Here are the HQ instructors who will attend the camp.

Ueki shusekishihan
Oishi shusekishihan hosa
Ogura fukushusekishihan
Imamura fukushusekishihan
Imura instructor
Izumiya instructor
Shina(Katsutoshi) instructor
Naka instructor
Taniyama instructor
Takahashi instructor
Kobayashi instructor
Hirayama instructor
Okuma instructor
Cyubachi instructor
Ogane instructor

This time as usual, we are planning to hold examination for dan and qualifications and a total of 8 seminars. Details will be announced in January.
There will also be a special training seminar by Zenpo Shimabukuro, an Okinawan karate master. We look forward to your participation.

*Applications for the seminars and exams will be launched in January 2024 on the JKA website.

 

* Zenpo Shimabukuro

1. Shorin-ryu: 10th dan
2. Position:　President of Seibukan / Former Vice President of Okinawa Dento Karatedo Shinkokai / Special advisor of All Okinawa Karate federation
3. Introduction: He was born on October 11, 1943, in Chatan, Nakagami District, Okinawa. In 1952, he began studying karate under his father, Zenryo Shimabukuro Hanshi. Later, in 1958, he also studied Kobayashi-ryu karate under Chozo Nakama. In 1962, Zenryo Shimabukuro Hanshi established the Seibukan. In 1963, Zenpo Shimabukuro Sensei went to the United States at the invitation of his students and conducted karate promotion activities for three years. Upon his return in 1966, he was appointed as the Shihan-dai of Seibukan by Zenryo Shimabukuro Hanshi. Currently, Zenpo Shimabukuro Sensei serves as the chairman of the International Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Seibukan, which has three dojos in Okinawa, five branches on the mainland Japan, and 200 branches in 14 countries overseas.