INTERNATIONAL BUDO KAI KAN KARATE DO FEDERATION

BUDOKAIKAN - Cultural Association of Budokai

The BUDOKAIKAN Association was created to protect and pass on the cultural, educational and technical heritage of the Budokai by managing its organization, promotion and development. l l Budokai is a 'martial art that is rooted in the tradition of Japanese Bujutsu and its culture (Budo) encoded by Maestro Francesco Spataro in 1995 and officially recognized in Italy in 1996 by the Martial Arts Federation Italy; and internationally by the International Budo Federation. The BUDOKAIKAN Association does not pursue any profit, n is racial ideologies, political or confessional. IS' open to anyone who shares the statute, are also practitioners from other martial arts or deserving people who with their work can contribute to the progress and the moral and technical elevation of the association.

Essential condition: Practice with sincerity and respect

The essential condition for good practice is to work constructively with other budokas, as this allows us to work deeply on ourselves. Which means mastering the movements, the balance and dominating the emotions and our mental processes that make us recognize our needs, and look for those situations that make us feel good, evolve and grow; avoiding those that take away our energy and that cause us discomfort. Practicing with sincerity and respect, for each of us is therefore the proof that we intend to improve ourselves more and more and to draw positively on those energies that life has given us.

Art not Sport

We of the BUDOKAIKAN Association, believe that practicing a Martial Art is a lifestyle, an evolutionary "Way" to be followed with passion to know and forge oneself, a precise behavioral choice to be fully in the world. In Budokai every gesture and every movement is aimed at the progress and perfection of each practitioner, along their own path of personal evolution, not only cultural and technical, but interior and human. A martial art, worthy of the name, must encourage and favor individual free expression, which represents for the practitioner the most satisfying part to live one's life as a protagonist in a balanced and optimal way. We have great respect for sport in general, for its beneficial and healthy effects and for its important role it plays in society; but we are convinced thatA MARTIAL ART CANNOT BE CONSIDERED A SPORT because in sport all the efforts are instead channeled and produced on competitive purposes to obtain the maximum result in performance and in sports competitions. To give a show, some combat disciplines have been placed in the sports sphere and today they are defined as "combat sports". This process, however, cannot concern martial arts, since if practiced as a sporting form, they lose their essence and their true identity born in the ancient warrior tradition. Unfortunately, in the name of sport, various martial arts have renounced their nature and have contributed over time to the birth of an infinite number of acronyms, Associations and Sports Federations that dispense degrees, qualifications and awards for a mainly commercial and economic feedback, thus triggering and feeding the phenomenon of the transmigration of many practitioners, who like leaves in the wind, pass from one school or federation to another to quench their thirst for affirmation and to obtain that famous and mythical " official recognition". The BUDOKAIKAN Association, respecting the traditions, does not pursue these ideas and having no sporting purposes to share, consistently with its principles, it is not part of any Federation or Sports Promotion Body, nor of CONI which we believe is a foreign body. to martial culture. We leave these ambitions to those who practice for sport. We continue and will continue every day to cultivate our art in silence and humility in the spirit of Budo which carries within it the concept of an indefinite activity, tending to the continuous research and total growth of the practitioner. The flowing river does not compete with anyone, it simply flows…. Thus the Martial Spirit flows and is not identifiable in words, or provable with a title issued by sports bodies that claim this right;

BUDOKAI TATE KYUDAN

In the martial arts of Japanese culture, the ordering of degrees is called Tate Kyudan where practitioners are generally divided into Mudansha students distinguished by colored belts and belonging to the technical progress classes called Kyu ; and Yudansha experienced practitioners characterized by black belts belonging to the order of degrees called Dan. Kyu classes vary in number from school to school according to the style or art practiced.Judo master Mikonosuke Kawaishi, for pedagogical reasons designed for Western students, but mainly to give visual recognition to the practitioner; in 1947 he introduced the system of matching each Kyua different colored belt, in a logically defined learning scale. The Japanese system instead uses only in theory these classes and only two colors: the white belt for 6th, 5th and 4th Kyu and the brown belt for the following ones. This is to highlight that those wearing the white belt must be treated with great responsibility and caution; for example without attacking it with impetuous techniques or techniques that are dangerous for its integrity, since presumably it has not yet matured the defense techniques necessary for its own safety. For children, recognition through colored belts can have an educational value, for adults it is somewhat questionable.

The Kyu destined for Mudansha students in Budokai are six, organized in descending order according to the technique and experience acquired, and each corresponds to a different color of the belt. Access to the next Kyu occurs after a minimum time required and at the discretion of the teacher, through a theoretical and practical suitability exam in which the student must demonstrate the technical level reached. The teacher will formalize this step by signing the student's personal card, issuing a certificate and verbally authorizing him to wear the belt of the color corresponding to the grade achieved.

6th Kyu - White Belt (Shiro Obi) - Beginner Student (minimum stay 8 months)

5th Kyu - Yellow Belt (Kiiro Obi) -------------- (minimum stay 8 months)

4th Kyu - Orange Belt (Daidaiiro Obi) --- (minimum stay 8 months)

3rd Kyu - Green Belt (Midori Obi) ------------ (minimum stay 1 year)

2nd Kyu - Blue Belt (Aoiro Obi) ----------------- (minimum stay 1 year)

1st Kyu - Brown Belt (Kuriiro Obi) - Expert Student (minimum stay 1 year)

BLACK BELT AND SUBSEQUENT DAN

Experienced Yudansha practitioners in Budokai are ordered in the Dan scale, degrees established in order of numerical progression and characterized by the Black Belt (Kuro Obi) . After the stay for the time required and necessary to complete the relative study program, the budoka, following the favorable opinion of his teacher, can take the theoretical and practical suitability exam in which he must demonstrate the technical level reached to obtain the next degree. The exam for the Black Belt takes place on the occasion of particular periodic meetings of the School or Organization to which it belongs and in the presence of the Technical Commission, made up of masters or judges who are entitled to it.

Black Belt 1st Dan - Minimum age required from 16 to 18 years and after at least 1 effective year of permanence in the 1st Kyu (Brown Belt).

Black Belt 2nd Dan - Minimum age required 21 years and after at least 2 effective years of permanence in 1st Dan.

Black Belt 3rd Dan - Minimum age required 24 years and after at least 3 years of actual stay in the 2nd Dan.

Black Belt 4th Dan - Minimum age required 28 years and after at least 4 years of actual stay in the 3rd Dan.

Black Belt 5th Dan - Minimum age required 35 years and after at least 6 years of actual stay in 4th Dan.

Dan grades are obtained for exams up to 5th Dan. From 6th Dan onwards, the degree is conferred on particular occasions, for special merits and in the manner adopted by one's own School or Organization to which it belongs in evaluating beyond the technical capacity achieved, above all the skills of experience, teaching, teaching, organization, development and dedication to martial art. For the promotion to the 6th Dan it is necessary to have at least 6 years of actual stay in the 5th Dan and a minimum age of 40 years. From 6th Dan onwards the black belt can be worn optionally, as the two-tone red and white belt (Akashiro Obi) is reserved for the higher masters. The Red Belt distinguishes only the head of the school (Soke).

QUALIFICATIONS

SOKE ( Head School, Higher Master of proven experience)

SHIHAN (Head of Teachers - minimum grade 5 Dan)

SENSEI (Master, with the minimum degree of 4th Dan - minimum age 40 years)

FUKU SHIDOIN (Instructor Assistant Teacher with the minimum degree of 2nd Dan - minimum age 25 years)

SHIDOIN (Coach with the minimum degree of 1st Dan - minimum age 18 years)

SENPAI (Senior student and / or Assistant Coach - minimum grade 1 ° Kyu)

On Line Exams - Work In Progress - On Line Exams - Work In Progress - Exams

Following the spread of the Coronavirus Covid-19 which occurred at the beginning of 2020, and consequent measures of social distancing; the Cultural Association BUDOKAIKAN in June 2020, for the first time launched an experimental program to support the ONLINE EXAMS for the 1st Dan Black Belt, to our Budokas: Martino Valentini, Alessandro Cazzetta and Luigi Sibilia foreseeing them for the end of 2020. But the state of emergency still persisting which causes delays in the completion of the videos of the requested program also in this year 2021; the Budokaikan Technical Commission will evaluate the documentation and any other element presented by the overwriters as soon as possible. All the material produced and being completed is collected here below.

THE BUSHIDO - 武士道

Bushido (the way of the warrior) is a code of conduct and a way of life, analogous to the European concept of Cavalry, adopted by the Japanese warriors. It contains the disciplinary, military and moral rules that took shape in Japan during the shogunates of Kamakura (1185-1333) and Muromachi (1336-1573) and which were formally defined and applied in the Tokugawa period (1603-1867). Inspired by the principles of Zen Buddhism and Confucianism adapted to the warrior caste, Bushido demanded respect for the values of honesty, loyalty, justice, piety, duty and honor that were to be pursued to death and was intended to help warriors understand their nature, control their mind and appreciate the universe through direct experience, as well as through the pursuit of human potentials such as strength, self-control and wisdom. All of this was intended to make the Samurai immune from the fear of death. Failure to comply with these principles caused the warrior's dishonor, who atoned by committing seppuku, ritual suicide. After the Meiji Restoration (1866), Bushido had as its founding point the absolute respect for the authority of the emperor and became one of the cornerstones of Japanese nationalism.

The Seven Virtues of Bushido
The Bushido is based on seven fundamental Virtues: Gi (Integrity), Rei (Respect), Yu (Courage), Meiyo (Honor), Jin (Compassion), Makoto (Honesty), Chu (Loyalty).

Gi : Integrity (Justice, Righteousness)
Be scrupulously honest in your dealings with others, believe in justice that comes not from other people but from yourself. The true Samurai is not uncertain about the question of honesty and justice. There is only what is right and what is wrong.

Rei : Respect (Kindness, Courtesy)
Samurai have no reason to be cruel, they don't need to show their strength. A Samurai is also kind to enemies. Without this display of outward respect, a man is little more than an animal. The Samurai is respected not only for his strength in battle but also for how he interacts with other men.

Yu : Courage (Heroism)
Rise above the masses who are afraid to act, hiding like a turtle in a shell is not living. A Samurai must possess heroic courage, this is absolutely risky and dangerous, this means living in a complete, full, wonderful way. Heroic courage is not blind but intelligent and strong.

Meiyo : Honor
There is only one judge of the Samurai's honor: himself. The decisions you make and the actions that follow are a reflection of who you really are. You cannot hide from yourself.

Jin : Compassion (Kindness, Benevolence)
Intense training makes the samurai quick and strong. He is different from others, he acquires a power that must be used for the common good. He has compassion, he takes every opportunity to be of help to his fellow men, and if the opportunity does not present itself he goes out of his way to find one.

Makoto : Honesty (Sincerity, Truth)
When a Samurai expresses the intention to carry out an action, this is practically already completed, nothing will prevent him from carrying out the expressed intention. He does not need either to "give the word" or to promise. Talking and acting are the same thing.

Chu : Loyalty (Duty, Loyalty)
For the Samurai to perform an action or express something is equivalent to becoming its owner. He assumes full responsibility, including for what follows. The Samurai is immensely loyal to those he cares for. He remains fiercely loyal to those for whom he is responsible.

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