Jakarta – As a follow-up to the INKAI Central Management Aju team’s exploratory visit to various karate dojos in Japan in mid-April 2023, PP INKAI held an MOU signing and INKAI coaching clinic road show with the legendary Shotokan Grand Master Tanaka Sensei, Kawawada Sensei, Ogata Sensei and the President Japan Traditional Karate Association Yuko Takahashi Sensei.
Coaching clinic road show which started at GOR Nanggala Kopassus, Saturday (25/11) yesterday, and was attended by 1,100 black belt participants from DKI, West Java, Banten, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and Papua and other areas.
This road show coaching clinic places emphasis on the basics and standards of karate taught by Nakayama. Then also the emphasis in Gichin Funakoshi is dynamic shock and explosion, as well as muscle penetration and speed. This event was very enthusiastically attended by participants who were thirsty to seek knowledge directly from the source.
Tanaka and Kawawada, former world champions, are currently under the Japan Traditional Karate Association. This association still upholds the principles and spirit of true karate as the successor to the teachings of Nakayama and Gichin Funakoshi as the Father of the Shotokan School.
This event will continue again in Yogya and Central Java on November 26, Surabaya on November 29 and Bali December 3.
Apart from cooperation in the field of training, in the future there will also be joint development and development of athletes and coaches, as well as jury referees and international Shotokan style competitions which are characterized by full body contact Ippon Shobu without class or weight, and there is no age limit. A match like this aims to find karateka who are truly tough as a characteristic of the Shotokan style of fighting which was once successful and popular in the 70’s and 80’s and 90’s.
“And the plan is that INKAI will host it in 2025,” said Chairman of the PP INKAI management Laksda TNI Ivan Yulivan. Bembo
