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WADO-KAI INTERNATIONAL CUP 2025 POSTER (PDF)
Wado-Kai International Cup 2025 Documents Posted
Auxiliary actions of referees and arrangements for the tournament are Posted.
59th Wado-Kai National Karate Championship Tournament
*For overseas members who wish to participate in the 59th Wado-Kai National Karate Championship Tournament.
Date and Venue
Competition Categories
Individual Kumite and Individual Kata
Eligibility
Participants must be registered members of a branch that has paid the membership fee for the 2024 fiscal year. (Membership number must be provided.)
*For more information, please see the 59th Wado-Kai National Karate Championship Tournament Guidelines below.
59th Wado-Kai National Karate Championship Tournament Guidelines.docx
59th Wado-Kai National Karate Championship Application Form.xlsx
Application Deadline
Please submit your application by Friday, June 13, 2025.
Note: Applications will not be accepted after the deadline.
Application Method
Schedule for Wado-Kai International 2025, Tokyo
Thursday, August 14
Place: BumB Tokyo Sport Bunka Center, Studio A
2-1-3 Yumenoshima, Koto-ku, Tokyo
(13-minute walk from Shin-Kiba Station of JR Keiyo Line/ Subway Yurakucho Line)
10:00 - 16:00 Reception and Weighing for competitors
*giving competitors’ bibs at the reception desk
17:00 - Manager Meeting
Friday, August 15
Place: Same as above
10:00 – 15:00 Reception and Weighing for competitors
*giving competitors’ bibs at the reception desk
Saturday, August 16
Place: Nippon Budokan
2-3 Kitanomaru Koen, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
13:30 - Opening Ceremony for I-Cup 2025
14:30 - 17:30 Competition
Sunday, August 17
Place: Same as above
9:00 - 15:30 Competition
Event information related to the Wado-Kai International Cup 2025
1. I-CUP 2025 Referee Selection and Manager Meeting
Following referee selection out of overseas members for the Wado-Kai International Cup 2025 (hereafter referred to as I-Cup 2025), a Manager meeting will be held.
1.4 Fees:
The following fees are to be paid at the reception on the day of referee selection.
Kata referee selection 5,000 JPY
Kumite referee selection 5,000 JPY
N.B. The successful candidates of the referee selection will be certified as qualified referees according to their current Wado-Kai Dan-grade in Table 1. Please complete the registration process within 2 months, along with the registration fee listed in Table 1. If the registration process is not completed, the qualification will be revoked. If the successful candidates do not meet the Dan grade requirement, the referee qualification cannot be granted, but they may serve as a referee for the I-Cup 2025.
| Referee Qualification |
Examinee's Qualification (Practical Dan-grade) | Fees to Register |
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| 1Kyu Kata Referee | 6th Dan and higher (Aged 40 or Elder) and 2Kyu Kata Referee qualification holder | 10,000JPY |
| 2Kyu Kata Referee | 4th Dan and higher (Aged 30 or Elder) | 5,000JPY |
| 1Kyu Kumite Referee | 4th Dan and higher (Aged 30 or Elder) and 2Kyu Kumite Referee qualification holder | 10,000JPY |
| 2Kyu Kumite Referee | 3rd Dan and higher (Aged 25 or Elder) | 5,000JPY |
* N.B. From March 2025, the age for examination eligibility has been changed.
1.5 Application:
The applicant must fill out the required information in the prescribed form and submit it by mail, fax, or email to the Wado-Kai Technical Committee by the specified date.
Please see the PDF below for more details:
Information on International 2025 related events.docx (docx file)
* Application form should be sent to:
JKF Wado-Kai Technical-Committee
Uematsu Bldg. 7F,
1-9-2, Nishishimbashi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 105-0003, Japan
Fax. +81-3-3595-1040
* Please check your documents for the email address to send to.
* Deadline: Friday, July 18, 2025 Completed application forms must arrive
not later than the specified date above.
N.B. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.
2. International meeting:
3. Competition Registration and Weighing:
We will conduct the reception, registration, and weighing for the officials and athletes participants in the I-CUP 2025 (for both genders participating in Senior Individual Competitions). Athletes who do not clear the weighing will be disqualified. Officials who have completed their registration will receive an ID card, while athletes will receive both an ID card and a competition bib. Athletes should securely sew around the edges of the assigned competition bib to their uniform to ensure it cannot be removed. If there are any issues with the sewing pointed out by the referees or court officials during the pre-competition check, and if the issues cannot be resolved within the time limit, the athlete will be disqualified and lose the match.
4. Commemorative Party:
5. Technical Seminar and various examinations:
Information on Technical Seminars,
Dan-Grade Examinations and Instructors Examinations for Overseas Members
1.Technical Seminar/Examinations
* Technical Seminar:
Monday, August 18, 2025, 09:45 ~ 16:00
(Opening at 09:00, Reception: 09:15~)
* Dan(6th~8th)Examinations:
Monday, August 18, 2025, 16:30 ~19:30
(Reception : 12:15 ~13:00)
N.B.: 6~8 Dan examinations can be taken only once a year. If you take the examination this time, please be aware that you will not be allowed to take a next exam in March 2026.
* Dan (1st~5th) Examinations:
Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 09:45~13:00
(Opening at 09:00, Reception: 09:15~)
* Instructor (1~3 Kyu) Examinations:
Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 13:30~19:30
(Reception: 12:30~)
N.B. Starting time for examinations are subject to change according to the number of examinees.
2.Course Contents:
* Technical Seminar: Kihon (basics), Kihon-Kumite and Kata. N.B. From 2025, candidates for renewal of a qualification examiner will be required to attend the specified training courses at least twice every three years. As this course is one of those specified courses, your attendance can be counted on your training history.
3.Examination Contents:
* Dan (6th~8th) Examination:
* Dan (1st~5th) Examination:
* Instructor Examination:
4.Fee
The following fees are to be paid at the reception desk on the day of seminar/examination.
* After the announcement of the Dan examination results, successful candidates will be required to pay at the reception desk for the proper Registration fees specified on Table 1.
*After receiving the Instructor examination results sent by post later, successful candidates will be required to pay the proper Registration fees specified on Table 2.
N.B. If the registration process is not completed within two months from the day of passing the examination, the passing will be revoked.
| Dan-grade to register |
Examinee’s prerequisite (Practical Dan-grade) | Fees to register |
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| 1st Dan | 1kyu holder | 8,000JPY |
| 2nd Dan | 1st Dan holder for 1 year or more (Aged 16 or Elder) | 9,000JPY |
| 3rd Dan | 2nd Dan holder for 1 year or more (Aged 19 or Elder) | 10,000JPY |
| 4th Dan | 3rd Dan holder for 1 year or more (Aged 25 or Elder) | 15,000JPY |
| 5th Dan | 4th Dan holder for 2 years or more (Aged 30 or Elder) | 25,000JPY |
| 6th Dan | 5th Dan holder for 3 years or more (Aged 35 or Elder) | 40,000JPY |
| 7th Dan | 6th Dan holder for 5 years or more (Aged 40 or Elder) | 50,000JPY |
| 8th Dan | 7th Dan holder for 7 years or more (Aged 50 or Elder) | 60,000JPY |
* From 2024, candidates for those who take practical exams for 2nd or more dan-grade must meet the retention period of their current dan and age restrictions.
| Class to register | Examinee's prerequisite (Practical Dan-grade) | Fees to Register |
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| 3 Kyu | 3rd Dan or higher(Aged 25or Elder) | 10,000Jpy |
| 2 Kyu | 4th Dan or higher(Aged30 or Elder) | 10,000Jpy |
| 1 Kyu | 6th Dan or higher(Aged45 or Elder) | 20,000Jpy |
* From 2013, candidates for 1 Kyu Instructors are required to hold 2 Kyu Instructor license before taking the desired higher-class examination.
* From 2016, candidates for 2 Kyu Instructors will be required to hold 3 Kyu Instructor license before taking the desired higher-class examination.
5.Application:
Applicants are required to fill in the attached application form, and to send the
completed one to the JKF Wado-Kai Technical-Committee in Tokyo.
* Application should be sent to:
JKF Wado-Kai Technical Committee
Uematsu Bldg. 7F,
1-9-2, Nishishimbashi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 105-0003, Japan
* Deadline: Friday, July 18, 2025, completed application forms must arrive at the Wado-Kai Technical Committee not later than the specified date above.
N.B. Regardless of qualifications or Dan-grade held in possession, any Wado-Kai members who are interested in the Technical Seminar for Instructors, or who aspire to become instructors, are welcome to the Seminar.
Please see the DOC below for more details:
Technical Seminars, Dan-Grade Examinations and Instructors Examinations for Overseas Members (docx file)
WADO-KAI International Cup 2025 Information for Enery
WADO-KAI International Cup 2025 information and entry form are now available.
Please see the PDF below for more details:
W-CUP2025 Information for Enery (pdf file)
Please send the entry forms with all participant-names affixed to the address given below:
7F, Uematsu Bldg, 1-9-2 Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 105-0003, Japan
TEL: 81-3-3595-0100
FAX: 81-3-3595-1040
*See PDF above for E-mail address.
*Deadline for application: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
WADO-KAI International Cup 2025
The schedule of WADO-KAI International Cup 2025 has been decided. The tournament will be held at Nippon Budokan on August 16th (Sat) and August 17th (Sun), 2025.
#Preliminary Schedule
14/Aug (Thu): Judge Selection (Kumite/Kata) at BumB Tokyo Sports and Culter Center
14/Aug (Thu): International Conference at BumB Tokyo Sports and Culter Center
15/Aug (Fri): Japanese National Tournament at Urayasu Gymnasium (planned)
16/Aug (Sat): Japanese National Tournament (morning) at Nippon Budokan
16/Aug (Sat): International Cup (afternoon) at Nippon Budokan
17/Aug (Sun): International Cup at Nippon Budokan
18/Aug (Mon): Technical Seminar at (TBA)
19/Aug (Tue): “Dan” Examination (1st to 8th Dan) at (TBA)
(Note)
Candidates this time will not be able to take the “Dan” examination next year since this examination should be held once a year.
Please see the PDF below for more details:
W-CUP2025 Schedule and Events (pdf file)
ARAKAWA STANLY WADOKAI Dojo in INDIA has resumed training
On 5th of September 2020, the ARAKAWA STANLY WADOKAI Dojo resumed training as per the rules and regulations of government of Tamil Nadu State and Indian subcontinent.
The capital city of Tamilnadu State in Indian subcontinent became the headquarters of India as late Renshi Stanly cruz brought it to India after extensive years of training with Hanshi Toru ARAKAWA in Japan.
It all begun in the year 1980s when Renshi Stanly Cruz begun his training with the great teacher Hanshi Toru Arakawa. He was specially trained by sensei Maeda and sensei Nishimura.
Renshi Stanly Cruz travelled to Japan after getting his cultural visa and trained extensively with his heart and soul and took WADOKAI to India.
In india it started as a small Dojo with 20 students now it has branched with its branch in Tamilnadu, Kerala, Assam, West Bengal, Gujarat and so on, now the total strength of the dojo has crossed over 1000 students and is still growing.
After the demise of Renshi Stanly Cruz in the year 2016 JKF headquarters had appointed me Donald Tyson 5th Dan JKF as the the style Chief as I was nominated as the Chief by all students in India.
Now we have daily classes in Chennai dojo, evening classes in the week days and morning classes on week ends.
I am leading With the blessings, support and extensive Training from sensei Koichi Shimura and many teachers from Tokyo. I'm now working hard to increase the number of JKF black belts in india.
My aim is to teach real Wadokai karate. I am bringing maximum number of students to Japan and get them certified with JKF. I hope the number of students that I bring will increase in the years to come.
Donald Tyson
5th DAN JKF
To Wado Association Overseas Branch Chief,
Re: Request regarding Dan grading examination
at the Wadokai Overseas Branch
Shunsuke Yanagida,
JKF Wadokai technical committee Chairman
Renshikan Dojo in Switzerland has resumed training
On June 6th, the Renshinkan Dojo resumed training due to the deregulation of assembly regulations by the Swiss government.
The small town of Weinfelden in Eastern Switzerland is the headquarters of the Dojo and Japan Wado Kai Brunch Renshin Kan.This dojo was founded in 1978.
For many years it has been managed by Roberto Danubio Sensei and his wife Eveline. While Eveline Danubio sometimes works as a nurse in an old age center, Roberto Sensei is a karate professional teacher and can be found daily in the dojo.
"I have turned my passion into my job", says the Swiss karate teacher with Italian origin. "It's a nice feeling to teach karate," he continues.
He was always fascinated by karate martial arts and Japanese culture. He currently teaches over 180 students every week, many of whom are children from the age of 5. The parents in Switzerland appreciate the karate philosophy of Roberto Sensei, they are enthusiastic about the discipline and the educational concept. For many, karate is a life training that children can benefit from for a lifetime.
"It takes a lot of patience to teach children," says Eveline Danubio, "but it is also a great pleasure to see how they develop positively through karate." The adult students attend classes three times a week, "we often train at the weekend too," says Roberto Sensei, "we are fortunate to have our own dojo so that we can train at any time," he continues.
The Renshin Kan Dojo maintains close contact with the Japan Wado kai and its masters. "My karate was strongly influenced by the Japanese wado ryu masters," says Roberto. For the past 10 years he has been a student of Shingo Ohgami Sensei, who unfortunately passed away last year.
He often travels to Japan to continue his education. In Japan, he often trained with Takagi Sensei, who had a strong technical influence on him. In the many years in which he visited Japan not only student-teacher relationships developed, but also friendships that are cultivated regularly.
In 2009 Danubio Sensei published a technical book about Wado Ryu Karate. Since then he has often taught in various European countries. "I am happy if I can pass on my knowledge and pass on the idea of the Japan Wado kai".
Autor Roberto Danubio
7th Dan JKF Wado Kai
Announcement: About Dan-grading Examinations for the 6th/7th/8th Dan
Dear everyone,
This coming March 8th, 2020, the JKF WADO-KAI Technical Committee, as the sponsor, had planned to hold the Dan-grading Examinations for the 6th/7th/8th Dan. However, the novel influenza, the coronavirus, is presently spreading around the world, mainly in Asia.
The media and other outlets have reported that dozens of persons have become ill even here in Tokyo and, in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus, have urged citizens to voluntarily restrain themselves from participating in gatherings.
Moreover, the Technical Committee received notification even from the Japan Karatedo Federation[JKF] that they consider the present situation to be a state of emergency and are directing relevant parties to spread information on countermeasures to prevent the spread of infection.
Even the JKF WADO-KAI will follow the directive and will cancel the judging event that was scheduled to be held on March 8th.
PS. The JKF WADO-KAI Technical Committee will examine whether to hold an alternate judging event and requests everyone's cooperation.
February 20th, 2020
JKF Wado-kai Technical Committee
Shunsuke Yanagita, Chairman
[July 7th, 2017]
To JKF WADO-KAI overseas branches
Dear Friends,
This is about the partial revision of the WADO-KAI Overseas Regulations
WADO-KAI
would like to show their appreciation to all of the non-Japanese WADO-KAI
members for their compliance with the WADO-KAI Overseas Regulations,
created on July 27th 2002, and thank them for their large contributions
to their development.
However, subject to the decision of the JKF WADO-KAI board, we have removed
the following items within article 9 of the regulations (Standards for
establishing the country headquarters) part 1, "Any country containing more than
two branches may establish a country headquarters.".
It will be reported that the abolition of the headquarters was decided
by the International Department of the WADO-KAI Group. Accordingly, correspondence
regarding the WADO-KAI Headquarters in the future (such as branch registration,
member registration, promotion registration, etc.) will now be dealt with
directly by the WADO-KAI branch in each country, with the cooperation of
JKF WADO-KAI.
We hope to continue the development of Wado Karate around the world with your cooperation.
JKF WADO-KAI Headquarters
Yoshinori Matsui,
Chairman
Seiji Kondo, International Director
Event Calendar for 2025 updated
2018 WADOKAI ALL NATIONS CHAMPONSHIPS RESULT
Wado-Kai New Executives 2017-2018
Information:
Our Bank Account for the remittance from overseas has been changed.
The detail is on the page of Table of Fee.
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| Mr. Masaru Shintani and his groups acting under the name of Wado-Kai in Canada are never affiliated with JKF Wado-Kai. |