WMKA 2020 Worldwide Virtual Event and Memorial Tribute to Grandmaster Shoshin Nagamine 

September 27, 2020: News Notification from Okinawa

WMKA 2020 Worldwide Virtual Event and Memorial Tribute to Grandmaster Shoshin Nagamine 

 Dear WMKA members,

The COVID-19 disease (Coronavirus) is still hurting many people around the world. I hope all of you and the people around you are not affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

 We are glad to announce the “WMKA 2020 Worldwide Virtual Event and Memorial Tribute to Grandmaster Shoshin Nagamine” which will be held twice on November 1^st at 8:00 am and 8:00 pm Okinawa local time. November 1^st was the originally scheduled date for “The Memorial Monument Unveiling & Celebration for Founder Shoshin Nagamine” in Okinawa. All Events were postponed to 2021.

 We are very thankful for all WMKA members around the world because “WMKA 2020 Worldwide Virtual Event and Memorial Tribute to Grandmaster Shoshin Nagamine “was proposed by overseas members not from Okinawa. 

First Zoom Online Workout: November 1st  8:00 am Okinawa time
The 8 am event will feature a speech and special karate instruction by WMKA president Yoshitaka Taira (Hanshi 10^th dan).

Second Zoom Online Workout: November 1st 8:00 pm Okinawa time.
The 8 pm event will feature a speech and special Karate instruction by Vice-president Toshimitsu Arakaki (Hanshi 10^th dan).

Please refer to your time zone and select your convenient time to participate for either the 8 am or the 8 pm event according to your country’s location. You may participate in both events if convenient for you!

All dojo owners will be mailed registration information and Zoom Links.
The registration links will be provided to you by your Sensei/DojoOwner.

Note to Dojo Owners- Event registration will be only for WMKA/EMKA member dojos and the students of WMKA/EMKA Dojos. Please share the registration links only with your students.
If you do not receive your link by October 4th, 2020, please contact WMKA website administrator Fred Schlesinger senseishinbukanrr@gmail.com

Please watch the WMKA Website “News” for further details coming soon! 

 The most valuable policy is “Nuchi-du Takara” in Okinawan dialect, which means “Life is a Treasure”. 

Please refer to the following safety policy in your daily life and attend the Zoom online Workout.

1. Please follow the Covid-19 safety instruction in your country and your local municipality.
2. Please refer to the attached “Avoid the ‘The Three Cs”!” issued by Japanese Government for preventing Covid-19 if you think it will help with your precautions.

 Although we don’t want to see and hear about Covid-19 infections and deaths, we do have to know the current situation to protect ourselves and the people around us. Therefore, we posted the table of Covid-19 status.  

We expect to meet you at” November 1^{st t} “Zoom Online Workouts” on November 1, 2020 (Okinawa date) and “The Memorial Monument Unveiling and Celebration for Shoshin Nagamine in Okinawa” next year.

Best Regards,
Yoshitaka Taira, President of  the WMKA 

COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic <Last updated status September 22, 2020 >

Total Coronavirus cases 31,480,487 and Total Deaths 969,237

※M=Million population

No	Country Name	Total Cases	Total Deaths	Death/M	No	Country Name	Total cases	Total Deaths	Death/M
1.	Okinawa	2,358	45	31	11	Netherland	95,995	6,281	366
2	Japan	79,140	1,500	12	12	New Zealand	1,815	25	5
3	Australia	26,912	851	33	13	Norway	13,005	267	49
4	Canada	145,415	9,228	244	14	Spain	671,468	30,663	656
5	Cuba	5,141	116	10	15	U S A	7,046.216	204,506	617
6	United Kingdom	398,625	41,788	615	16	Argentina	640,147	13,482	298
7	France	458,061	31,338	480	17	Uruguay	1,927	46	13
8	Germany	275,551	9,481	113	18	Brazil	4,560,083	137,350	645
9	India	5,560,105	88,965	64	19	Chile	447,468	12,298	642
10	Ireland	33,121	1,792	362

Remarks:

1. I borrowed one of the Website released information just to show the countries of WMKA member around the world.
2. The order of the country is based on the WMKA Website Dojo Page country order.
3. If you find any mistakes in the table, please correct it and let us know it.
   Refer to the attached leaflet:　Avoid the “Three Cs“！