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Bōgutsuki Karate (防具付き空手 or ぼうぐつきからて, eng. ''Karate with
Armour Armour (Commonwealth English) or armor (American English; see American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, spelling differences) is a covering used to protect an object, individual, or vehicle from physical injury or damage, e ...
'') is one of the competition formats of
Karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ), also , is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tī'' in Okinawan) un ...
. It is also known as bōgu karate (防具空手, Armour Karate), bōgu-tsuki shiai (防具付試合), bōgu-tsuki kumite (防具付組手,
Kumite Kumite (, literally "grappling hands") is one of the three main sections of karate training, along with kata and kihon. Kumite is the part of karate in which a person trains against an adversary. Kumite can be used to develop a particular tec ...
with Armour).


History

In 1922, when
Gichin Funakoshi was the founder of Shotokan karate. He is known as a "father of modern karate". Following the teachings of Anko Itosu and Anko Asato,Funakoshi, Gichin (1981). ''Karate-Do: My Way of Life'', Kodansha International Ltd. . he was one of the Okin ...
came to
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to attend the first physical education exposition and began teaching karate, there has been attempt to turn kumite into a sport in mainland Japan. In 1927, The Karate Study Group of Tokyo Imperial University devised its own armoured karate system and began to practice sport Karate. The group was headed by Hideo Bō (坊秀男, Bō Hideo), but Funakoshi, who was the Karate instructor at that time, became furious and the situation developed to a point where he resigned as the instructor of the University of Tokyo in 1945. The reasons of Funakoshi's forbidding use of Karate for fighting is unknown. According to early high school colleagues Hironori Otsuka (
Wadō-ryū is one of the four major karate styles and was founded by Hironori Ōtsuka (1892–1982). Ōtsuka was a Menkyo, Menkyo Kaiden licensed Shindō Yōshin-ryū practitioner of Tatsusaburo Nakayama and a student of Yōshin-ryū prior to meeting the O ...
) and
Yasuhiro Konishi was one of the first karateka to teach karate on mainland Japan. He was instrumental in developing modern karate, as well as a driving force in the art's acceptance in Japan. He is credited with developing the style known as Shindō jinen-ryū ...
( Shindō jinen-ryū), while teaching Karate, Funakoshi taught 15 Kata and didn't appear to know much about Kumite.


Post-war Japan

After the war, entities such as
Kanbukan Kanbukan (韓武舘, roughly translated as ''"Hall of Korean Martial Arts"'' or ''"Korean Martial Hall"'') was one of the earliest Karate organizations made in Post-War Japan and is considered the birthplace of the Bōgutsuki Karate. Kanbukan ...
, Renshinkan and the Yōsei-kan (later Senkarakai), which would advocate "Bogu Karate" format, began to emerge. Kanbukan (eng. ''Hall of Korean Martial Arts'') was a "non-school" oriented dojo established by Kanken Toyama's high-ranking students with the purpose of avoiding the surveillance of the martial arts ban by GHQ. This was accomplished by making Koreans - who were "liberated" from the Allied Forces - act as instructors rather than the defeated Japanese. Kanbukan's first director was Yun Kwae-byung. Asides Karate, Kendo was also practised. When the
Bōgu , properly called , is training armour used primarily in the Japanese martial arts, Japanese martial art of kendo,Uchida, M. (2005)Kendo Bogu (Protective Equipment)(October 2005). Retrieved on 12 May 2010.
/Kendo gear was not used, they were used for Karate practice, thus serving the origin of modern Bōgutsuki Karate. When the martial arts ban was relaxed, Kanbukan changed its name to Renbukan, and in 1954 held the "National Karatedo Championships", which was the first national tournament in karate history. They were held at Kanda kyōritsu kōdō (神田共立講堂, eng. Kanda Kyoritsu Auditorium) in Tokyo and used the Bogu Kumite ruleset. The tournament was won by Nobuyuki Suga. This tournament is still held by the Renbukai as the "National Armoured Karatedo Championships" and is the oldest association Karate tournament held nationwide in Japan. In 1955, Shorinji-Ryu Karate Study Group Renshinkan Dojo (currently "All Japan Shaolin Ryu Karatedo Federation Renshinkan") was established in
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,
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. It was Kinjo Hiroshi (the former deputy director of Kanbukan) who led the spread of Karate in the postwar world, representing the Bogu Karate practised in Kanbukan and Renbukan. Businessman Cài Chánggēng was a proponent of Bogu Karate and supported in its spread.
Mas Oyama , more commonly known as Mas Oyama, was a Zainichi Korean karate master who founded Kyokushin Karate, considered the first and most influential style of full contact karate. Early life Mas Oyama was born as Choi Yeong-eui () in Kintei, Kore ...
often trained in Kanbukan and practised with Makiwara and so on. At this time, Oyama is said to have shown little interest in armoured karate. In May 1959, the Japan Karatedo Federation (former) was established centered on Renbukan. Formed as a unified organization of karate that transcends schools, the headquartered Shudokan of Kanken Toyama. Its first chairman was Cai Chang-geng, with most of the executives during founding period being prolific Japanese martial artists. These included Vice Chairman
Yasuhiro Konishi was one of the first karateka to teach karate on mainland Japan. He was instrumental in developing modern karate, as well as a driving force in the art's acceptance in Japan. He is credited with developing the style known as Shindō jinen-ryū ...
( Shindō jinen-ryū), Kinjo Hiroshi (
Kanbukan Kanbukan (韓武舘, roughly translated as ''"Hall of Korean Martial Arts"'' or ''"Korean Martial Hall"'') was one of the earliest Karate organizations made in Post-War Japan and is considered the birthplace of the Bōgutsuki Karate. Kanbukan ...
), Advisor Hironori Otsuka ( Wado-ryu), Tatsuo Yamada (
Nippon Kempo is a Japanese martial art founded and created by Muneomi Sawayama in 1932. Ivica was a judoka who had studied under Kenwa Mabuni, a karateka who would establish the Shitō school of Karate. There are multiple schools and groups based on the N ...
), Gima Makoto (
Shotokan is a style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (Yoshitaka) Funakoshi (1906–1945). Gichin Funakoshi was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularizing "karate do" thro ...
), Director Isamu Ho ( Shorinji-Ryu Renshinkan) etc. Following the foundation of organization, it hold the 5th Tournament of "All Japan Karatedo Federation Championship" on same month at Korakuen Gymnasium."Karate instruction Taizuken Goju school" (published March 1, 1963, Real Live News, p. 208)


Major organizations

* JKF Renbukai * International Chitoryu Karatedo Federation


See also

*
Nippon Kempo is a Japanese martial art founded and created by Muneomi Sawayama in 1932. Ivica was a judoka who had studied under Kenwa Mabuni, a karateka who would establish the Shitō school of Karate. There are multiple schools and groups based on the N ...
*
Jidokwan Jidokwan is one of the original nine schools of the modern Korean martial arts that became Taekwondo and was founded in what is now South Korea at the end of World War II. Its name translates as "School of Wisdom". The Jidokwan in Korea still ...
*
World Taekwondo World Taekwondo, formerly the World Taekwondo Federation, is an international federation governing the sport of Taekwondo and Para Taekwondo. WT is a member of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF). The World Taekwo ...
and
Kukkiwon Kukkiwon (), also known as World Taekwondo Headquarters, and home of the World Taekwondo Academy, is where the official taekwondo governing organization was established by the South Korean government.Min, B.-H. (2005): (11 July 2005). Publishe ...


References

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