo Tournament in 1954 at last. It must significantly contribute to the evolution of Bogu Karatedo for comrades who practice Bogu Karate to gather from all parts of the country and unite in the annual All Japan Bogu Karatedo Tournament every year. We are firmly convinced that this tournament will direct the right way of World Karate, not Japan Karate, together with the appearance of safer protective gear Strongman


History


  • 1930 Sensei Kanken Toyama returned to Japan and on March 20, 1930, he opened his first dojo in Tokyo. He named his dojo Shūdōkan (修道舘) .
  • 1945 After World War II , When GHQ(Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers) announced the martial arts ban in 1945, disciples of Shūdōkan opened a dojo studio called Kanbukan (韓武舘) for the purpose of escaping from a martial arts ban.Disciples of Kanbukan began to make a karate practice by putting Bogu (protector) of kendo. At that time, by the martial arts ban, was Bogu of kendo has been a large amount discarded. It was the origin of Bougutsuki Karate.
  • 1951 Since martial arts ban has been eased founded the Renbukan(錬武舘), to inherit the armor with karate.
  • 1954 Renbukan have finished the development of karate for Bogu , was held is the first All-Japan tournament of karate "All Japan Karate Championships" in Tokyo on December 3.
  • 1959 Renbukan was welcomed Shudokan to headquarters, was formed Japan Karate Federation. Sensei Choko Sai was appointed the chairman, Sensei Yasuhiro Konishi (Shindo Jinen-ryu) and Sensei Hiroshi Kinjo (Kanbukan) were appointed the vice-chairman , Sensei Kanken Toyama ans Sensei Hiroyasu Tamae (Otou-ryu) was appointed Shihan , Sensei Hiroki Otsuka (Wado-ryu), Sensei Tatsuo Yamada (Nipponkenpo karate), Sensei Shinkin Gima (Shotokan-ryu), Sensei Isamu Tamotsu (Shorinji-ryu) and Sensei Tsuyoshi Chitose (Chito-ryu) appointed were officer of JKF.
  • 1964 JKF will make a new united league of the karate world by the non-contact rule with JKA(Shotokan), Wado-ryu , Goju-ryu and Shito-ryu. Old JKF handed over a name of JKF (Japan Karate Federation) to the new league and changed the name to Renbukai. Thereafter, Renbukai becomes a member of JKF as a group summarizing Bōgutsuki karate (防具付空手).
  • 1981 New bogu has been developed, it was named "Strong Man".
  • 2004 The new model of the "Strong Man" starts sale.

Renbukai Katas


Five Shitei Katas

  • Naihanchi Sandan (ナイハンチ三段)
  • Chibana Kushanku (知花クーシャンクー)
  • Gusukuma no Chintou (城間チントウ)
  • Matsumora Rohai (松茂良ローハイ)
  • Kushanku (クーシャンクー)


  • Pinan Shodan (平安初段)
  • Pinan Nidan (平安二段)
  • Pinan Sandan (平安三段)
  • Pinan Yodan (平安四段)
  • Pinan Godan (平安五段)
  • Naihanchi Shodan (ナイハンチ初段)
  • Naihanchi Nidan (ナイハンチ二段)
  • Bassai Dai (抜塞小)
  • Bassai Sho (抜塞大)
  • Maeda no Enpi (真栄田燕飛)
  • Wanshu (ワンシュウ)
  • Wankan (王冠)
  • Chinte (鎮手)
  • Souchin (壮鎮)
  • Matusmora no Matsukaze (松茂良松風)
  • Jitte (十手)
  • Jion (慈恩)
  • OhShiro no Seishan (大城十三歩)
  • Gojushiho (五十四歩)

JKF Renbukai Organization


Senior Advisor  Minoru Okamoto

Adviser    Teruo Yamaguchi

Chairman   Nobuyuki Suga

Vice Chairman Seishi Iwata , Koichi Takahash , Hiromasa Toyokura , Ken Onodera ,

        Katsutaro Fujita , Tetsuo Shimono

Counselor   Katsutoshi Kadokura , Toshikazu Ichikawa

Consultant   Teiji Kobayashi , Yasuo Tajima , Kazuo Abe , Yoshihiro Seki , Tatsuji Takahashi

Chief director  Shigeo Tanaka

Vice chief director  Kiyoshi Ogawa , Katsutoshi Takaaki , Kiyoshi Aoki , Kazuo Shimamura

Executive director  Kazuo Shimamura , Kiyotoshi Kannno , Katsuyuki Kobayashi , Nobuchika Kobayashi ,

           Masafumi Nakagawa , Yukio Narita , Tamotsu Tsurumi , Akio Nagae , Tamami Funakoshi

Director general  Kiyotoshi Kannno

Deputy director general Masafumi Nakagawa , Tamotsu Tsurumi , Sonoe Kamiya , Atsushi Sasaki

Deputy director general assistant Eiko Hamashima , Seiji Tezuka , Mitsuru Hanai

Auditors    Yukihiro Kinjo , Munekazu Shinozaki

Director Mitsuyuki Yoko , Toshio Itakura , Takeshi Saito , Yoshihiro Kannno , Kenji Shinoda , 

     Teruhiko Maeda, Kiyotomo Kimura , Yasusuke Tsutani , Ryoichi Fukuda , Koji Takaku ,

     Mitsuo Ohyama , Nagao Asakura , Tsuyoshi Endo , Hiroshi Kageyama , Yukari Sainou ,

     Hiroyuki Sakakibara , Toshio Nakamura , Masahiro Tokuyoshi , Toshihiko Kikumura ,

     Tomohiro Saito , Koji Inomata , Ryo Okabe , Toshiaki Yamaguchi , Masamitsu Takeuchi ,

     Kiyoshi Takahashi , Masamitsu Fujii, Yasuhiro Aida , Fumio Shimada , Akira Hino , Kuniaki YOshida ,

     Kenchi Funatsu , Koji Nagura , Yasushi Kikuchi , Norihito Takaya , Shigenobu Takaya , Seiichi Chiba,

     Hiroshi Kanehara , Junichi Kumagai , Haruo Sakaki , Sonoe Kamiya , Isamu Higurashi , Koji Takamori,

     Yuji Uemura,Manabu Aoyagi , Jun Sasaki,Mitsuo Hara , Masao Tanaka , Nobuyuki Nagaya ,

     Nobuharu Ohnuki , Daisuke Okuda , Eiko Hamashiama

Councilor Kaname Nakahata , Naoki Immami , Koji Narita , Shuji Oda , Tadafumi Muranaga ,Kazutaka Yoshida,

      Ken Hojo , Ryusuke Toyoshima , Nobuo Hasegawa , Takashi Ishida , Toshiya Tazaki , Kiichi Minato,

      Takayuki Kikumura , Yuichiro Furukawa , Shigeyuki Akatsuka , Kunihisa Shimizu , Eiichi Nishimoto ,

      Yasuharu Sekiguchi , Sho Abe , Hirofumi Kikuchi , Yoshimi Sato , Kanji Kikuchi , Tomoo Okada ,

      Yasuyuki Sasaki , Yukihiro Endo , Shiro Nakayama , Seiji Tezuka , Yusuke Takada ,

      Hisayuki Koyma , Isao Nakamura , Kazuyoshi Nakamura , Nenichi Kimura , Ryo Imai

JKF Renbukai

Headquarters Secretariat


ADDRESS

4-3-15-604 Shinjuku Shinjuku-ku,

Tokyo 160-0022 JAPAN

TEL

[+81] (3) 3352-9850