Dojo Owners News

Karate Day Event and Dan Promotion Test

News from Okinawa July 18, 2023 Karate Day event 2023: 25 OCT : Special Demonstration at Karate Kaikan (Only for Karate Leaders in Okinawa)29 OCT : Karate at Kokusai Street (Demonstrate Fukyugata I and several Kata) Dan Promotion test:19 NOV : Karate Kaikan Thank you,Daichi Sakamoto

Read more

The Monument of Honor Celebration Event for Founder Shoshin Nagamine 2024

News From Okinawa July 1, 2023 Dear WMKA Members around the world, We are pleased to announce that we will finally hold the event to commemorate the erection of a monument in honor of Founder Shoshin Nagamine O’sensei. Dates: November 1, 2024 to November 3, 2024 (3 days) Schedule:Day1 (November 1, Friday) 13:30 – 16:00 Dan Promotion Test: Classroom at Karate Kaikan 16:15 – 17:00 Dojo Owner’s Meeting: Classroom at Karate Kaikan 19:00 – 21:00 Dojo Owner’s Exchange Party: Ryotei Naha Day2 (November 2, Saturday)             10:00 – 12:00  Seminar in AM: Dojo at Karate Kaikan             14:00 – 16:00  Seminar in PM: Dojo at Karate Kaikan Day3 (November 3, Sunday)             10:00 – 12:00  Seminar: Dojo at 2F of Budokan             14:00 – 16:00  Exchange Karate Festival: Dojo at 2F of Budokan             18:00 – 20:00  Monument of honor celebration Party: Hotel (TBD) Venues:Karate Kaikan 沖縄空手会館 豊見城市豊見城854−1 https://goo.gl/maps/2bH1h7XJNQ2veMp5A Budokan 沖縄県立武道館 那覇市奥武山町52 https://goo.gl/maps/9nYrvUVPvTNGVpyZ9 Ryotei Naha 料亭那覇 那覇市辻2丁目2−11 https://goo.gl/maps/BApbbsMvPhp6nkrP6 Best Regards,Yoshitaka Taira, President of WMKA

Read more

New Overseas Manager In Okinawa

Announcement from Okinawa March 20,2023 The New overseas manager in Okinawa Dear WMKA Dojo owners around the world, We are announcing the New overseas manager, Mr. Daichi Sakamoto from the Taira dojo under president Yoshitaka Taira.  He will start to work as New overseas manager starting April 1, the date for Japanese Fiscal year 2023.  Please communicate with Mr. Daichi Sakamoto instead of Mr. Riki Nomura starting April 1st. We hope you will cooperate and support him the same as you did for his predecessor. The information for the New overseas manager is as below; Name : Daichi Sakamoto  Home Address : 4-18-23-705, Miyagi, Urasoe City, Okinawa E-mail Address : okinawa@sti-network.com Cellularphone Number : +81-90-4090-1513 Facebook messenger : https://m.me/daddy.saka (David SAKAMOTO) Skype : sakamoto.daichi (David SAKAMOTO) Signal : +81-90-4090-1513 (Daichi SAKAMOTO) Quote from Mr. Daichi Sakamoto; Dear Dojo Owners! My name is Daichi SAKAMOTO, 1st Dan trainee at Taira Dojo. During my 4 years at Taira dojo, I learned a lot… not only techniques, but also mentality, philosophy, and way of life. In order to support lessons for WMKA members at Taira Dojo, I studied Karate-do, human anatomy and sports science in English. Those experiences made me discover a new horizon. Then, I considered that I would like to contribute something back to WMKA. Thus, It’s my honor to receive the offer. At the same time, I have confirmed and recognized Mr.Nomura’s great achievements over the past 7 years. So… I will struggle as well as possible. If you have […]

Read more

The Change of the Overseas Manager in Okinawa

News from Okinawa February 19, 2023 The Change of the Overseas Manager in Okinawa Dear WMKA Dojo owners around the world, I hope you are actively working on your daily and karate life in the countries where you live.We had a board meeting on January 22, 2023 in Okinawa and have decided on a new overseas manager. His name is Mr. Daichi Sakamoto at the Taira Dojo. I will keep working on my current duty until March 31st. Mr. Sakamoto will work as an overseas manager starting April 1st 2023, the date for Japanese Fiscal year 2023. His mailing address will be announced later. I am going to hand over all my work to Mr. Sakamoto between March 25 to March 30.  I don’t want to leave any unsolved work for him when he starts as the new overseas manager. I want to ask for your cooperation as below: 1. Dojo owner license renewal for 2023 and after. Okinawa didn’t request any deadline last year to renew your dojo owner license for the dojo owners who haven’t renewed for 2023. I wish that you will renew your dojo owner license by March 20 or the sooner the better.. We are planning to hold a “Memorial Monument Erection Commemorative Festival” (tentative name) sometime in the autumn in 2024.  I hope many WMKA members from around the world will come and meet each other again in Okinawa.   2. Up-to-date your Website dojo information.  Dr. Fred Schlesinger who is the Website administrator asked […]

Read more

Dojo Owner License Renewal for 2023

December 10,2022 Announcement from Okinawa Dojo Owner License Renewal for 2023 Dear WMKA Dojo Owners around the world,  We hope you are spending everyday life in good health in your country. The Covid-19 virus is still troubling many people around the world. However, it seems that the people and their societies have started many activities to overcome the influence by Covid-19 (except for China). We hosted two World Events in Okinawa from August to November 2022. We had welcomed 17 participants from outside Okinawa at the “Annual Autumn Dan Evaluation test 2022” on November 20th. We strongly hope the world will have a clear dawn without Covid-19 in 2023.    We would like to ask you to ““Renew your Dojo Owner License for 2023”  (for those whose Dojo Owner Licenses have expiration dates ending on December 31st 2022). Though we had exempted annual fees for 2021 and 2022, we want to burden you with it for 2023. As we didn’t set the payment deadline, please be ready to cooperate with Okinawa for 2023. Since starting “The Multiple Year Renewal” in 2015, about 60% of the dojo owners are adopting it currently and 40% are keeping the “Single Year Renewal” every year. I assume some dojo owners who didn’t have a Dan evaluation test between 2020 to 2022 had no payment for Okinawa since 2019. Therefore, you may not know that we had set up a Paypal payment system to president Taira in 2021.  Please check “News From Okinawa: New Payment Method […]

Read more

Soke Takayoshi Nagamine Annual Memorial Weekend

The annual memorial Matsubayashi karate weekend to remember and honor Soke Takayoshi Nagamine was held August 12th (Soke’s birthday) and 13th at the WMKA Cocoa Beach Karate Dojo. Karate practitioners came form all over to honor Soke T. Nagaminre and train together for the weekend. There was also a dan testing for Cocoa Beach Karate yudansha Lisa Miller who earned her 2nd dan. The WMKA Board of judges were: Angel Mazza, Kyoshi 7th Dan, Curtis Anderson Renshi 6th Dan, Des Chaskelson Renshi 6th Dan and Marsha Lauka 5th Dan. Soke held several seminars in Florida, the last one at Cocoa Beach Karate Dojo on 2011. The memorial in his honor has been held every year since then.

Read more

WMKA/EMKA September, 2022 Seminar Featuring Toshimitsu Arakaki Hanshi, 10th Dan

We are pleased to announce a WMKA/EMKA seminar With Arakaki Sensei, 10th Dan, Hanshi on September 9th and 10th, 2022 in Belleville, Illinois, USA. The seminar will begin on the evening of Friday, September 9th and will continue as a full day event on September 10th. On Saturday evening, September 10th, there will be a Banquet and on Sunday morning, September 11 a breakfast meal. Registration for the seminar is open to WMKA and EMKA members. Options for days of attendance and for the banquet food choices as well as attendance for breakfast can be found on the registration forms below.Several hotel options and suggestions are also listed on the registrations, but there are many hotels to choose from in the area. Please register soon as attendance numbers are limited.(Note: Prior notification of this seminar was sent to all dojo owners in May and the registration form became available on June 5, 2022.)Please click on the link below to open the registration form:https://matsubayashi-ryu.com/220605-sept22-seminar-registration-final/ *For more information, please contact Ed French, 6th Dan of the Nagamine Matsubayashi-Ryu Lineage Dojo and host of the seminar by email at edfrench@pobox.com, or by phone at (618) 830-8192. Thank you and we look forward to seeing many WMKA/EMKA members at the seminar!

Read more

News From Okinawa: New Payment Method for Dojo Owners

November 26,2021 Good news for WMKA Dojo Owners! You can now submit payments directly to the WMKA/ President Taira Bank account through PayPal.The PayPal link is listed on the secure ‘Dojo Owner’s” page under payment options.You can use the Paypal method to submit fees for dojo licenses, yudansha certificates or any other WMKA fees that need to be submitted to Okinawa. If you don’t have a Paypal account you can easily start one for no fee. Follow direction to enroll in PayPal. Once you have logged into PayPal you can click on the link or scan the QR barcode on the Dojo Owners page. The cost of sending money directly through PayPal is considerably less than a “Bank wire transfer fee”(See the “Dojo Owners Page” for other options to submit fees). https://paypal.me/WMKA1/ Use “Send” Option, then on payment screen, please include a note/message with following information included:a) From whom (Dojo Owner’s name)b) What the payment is for (ex. Dan certificates, license renewal, etc.) We hope this will make payment much more simple for our members. (Click Read More to see entire post if image not seen)

Read more