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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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)

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Dear WMKA Members,　　　　　

The Covid-19 pandemic is still hurting many people around the world. I hope you are not affected too much by it and doing well in your daily life where you live.