To All Branch Masters

As announced in 22-SUTO-12 dated September 16, 2022, the Guideline has been partially revised as of November 1, 2022.

Please download the new version of the Guideline from the Branch Master’s page on this website.

FY2022 WSKO Online Seminar for Project Japan 2023

 =Application Form for Official Class sessions = 

Official Class (Japanese – English), live sessions using Zoom

In the Official Class of WSKO Online Seminar, equivalent to official WSKO Study Sessions, we will go through the philosophy of Shorinji Kempo and the important points of its techniques. Participants will have their attendance registered as official attendance at an official study session to be counted for their future grading examination and have a training certificate. We look forward to seeing you in the sessions.

(1) Eligibility
     Active members of WSKO. All rank and age.
     Please understand that the techniques and philosophical subjects of the class will mainly cover the Dan holders’ curriculum.

(2) Participation Fee (Japanese yen, including PayPal handling fee)
Note: The classification from A to E below is based on the WSKO Bylaws.

(3) Privilege
You can participate in the open class sessions as many times as you like with a single application.
Your attendance will be registered for your next Dan grading examination.

(4) How to Apply
1) Please apply with the application form above.
2) After receiving the application, the WSKO Secretariat will send you a PayPal invoice.
3) After confirming the payment, WSKO Secretariat will send you an e-mail confirming the payment.
4) WSKO Secretariat will send the Zoom ID to those who have completed the payment approximately one week prior to each class.

(5) Instructors 

(6) Class Date ＆ Time

Click the dates below and check your local time.

= 2022 =

(1) October 15, Saturday, 9:30-12:00　　＊Languages: Japanese, English, Indonesian
a. Goho & Juho (Techniques of 2nd Dan & below)　
   kaishin zuki, gyaku ten ichi, ryu nage – ryu gatame, gyaku te nage, shita uke geri kote nage
　 Instructor: SHIMURA Chikara
b. Philosophical Lecture　
　 Lecturer: SHIMURA Chikara
c. Questions & Answers　　
　Instructor: ARAI Tsunehiro 　

(2) October 15, Satuarday, 16:00-18:30　＊Languages: Japanese, English, French
a. Goho & Juho (Techniques of 3rd Dan & above)　
   keri ten ichi – sukui nage, chudan gaeshi, kubi jime shuho juji nage, kubi jime nage, ken jime dori
   Instructor: ARAI Shoji
b. Philosophical Lecture　
   Lecturer: ARAI Shoji
c. Questions & Answers　
   Instructor: ARAI Tsunehiro

(3) November 12, Saturday, 9:30-12:00　　＊Languages: Japanese, English, Indonesian
a. Goho & Juho (Techniques of 3rd Dan & above)　
   hangetsu gaeshi – sukui kubi nage, fukko chi ni, omote nage, ura nage, okuri katate nage, morote katate nage 　
   Instructor: ARAI Shoji
b. Philosophical Lecture　　　　　　　　　　　　　
   Lecturer: ARAI Shoji
c. Questions & Answers　　　　　　　　　　　
   Instructor: ARAI Tsunehiro

(4) November 12, Saturday, 16:00-18:30　　＊Languages: Japanese, English, Italian
a. Goho & Juho (Techniques of 2nd Dan & below)　
   gedan gaeshi, kinteki geri hiza uke nami gaeshi, gyaku tenshin geri, johaku nuki, juji nuki, sode nuki, johaku dori, hiki otoshi
   Instructor: SHIMURA Chikara　
b. Philosophical Lecture　　　　　　　　　　　　　
   Lecturer: SHIMURA Chikara
c. Questions & Answers　　　　　　　　　　　
   Instructor: ARAI Tsunehiro

(5) December 10, Satuarday, 9:30-12:00　　＊Languages: Japanese, English, Indonesian
a. Goho & Juho (Techniques of 3rd Dan & above)　
   suigetsu gaeshi, mikazuki gaeshi, kumade gaeshi, omote kumade gaeshi, katate kannuki nage, kannnuki katate nage 　
   Instructor: ARAI Shoji
b. Philosophical Lecture　　　　　　　　　　　　　
   Lecturer: ARAI Shoji c. Questions & Answers　　
   Instructor: ARAI Tsunehiro

(6) December 10, Satuarday, 16:00-18:30　　＊Languages: Japanese, English, French, Portuguese
a. Goho & Juho (Techniques of 2nd Dan & below)　
   tai ten ichi, harai uke chi ni, ryo muna otoshi, hiki muna otoshi, kata muna otoshi, eri juji
   Instructor: SHIMURA Chikara　　　　　　　　
b. Philosophical Lecture　　　　　　　　　　　　　
   Lecturer: SHIMURA Chikara
c. Questions & Answers　　　　　　　　　　　
   Instructor: ARAI Tsunehiro

= 2023 =

(7) January 21, Saturday, 10:00-12:00　　＊Languages: Japanese, English
a. Goho & Juho, Questions & Answers:
   Learn the correct use of techniques of 2nd Dan & below and also applied forms.
　Instructor: INOUE Hiromu
b. Philosophical Lecture　　　　　　　　　　　　　
   Lecturer: INOUE Hiromu

(8) January 21, Saturday, 16:00-18:00　　＊Languages: Japanese, English, Italian
a. Goho & Juho, Questions & Answers:
   Learn the correct use of techniques of 3rd Dan & above and also applied forms.
   Instructor: INOUE Hiromu　　　　　　
 b. Philosophical Lecture　　　
    Lecturer: INOUE Hiromu

(9) February 11, Saturday, 9:30-12:00　　＊Languages: Japanese, English, Indonesian
a. Goho & Juho (Techniques of 2nd Dan & below)　
   harai uke geri, keri ten san, oshi nuki, morote oshi nuki, uwa uke nage, uwa uke gyakute nage, maki otoshi 　
   Instructor: SHIMURA Chikara
b. Philosophical Lecture　　　　　　　　　　　　　
   Lecturer: SHIMURA Chikara
c. Questions & Answers　　　　　　　　　　　
   Instructor: ARAI Tsunehiro

(10) February 11, Saturday, 16:00-18:30　　＊Languages: Japanese, English, French
a. Goho & Juho (Techniques of 3rd Dan & above)　
   jun geri chi ichi, tanto tsukikomi shita uke uchi otoshi geri, makikomi gote, kiri kaeshi nage, nigiri gaeshi, gassho choji
   Instructor: ARAI Shoji
b. Philosophical Lecture　　　
　Lecturer: ARAI Shoji
c. Questions & Answers　　
　Instructor: ARAI Tsunehiro

Timetable (Japan time)　　　　　

9:30 (16:00)　Chinkon-gyo
9:40 (16:10)　Address by WSKO President
9:45 (16:15)　Warm-up and Kihon
10:05 (16:35)　Goho
10:30 (17:00)　Juho
11:10 (17:40)　Questions & Answers
11:40 (18:10)　Philosophy lecture
12:00 (18:30)　Closing

FY2022 WSKO Online Seminar for Project Japan 2023

 =Application Form for Open Class series = (registration closed for June 18 class)

Open Class (Japanese – English), live sessions using Zoom

The practice of Shorinji Kempo consists mainly of chinkon-gyo, techniques, philosophy, training, and samu, and its repetition contributes to human development. However, due to COVID-19, the activities of the many branches and federations have not yet been fully restarted. Therefore, we will continue to hold Open Classes in 2022 as part of our regular practice. The Open Classes will be mainly led by young instructors from WSKO Headquarters.We are looking forward to your participation.

(1) Eligibility
     Active members of WSKO. All rank and age.
Note: The content of the class (technical and philosophy) will be planned from the Kyu Kenshi curriculum.

(2) Class Date ＆ Time, Instructors (planned)
Secretary-General Kazuhiro Kawashima and WSKO Instructor Shoji Arai will attend all the classes.　

Click the dates above and check your local time.
April 16, Sat., Time A 10:30– Chikara Shimura, Masashi Tomita, Satoshi Tani, Kosuke Nakai
April 16, Sat., Time B 16:30– Chikara Shimura, Masashi Tomita, Satoshi Tani, Kosuke Nakai
May 28, Sat., Time A 10:30– Yuto Kawashima, Kosuke Akimoto, Akira Kato
May 28, Sat., Time B 16:30– Yuto Kawashima, Kosuke Akimoto, Akira Kato
June 18, Sat., Time A 10:30– Chikara Shimura, Masashi Tomita, Satoshi Tani, Kosuke Nakai
June 18, Sat., Time B 16:30– Chikara Shimura, Masashi Tomita, Satoshi Tani, Kosuke Nakai
July 16, Sat., Time A 10:30– Yuto Kawashima, Kosuke Akimoto, Akira Kato
July 16, Sat., Time B 16:30- Yuto Kawashima, Kosuke Akimoto, Akira Kato 

(3) Timetable
Open Classes will be held twice a month (Time A and Time B) from April to July.

Time A (Japan time)　　　　　　　　
10:30　Opening, Greeting, Chinkon-gyo
10:45　Warm-up, Kihon, Hokei, Q&A
11:50　Philosophical Lecture　　　
12:00　Closing

Time B (Japan time)
16:30　 Opening, Greeting, Chinkon-gyo
16:45　 Warm-up, Kihon, Hokei, Q&A
17:50　 Philosophical Lecture　　　
18:00　 Closing　

(2) Participation Fee (Japanese yen, including PayPal handling fee)
Note: The classification from A to E below is based on the WSKO Bylaws.

(5) Privilege
You can participate in the open class sessions as many times as you like with a single application.
(Please note that your attendance will NOT be registered, and certificate will NOT be issued for Open Classes.)

(6) How to Apply
1) Please apply with the application form above.
2) After receiving the application, the WSKO Secretariat will send you a PayPal invoice.
3) After confirming the payment, WSKO Secretariat will send you an e-mail confirming the payment.
4) WSKO Secretariat will send the Zoom ID to those who have completed the payment approximately one week prior to each class.
5) Attendance is limited to active WSKO members.

WSKO President Kouma So issued a statement on Russian Military Invasion of Ukraine.

Please see the video on WSKO Channel of YouTube. https://youtu.be/7jWdVZ5Oy6M

WSKO Online Seminar for Project Japan 2023

Please note the dates and time listed here are of Japan. Please check your local time in the sign-up forms.

To: Federation Presidents, Branch Masters, and Coaches
From: Kazuhiro Kawashima, Secretary-General, World Shorinji Kempo Organization

Gassho.
We have been informed that some scam e-mails have been sent mainly to branch masters in Europe on September 18 (Japan time) under the name of WSKO President asking them to wire money, which WSKO would never send. If you receive such messages, please ignore them. We will post this information on WSKO’s official website. Please inform your branch members to prevent any damage. For your information, the messages contain as below.
Thank you very much.
Kesshu.

Kazuhiro Kawashima
Secretary-General
World Shorinji Kempo Organization

[notes]
There seem to be some types of messages, but they have the same points below.
– Sender’s address: presidentboard90234232@gmail.com
– Name of sender: Kouma SO Souma
– Messages: Asking you to write money to help WSKO board

End.

The guidelines were partially revised on April 1, 2020, and the French language version has just been posted on the Branch Masters’ page.

Please refer to the outline of the revision explained in SHORINJI KEMPO UNITY Letter No. 19-SUTO-31, and read the guidelines.

Indonesia Federation (PERKEMI) opened its Virtual Tandoku Embu Taikai for two days on August 13 and 14, 2020, broadcasting the event live on YouTube.
Solo embu were performed by about 200 kenshi at the local facility of Ministry of Communication and Information of Indonesia in their town in all 34 provinces of Indonesia connected online, and the judges in Jakarta and other locations evaluated each embu watching their screen.
Seven categories of this Taikai were Men Kyu Kenshi, Women Kyu Kenshi, Men Shodan, Women Shodan, Men 2nd & 3rd Dan, Women 2nd & 3rd Dan, and Groups.
At the main site in Jakarta, the opening ceremony started at 9 am on August 13. Greeting addresses were presented by the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI PUSAT), Minister of Youth and Sports Republic of Indonesia, Minister of Communication and Information of Indonesia among others, and also by WSKO President connected from Japan.
On August 14, the second day, the final round of each category started at 9:15am.
This Taikai was conducted with full technical support provided by the Ministry of Communication and Information of Indonesia and Indonesia Telecommunication Corporation (PT Telkom).
As the COVID-19 spread around the world, Indonesia practiced lockdown and self-isolation orders across the country like many other countries. Holding events like competitions was banned. However, Indonesian Federation has been organizing online sessions since the early days of the pandemic. This Taikai has become a model case in our attempt to find the new ways under the circumstance where we are greatly restricted from doing what we had considered normal activities.

　　　　

To All Branch Masters and Kenshi
of the World Shorinji Kempo Organization

The restrictions by national governments around the world have been about the same so far, but now started to differ from country to country. Depending on the local circumstances with the COVID-19, some countries have lifted their lockdowns partially or allow people to go out conditionally, and economic activities are going back toward the normal state step by step. However, many countries still ban indoor activities. We will have to wait a little longer before we can fully return to our regular Shorinji Kempo practice. Also, the recent news reported mass infections occurred in China’s Wuhan and South Korea. These countries were thought that the virus was nearly eradicated.

On the whole, the COVID-19 cannot be eradicated easily; people’s careless acts may bring a possibility of a second outbreak, as wise people as you are well aware. You have been patiently staying at home for nearly two months with very limited freedom in your normal daily activities, in going to work, and in practicing Shorinji Kempo. To avoid wasting all these efforts, I believe what is required for us is calm assessment.

If you plan to resume your regular Shorinji Kempo practice, grading examinations, or various events, please check the guidelines below as the minimum conditions.

Each time I see the news reports on the tremendous work provided by health professionals and on the new medicines or vaccines being developed by medical institutes, I am assured that the current situation will not last forever. I believe you feel the same. Let’s all stay strong for a little longer to overcome the situation.

If you have any questions, please ask the WSKO Secretariat.

Kesshu.

Kazuhiro Kawashima
Secretary-General
World Shorinji Kempo Organization (WSKO)

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1. Guidelines for Resuming Shorinji Kempo Promotional Activities Under this pandemic, WSKO gives the top priority to the safety and health of all the members, their families, and people concerned, because I am sure that this will be the base for our prosperity movement toward establishing the ideal society.
Therefore, please check the items below and give it a careful consideration before you decide to re-start your activities.
If you see any other matters to be considered, please give them your careful attention.

(1) Official announcements of WHO
(2) Safety announcement is declared by your government (the ministry of health or equivalent), or rules such as stay-at-home order or banned indoor activities are lifted or eased.
(3) If you are in a Regular Group Member (a national federation), please discuss in the federation and reach an agreement.
(4) If you are in an Associate Group Member (a country without a national federation), please discuss with the senior members of your branch. If there are neighboring branches, please also discuss with them.
(5) Agreement is made with the facility you use for your branch activities.

2. “Shorinji Kempo Group Channel” on YouTube Some videos of solo embu or lectures are posted on the above channel.
They are not educational materials but this channel is provided as supplement to easy at-home self-practice for kenshi in Japan.
Therefore, we do not plan to cover the techniques following the curriculums or to add subtitles in languages other than Japanese.
I believe that indoor activities are limited in many countries like in Japan. Planning and giving on-line training classes as you do in regular classes are encouraged.

(For Item 3, please read the e-mail sent from the WSKO Secretariat to Branch Masters)