2024 SKIF International Seminar

Overview

Objective: To improve and unify the techniques of SKIF members in Japan and overseas while providing the opportunity for members to interact and build friendships

1. TITLE
   SHOTOKAN KARATE-DO INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION — 2024 INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
    
2. SPONSOR
   SHOTOKAN KARATE-DO INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION
    
3. SUPPORT
   Ota City, Tokyo / Ota City Board of Education / Ota City Karate Federation
    
4. DATES
   Friday, March 29 – Sunday, March 31, 2024
    
5. VENUE
   OMORI SPORTS CENTER, OTA CITY
   2-2-5 Omori-honcho, Ota City, Tokyo
   An approximately 6-minute walk from Heiwajima Station, located on the Keihin Kyuko Main Line (Keikyu Honsen)
    
6. INSTRUCTORS
   Kancho Nobuaki Kanazawa, Shuseki-Shihan Manabu Murakami, 
   SKIF Headquarters instructors, Referee Director Eikichi Saito,
    
7. SPECIAL GUEST INSTRUCTORS
   Shihan Masaru Miura (Italy), Shihan Akio Nagai (Germany), Shihan Rikuta Koga (Switzerland), Hiroshi Ishikawa (Mexico)
    
8. CONTENT
   a. Technical clinic (4 individual classes)
   b. Referee clinic (2 individual classes)
   c. Dan promotion test
    
9. PARTICIPANT QUALIFICATIONS
   SKIF members of minimum 12 years old, 3rd kyu (brown belt) or higher.
    
10. SCHEDULE

    Friday, March 29, 2024 (Day 1)
    10:00–12:00     Registration
    12:00–15:00     Technical clinic class 1
    15:30–17:00     Referee clinic class 1
              　
    Saturday, March 30, 2024 (Day 2)
    09:30–11:30     Technical clinic class 2
    12:00–14:00     Technical clinic class 3
    14:30–15:30     Joint training session with Ota City residents
    15:30–17:00     Referee clinic class 2
    19:00–21:00     Evening banquet

    Sunday, March 31, 2024 (Day 3)
    10:00–12:30     Technical clinic class 4
    13:30¬–16:00     Dan promotion test

11. SEMINAR PARTICIPATION FEES
    JPY 2,000 (per individual class)
    JPY 10,000 (participation in all classes)

12. APPLICATION DEADLINE

    Thursday, February 29, 2024 (Initial deadline)
    If you are not able to confirm your availability until after the initial deadline, please inform SKIF GHQ.
    Please email your completed applications to international@skif.jp

13. EVENING BANQUET
    Saturday, March 30, 2024, 19:00–21:00
    Omori Sports Center, B1 conference room
    Participation fee: JPY 5,000 per person

14. DAN PROMOTION TEST
    Make sure to send the Dan Application form in advance, together with the registration form.
    Applications will not be accepted during the seminar.
    We will ask all members who do not test to leave the venue during the dan promotion test.

15. CHERRY BLOSSOM VIEWING PARTY (HANAMI)
    Date and time: Monday, April 1, 2024, 11:00–13:00 (will be cancelled in the event of rain)

    Location: Along the bank of Tama River (approximately a 10-minute walk from Unoki Station). Participants should meet at 10:30 in front of Unoki Station on the Tokyu-Tamagawa Line. Cherry blossoms bloom in early April in Tokyo. If you take part in this event you will experience a relaxing time under the cherry blossoms while enjoying drinks, snacks and conversation with your karate friends.

16. JOINT TRAINING SESSION WITH OTA-CITY RESIDENTSAlthough this seminar is being organised by SKIF, Ota City, Ota City Board of Education and Ota City Karate Federation once again provide support in, among other things, securing the seminar venue. That is why we also organize a free training session on the second day of the seminar together with karate practitioners residing in Ota City. We encourage all members taking part in the seminar to also participate in this joint training session.
    
    Following this joint training session, during the referee clinic class, seminar attendees will be given the opportunity to practice refereeing under tournament conditions. To make this possible, we ask the younger members to participate as athletes. This will allow them to experience kumite under tournament conditions and improve their skills while enabling others to improve their skills as referees.

Schedule

Other matters of importance

1. LODGING
   
   SKIF GHQ will not be arranging lodging for this seminar. As such, participants are requested to take care of all necessary lodging arrangements on their own.
   
   Late March/early April is a busy time of the year for hotels in the Tokyo area (particularly around Kamata). Several hotels in the area are already completely booked for this period. Accordingly, we strongly recommend that you reserve lodging as early as possible.
   
   The venue where the seminar will be held is located within walking distance (approximately 6 minutes) from Heiwajima station on the Keihin Kyuko Main Line (Keikyu Honsen). Accordingly, participants may want to consider lodging near Shinagawa* station or in the vicinity of Kamata station (both of which offer easy access to the seminar venue) or somewhere in between these two locations.
   
   * Shinagawa is the largest district in the southwestern region of Tokyo and offers a large selection of city and business hotels.
   
   Distances between various train stations
   • Heiwajima Station - Shinagawa Station: approx. 10 minutes by train
   • Heiwajima Station - Keikyu Kamata Station: approx. 5 minutes by train
     
     Note: Although JR Shinagawa Station and Keikyu Shinagawa Station are located directly next to each other, Kamata Station and Keikyu Kamata Station are separated by a distance, requiring a 10-minute walk. SKIF Headquarters is located at Kugahara Station (about a 1-minute walk from the station) on the Tokyu Ikegami Line, which is approximately 7 minutes by train from Kamata Station.
      
   Other distances for reference
   • Tokyo Station - Shinagawa Station: approx. 10 minutes by train
   • Shinagawa Station - Kamata Station: approx. 10 minutes by train
   • Haneda Airport Domestic Terminal - Shinagawa Station: approx. 16 minutes by train
   • Haneda Airport Domestic Terminal - Kamata Station: approx. 30 minutes by bus
      
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