In the evening news program "RBC NEWS Link", the "New Year Interviews" will introduce people who are expected to be active in 2022. In May 2022, the musical version of the popular 1980s movie "The Karate Kid" is scheduled to be performed in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. From Okinawa, the associate producer is Matsudo Kyota. Last month, he was interviewed at the Okinawa Karate Kaikan.
Robert Mark Kamen, who wrote the movie "The Karate Kid" trained 8 years at the New York Shoreikan. The model of the karate teacher "Miyagi-san" in the play is Toguchi Seikichi, the founder of Shoreikan, and the last kick of Daniel comes from the Kata "Hakutsuru" created by Toguchi sensei.
For the program, the head of the Okinawa Karatedo Goju-ryu Shoreikan Ito Kozaburo sensei performed the said kata at the Okinawa Karate Kaikan and was interviewed. At the age of 91, Ito sensei is probably one of the oldest active karate instructors who keep teaching three classes a day for children, boys, and adults three days a week.
The program will be broadcast on "RBC NEWS Link" from 18:15 today.
More on this topic: https://shoreikan-karate.com/en/2021/09/14/post-1762/
In 1867, a martial arts performance was held at the Akata gate of Shuri Castle ... Click here for the special feature
The Okinawa Karate Information Center will be closed during the year-end and New Year holidays.
New Year holidays
From Wednesday, December 29th, 2021 to Monday, January 3rd, 2021
Our center will be opened as usual from January 4th, 2021 (Tuesday).
We thank you for your understanding and wish you a Happy New Year!
本日、沖縄空手ユネスコ登録推進協議会の会長を務める沖縄県知事の玉城デニー氏は上京し、沖縄空手のユネスコ無形文化遺産登録の早期実現についての要請を行いました。
沖縄県は、2021年度から2022年度の4年間、総事業費9百万円余りをかけて登録に向けた取組を推進しています。所管課は、沖縄県空手振興課。
関連資料：【令和３年度】 沖縄空手ユネスコ登録推進事業 （P５参照）
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/okinawa/20211214/5090016615.html
A trip to touch the essence of karate (Okinawa 6 nights 7 days monitor tour)
This is a project sponsored by OMM, a company that manages the Okinawa Karate Kaikan.
For details, please check the following website.
Okinawa Traditional Karate Kobudō Joint Performance
A new project on karate tourism has been released.
For more information, please visit the website below.
