The WUKF Philippines Inter-continental Asia Invitational Open Karate-do Championships Organized by the PUKKO and sanctioned by the WUKF will have special Kobudo events as follows :
I. NUNCHAKU ( 12 yrs old and below, boys, girls)
II. TEKKO (12 years old and below, boys, girls)
III. BO (13 - 17 yrs old, boys, girls)
IV. SAI (13-17 yrs old, boys, girls)
V. BO (18 years old and above, men, women)
VI. SAI (18 years old and above, men, women)
The tournament is scheduled on Oct. 9-10, 2010 at a venue to be announced later.
— Admin
All,
I am happy to announce that Akamine Kaicho has agreed to visit Minnesota for a seminar. We will be moving into a larger dojo with five times the floor space and his visit will be our grand opening here in Mankato Minnesota. We will have Karate and Kobudo training sessions as well as several social functions to make this a visit that all can enjoy. If you can make it I am sure you will enjoy the changing of the color in the leaves as well as evening BBQ parties and a trip to the largest mall in the world, the Mall of America. For those interested we can also make a trip to watch the Minnesota Vikings play the Detroit Lions in an American Football Match. We have several students here who can assist with visitors regarding transportation and by setting up home stay’s to keep the costs for any participant low.
The overall schedule is still to be worked out but what we have decided thus far follows:
Sept 25 Akamine Sensei departs for America, due to the international date line he arrives on the same date in Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport.
Sept 26 we attend the Vikings vs the Lions in Minneapolis (wear purple!)
Sept 27 (Monday) Training in Mankato
Sept 28 - Oct 1 (Tuesday - Friday) Training at various locations around Mankato
Oct 2 - Mankato Seminar
Oct 3 - Tournament and Testing Mankato
Oct 4 Kaicho departs for Okinawa
For those that come we will have cold beer, good food, and great fellowship. I hope that many of you who have accomplished so much in Kobudo and Martial Arts in general can attend and make a great first impression on the region.
Yours in budo,
Tim Jurgens Shihan
Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai
Branch Dojo Minnesota, USA
Dear All,
It is now my 2nd term as RKHSK - Philippine Dokokai chairman following the communication from Kaicho Hiroshi Akamine and Shihan Emile from our hombu in Okinawa.
In line with this, I have appointed a new staff to help me work on our mission and our vision.
Vice chairman - Emerson Balbin
Secretary - Ian Ayo
Treasurer - Aristeo Canonigo
Auditor - Lemuel Culaste
I thank all those who helped in the past and I implore your aid again for the next set of activities and projects.
It is my fervent hope to have our dear Akamine Kaicho vsit us again for another seminar and hopefully testing if not this year 2010 or next year 2011. The last time he graced our dojos was in 2005.
There are still a lot to improve on but believe that with our new set of officers and supporters, we can make a difference.
Carpe diem,
Meneleo de Mesa
Chairman, RKHSK - Philippine Dokokai
Akamine Kaicho extended the term of Meneleo De Mesa as Chairman of the Philippine Dokokai January 12, 2010, and concurrently approved the list of new officers.
The Dokokai new set of officers for 2010 :
Chairman - Meneleo de Mesa
Vice Chairman - Emerson Balbin
Secretary - Ian Ayo
Treasurer - Aristeo Canonigo
Auditor - Lemuel Culaste
The Ryukyu-Kobudo family congratulates the outgoing officers for a job well done, and to the incoming officers, may you find strength and will to carry on to a more fruitful 2010 !!! Gambatte Kudasai !
December 2nd,2009
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The Philippine Dokokai has been invited to be part of the martial arts festival this October at OKSPHIL- Shidokai under Shihan Jose Nalundasan. Stay tuned for photos and more news about this.
The Dokokai is also doing regular karate and kobudo cross training at the PUKKO dojo at Las Pinas every Sunday.
(L-R) Hanshi Minoru Higa, Indishe Sensei, Kyoshi Hiroshi Akamine.
Picture taken at the 2009 Okinawa Traditional Karate-Kobudo World Championship.
Indishe Sensei of Kyudokan Shri-Lanka (center) pose with Hanshi Minoru Higa (President of Kyudokan Shorin-Ryu - Left) and Kyoshi Hiroshi Akamine (President of Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinkokai - Right).
The Philippine Kobudo contingent was not able to attend the tournament but plan to attend the World Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinkokai Championship to be held in September at the Okinawa Budokan next year.
Last Friday evening, we were able to do the taping for the special feature of RYUKYU KOBUDO for Channel 37 UNTV. It will be aired on August 16, 2009 Sunday from 4-5 PM.
We did our best to show a little bit of kobudo and to explain what it is, its benefits and how it was brought to the country.
Attached is a picture we had after the shoot.
Yours in budo,
Meneleo de Mesa
![Meaning of [The friend is pulled to the unlucky affair]. The good luck and daytime are large good lucks in the misfortune and the evening in the morning. However, the funeral is abhorred.](http://ryukyu-kobudo.net/wp-content/plugins/koyomi/image/roku1.gif "Meaning of [The friend is pulled to the unlucky affair]. The good luck and daytime are large good lucks in the misfortune and the evening in the morning. However, the funeral is abhorred.")
