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The first Okinawan Karate & Kobudo European seminar
06/06/2021 13:13
THE FIRST OKINAWAN KARATE & KOBUDO EUROPEAN SEMINAR was held on 5 and 6 June 2021. Given the size of the event, and the ongoing pandemic, we have chosen to organize it in the form of a free webinar. The event, which originally was meant to cover only Europe, has grown independently thanks to...
Style magazine talks about Okinawa Karate Kenkyukai
01/06/2021 13:20
Our organization, and its important work of spreading and preserving Okinawan martial arts in Italy and Europe, was mentioned in the article FROM OKINAWA TO TOKYO 2021: A JOURNEY TO THE ORIGINS OF KARATE, published in Style magazine. Style is an insert from the famous Italian newspaper Corriere...
Collaboration with the Kobudo Italia association
17/02/2020 19:14
The Okinawa Karate Kenkyukai, increasingly committed also to the diffusion of the Okinawa Traditional Kobudo, has started a collaboration with the KOBUDO ITALIA association, which was born precisely for this purpose. After a meeting with the founders of this group, this important decision was made,...
Okinawa Karate Kenkyukai awards Akamine sensei for his commitment to the dissemination Okinawan Traditional Kobudo
17/02/2020 18:52
The second MERIT RECOGNITION for the dissemination of Okinawan Traditional Karate and Kobudo, issued by our institution, was handed over to Akamine Hiroshi sensei, 9th dan Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan. The plaque was given to the Master during the 2nd Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan national seminar in Torino,...
2nd RYUKYU KOBUDO SHIMBUKAN AND MUKENKAI SHORIN-RYU NATIONAL SEMINAR
17/02/2020 18:10
The 2nd national seminar of Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan and Mukenkai Shorin-ryu was held in Turin and Milan. The seminar was led by Hiroshi Akamine sensei, assisted by Hamby Dell sensei and Sacaba Santiago sensei. On 14 February there was a private seminar for a few members, while the main seminar...
DECEMBER 2019
16/12/2019 15:28
In December 2019 was held a triple event of Traditional Okinawan Karate, which took place in the cities of Turin, Milan and Padua, where the three seminars were held. The event covered the three main styles of Okinawan Traditional Karate: the Shorin-ryu, the Goju-ryu and the...
RELATIONS BETWEEN ITALIAN AND OKINAWAN INSTITUTIONS, RELATED TO TRADITIONAL KARATE AND KOBUDO
05/11/2019 12:10
The relations between the Okinawan institutions and the Italian ones, concerning traditional martial arts, are relatively recent. But let's take a step back first in order to better understand the situation. Traditional Karate and Kobudo from Okinawa made their appearance in Italy years after...
Santiago Sacaba sensei participates in the Karate exhibition during the Urasoe festival
29/10/2019 14:49
Santiago Sacaba sensei, along with some of his Argentine students, participated in the Karate exhibition of the 28th festival of the city of Urasoe, the Shiroma tībī dai tsunahiki. This evening festival features performances of Karate and Kobudo, but also a tug-of-war similar to the one held at the...
Emanuel Giordano meets again the Okinawa Karate Information Center's manager.
11/10/2019 13:11
Second meeting of the year between the head of Okinawa Karate Kenkyukai Emanuel Giordano sensei, and the head of the Okinawa Karate Information Center Kunio Uehara sensei. As always, the information already dealt with in the half-yearly reports sent to the aforementioned office was examined in...
New event of Uechi-ryu Okikukai Italy in Pesaro
06/10/2019 15:16
New Uechi-ryu Okikukai event in Pesaro! The lesson was held by Gaetano Palumbo sensei 3rd dan, assisted by Stefano Carreri sensei 3rd dan.
The technical level of the group, born a few months ago, is constantly growing. Congratulations!