Karate no hi

[aurik]

空手の日, "karate no hi", or Karate Day, celebrates the meeting of karate masters on October 25, 1936, where the name 空手, "karate" was officially adopted for the art we know today.  It also established the kyu/dan ranking system.  In 2005, the Okinawan Perfectural Assembly officially established October 25 as Karate Day to celebrate this anniversary.  Each year, karate-ka from around the world gather in Okinawa to celebrate, culminating with a massive group demonstration of kata in Naha, Okinawaa.  In fact, the 2016 Karate Day celebration established a Guinness World Record for the most people simultaneously performing a kata.  This year, my CI and his wife went to attend the celebrations and to train with other high-ranking instructors in Okinawa.   The video of this years' celebrations is posted below.  The Uechi-Ryu contingent performs the kata Sanseiryu (三十六) at about 9:40 into the video.  My CI is front and center in the contingent for most of that segment.

 

Edited October 29 by aurik

[KarateKen]

Very interesting, thanks for posting this. 

[Wastelander]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing!

[sensei8]

I echo the sentiments of KarateKen and Wastelander. 

[bushido_man96]

That is very cool!  Thanks for sharing it @aurik!

[RJCKarate]

My group, of which I'm in, is from 13:30!

[Nidan Melbourne]

On 11/10/2024 at 8:25 PM, RJCKarate said:

My group, of which I'm in, is from 13:30!

Did you see the IGK (International Goju-Kai) Group at all whilst there with John Ross Shihan?

[RJCKarate]

On 11/11/2024 at 8:25 PM, Nidan Melbourne said:

Did you see the IGK (International Goju-Kai) Group at all whilst there with John Ross Shihan?

I didn't, no, sorry.