The WOKO - World Okinawa Karate-do Organization was organized by
joint committee by the World Organizer of Martial Arts - The Okinawa
Shorin Ryu Karate-do Association Shidokan and Soke Holdings
International Inc.
The Legitimate and original Founders of the organization are as follows :
Mohammad I. Tianero,Hanshi
Dominador N. Caballero Jr.,Kyoshi
Reynaldo V. Diaz, Kyoshi
Anselmo Delos Santos Jr.,Kyoshi
Benjamin V. Varilla , Kyoshi
It
is said that the traditional Okinawan martial arts called Te and
Chinese Kenpo were blended together and developed into Karate. Karate
later underwent significant developments in Okinawa based on several
factors, including the policy of banning weapons following the political
centralization of King Shoshin (1477-1526) and the Satsuma Clan's
invasion of Ryukyu (1609).
Chotoku Kyan (2nd from left, 1941).
It
later developed further through a process of systematization into
'Modern Karate', which actually had a lot to do with the efforts of the
men known as the Chuko no so (The Revivers), including Sokon Matsumura
(1828-1898) of the Shuri-te style, Kosaku Matsumora (1829-1898) of the
Tomari-te style and Kanryo Higaonna (1853-1915) of the Naha-te style.
In
1908, 'The 10 Articles of Karate prepared by Anko Itosu were submitted
to the Educational Affairs Section of Okinawa Prefecture. After that,
karate started being introduced into the school gymnastics curriculum,
thus acquiring broad accessibility, in contrast to the previously secret
principles of Isshi-soden (the complete transmission of a ryu's
techniques only to your heir).
Group training at Okinawa Prefecture 2nd Junior High School, 1937 (Instructor: Juhatsu Kyoda)
Group training at Shuri City 1st Elementary School, 1937 (Instructor: Shinpan Shiroma)
Back in
the early 20th century, karate began to be introduced throughout Japan
by several master, including Gichin Funakoshi (1871-1954, Founder of
Shotokan-ryu), Kenwa Mabuni (1891-1952, Founder of Shito-ryu;), Kanbun
Uechi (1877-1948, Founder of Uechi-ryu) and Chojun Miyagi (1888-1953,
Founder of Goju-ryu). Also throughout Okinawa, karate was taught by
masters such as Chotoku Kyan (1870-1945), Choki Motobu (1870-1941) and
Choshin Chibana (1885-1969, Founder of Shorin-ryu).
It has been said that the original name of Todi was changed to the name 'Karate' (empty hand) around this time.
Karate
began spreading around the world after the war. The biggest
contributors were the many emigrants who went to live abroad full of
ambition, and the U.S. military personnel occupying Japan at the time.
In
1969, Karate-ka were invited from Okinawa to give a demonstration at
the 1st All Japan Karate Championship Tournament held at the Nihon
Budokan in Tokyo. Then in 1984, Tsuguo Sakumoto (Ryuei-ryu) won the
Men's Division of the 7th World Karate-do Championship, held in the
Netherlands. In 1987, Okinawa Karate achieved both Men's & Women's overall
victories in the Karate-do Division of the 42nd National Sports Festival
(the Autumn Session, known as Kaiho-Kokutai) .
Abstract:
World Okinawa Karate-Do Organization (W.O.K.O) it is an Okinawan Karate association which award Karate students the Okinawan Karate Certificate .
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