
I.K.O.N. History
International Karate Organization Nakamura
1977 - 1989
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1977 10- Sosui Makoto Nakamura All-Japan Championships Debut
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1978 10- Sosui Makoto Nakamura 3rd Place at the 10th All-Japan Championships
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1979 05- Sosui Makoto Nakamura 1st Place at the 11th All-Japan Championships
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1979 11- Sosui Makoto Nakamura 1st Place at the 2nd World Tournament (WT)
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1980 11- Sosui Makoto Nakamura 2nd Place at the 12th All-Japan Championships
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1981 05- Sosui appointed the Hyogo Branch Chief by Sosai Mas Oyama
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1981 06- The first Nakamura dojo was established in the city of Ashiya
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1981 11- Sosui Makoto Nakamura 2nd Place at the 13th All-Japan Championships
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1982 03- The first full-time dojo was established in the city of Amagasaki (Currently run by Shihan Osamu Sumitani)
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1982 04- Itami and Takarazuka dojos opened (Currently run by Shihan Yoshitaka Kuroyama)
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1983 12- The first local tournament was held at the Amagasaki dojo
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1984 01- Sosui Makoto Nakamura 1st Place at the 3rd World Tournament
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1984 04- Sosui was appointed the South-Osaka Branch Chief by Sosai Mas Oyama
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1984 04- A Uchideshi, Shihan Yoshitaka Nishiyama 2nd Place at the 1st All-Japan Weight Category Championships (JWCC)
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1985 06- Shihans Yoshitaka Nishiyama and Hidehiko Hashizume 2nd Place in their respective weight category at the 2nd JWCC
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1985 09- Inviting Sosai Mas Oyama, the 1st Hyogo Tournament was held by Sosui Makoto Nakamura
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1986 06- Shihans Takahiro Kajiwara, Hashizume, and Nishiyama conquered all three weight categories at the 3rd JWCC
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1986 06- Nishinomiya Dojo opened (Currently run by Shihan Nobuhiro Hokayashiki)
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1987 06- Shihan Hashizume 2nd Place at the 4th JWCC and selected to compete in the 4th World Tournament
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1987 11- Shihans Hashizume and Nishiyama advanced to the Top 32 in the 4th WT
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1988 06- Shihans Hideki Shibata and Takahiro Kajiwara placed 1st in the middleweight and lightweight respectively at 5th JWCC.
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1988 11- Shihan Hideki Shibata advanced to the top 8 in the 20th All-Japan Championships
1990 - 1999
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1990 03- A total number of dojos exceeded twenty locations
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1990 05- Shihan Tats Nakamura moved to Vancouver, Canada and established a Kyokushin dojo in the city
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1991 06- Shihan Naoyuki Sonoda placed 1st in the 8th JWCC
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1991 11- Shihan Sonoda advanced to the top 32 in the 5th WT
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1994 04- Sosai Mas Oyama passed away
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1995 01- The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake occurred on January 17. It directly hit Kobe and took more than 5000 lives.
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1995 03- The original I.K.O. split into a few different groups. Nakamura Dojo decided to stay with Kancho Matsui's organization.
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1995 11- Shihans Norihisa Horiike and Masanori Takao advanced to the top 16 in the 6th WT
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1996 03- Kawanishi Dojo opened with Shihan Nobuaki Nagai as Head Instructor
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1996 05- Tennoji Dojo opened with Shihan Satoru Kobayashi as Head Instructor
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1996 06- Shihan Masafumi Tagahara won 1st in the 16th JWCC
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1996 08- The Honbu Dojo opened
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1996 11- Shihans Horiike and Takao placed 8th and 4th respectively in the 28 All-Japan Championships
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1997 04- Shihans Horiike, Koji Yasuda, Takao entered the 1st World Weight Category Championships (WWCC)
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1997 04- Shihan Piotr Sawicki placed 1st in the lightweight division at the 1st WWCC
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1997 11- Shihans Horiike and Takao placed 4th and 7th respectively in the 29 All-Japan Championships
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1998 04- Shihans Tagahara, Horiike, Takao entered the World Cup held in Paris
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1998 07- Sosui Nakamura was invited to the Polish summer camp with Shihan Tats Nakamura, Sumitani, Makoto Ikemoto
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1999 04- Nakamura Dojo 20th Anniversary
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1999 06- Tamatsukuri Dojo opened with Shihan Kenji Sanada as Head Instructor
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1999 11- Shihans Yasuda, Sumitani, and Tagahara entered the 7th WT.
2000 - 2009
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2000 06- Shihan Tagahara placed 1st in the lightweights and Shihan Sumitani placed 2nd in the heavyweights at the 17th JWCC
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2001 04- Shihan Yasuda placed 3rd in the lightweight division at the 18 JWCC
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2001 06- Shihan Tagahara placed 1st in the 2nd WWCC
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2001 12- Sosui Nakamura was invited to the Russian seminar
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2002 06- Shihans Matsuoka and Sumitani placed 3rd in the middleweights and the heavyweights respectively at the 19th JWCC
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2002 11- Shihan Tadakuni Tokuda and Shihan Sumitani placed 4th and 5th respectively in the 34th All-Japan Championships
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2003 06- Shihan Kanamori placed 1st in the middleweights and Shihan Takao placed 4th in the heavyweights at the 20th JWCC
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2003 11- Sosui Nakamura contributed as Head Coach to Team Japan's victory at the 8th WT
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2004 06- Shihans Matsuoka and Ikemoto placed 2nd in the lightweights and the middleweights respectively at the 21st JWCC
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2004 09- Nakayamada Dojo opened with Shihan Shinichi Kawasaka. Shihan Matsuoka won the African title.
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2004 11- Shihan Tokuda placed 2nd and Shihan Ikemoto placed 7th in the 36th All-Japan Championships
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2005 01- Shihan Akimasa Watanabe opend a new full-time dojo in Hanaten-Tsurumi, Osaka
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2005 05- Shihans Tokuda and Tagahara entered the 3rd WWCC
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2005 06- Shihan Matuoka placed 1st in the middleweight division at the 22nd JWCC
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2005 11- Shihans Tokuda and Tagahara placed 3rd and 6th respectively in the 37th All-Japan Championships
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2006 06- Shihan Sumitani placed 1st in the heavyweight division at the 23rd JWCC
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2006 06- Shihan Matasuoka placed 2nd in the middleweight division at the 2rd JWCC
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2006 09- Sanda Dojo opened with Shihan Shuji Nakamura as Head Instructor
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2006 12- Shihans Kawasaka and Katsuhito Nakagawa entered the Vancouver Cup Karate Championships
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2007 02- Banshu Cup (Japan Karate Classic) was held for the first time
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2007 06- Shihan Tokuda advanced to the top 4 in the 24th JWCC
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2007 11- Shihan Ikemoto advanced to the 3rd round at the 9th WT while Shihan Tokuda advanced to the top 32
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2008 06- Shihan Matsuoka placed 2nd in the middleweight and Shihan Kurata placed 4th at the 25th JWCC
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2009 06- Shihans Sumitani and Tokuda placed 2nd and 1st respectively at the 26th JWCC
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2009 07- Hannan Dojo opened with Shihan Takeshi Okuda as Head Instructor
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2009 08- Shihan Matsuoka entered the 4th WWCC and placed 2nd in the lightweight division
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2009 10- A new full-time dojo opened in Nishinomiya with Shihan Nobuhiro Hokayashiki as Head Instructor
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2009 11- Shihan Sumitani fought in the 41st All-Japan Championships and retired as a fighter
2010 - 2019
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2010 01- A full-time dojo opened in Kobe Sannomiya with Shihan Matsuoka as Head Instructor
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2010 06- Shihan Matsuoka placed 3rd in the 27th JWCC
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2010 07- Nakamura Dojo 30th Anniversary
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2010 07- Youth Training Seminar began
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2010 10- Daihyo Masanaga Nakamura placed 1st in the All-Asia Championships
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2010 11- Daihyo Masanaga advanced to the fourth round and received the Spirit Award in the 42nd All-Japan Championships
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2011 06- Daihyo Masanaga and Shihan Matsuoka entered the All-American Championships in New York
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2011 11- The 10th WT was held. But for the first time, none of the Nakamura fighters were selected.
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2012 02- Daihyo Masanaga placed 1st in the Middle-East Championships in Iran
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2013 06- Daihyo Masanaga placed 1st in the middleweight at the 30th JWCC
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2014 06- Daihyo Masanaga placed 2nd in the middleweights at the 31st JWCC
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2014 06- Senseis Genki Kamei and Yuya Konishi placed 1st and 3rd respectively in the lightweights at the 31st JWCC
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2015 06- Daihyo Masanaga placed 1st in the light-heavyweight division at the 32nd JWCC
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2015 11- Daihyo Masanaga entered the 11th WT
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2016 12- I.K.O.N. was established (Sosui Makoto Nakamura, Chair / Daihyo Masanaga Nakamura, Director)
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2016 12- The Vancouver branch was established (Shihan Tats Nakamura, Head of International Department)
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2017 04- The Poland and South African branches were established
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2017 06- The Taiwan and Montreal branches were established
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2017 07- The Iran branch was established
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2017 09- The Russia branch was established
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2017 12- The Indonesia branch was established
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2017 12- The 1st International Friendship Karate Championships (IFKC) was held in Osaka
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2018 01- The Hong Kong and Kazakhstan branches were established
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2018 04- The India branch was established
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2018 09- The Chile branch was established
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2018 11- The USA IL, Singapore, and Tunisia branches were established.
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2018 11- The Zimbabwe branch was established (Suspended as of Jan 2025)
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2018 12- The 2nd IFKC was held
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2019 03- The Greece and Sri Lanka branches were established
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2019 04- The China branch was established
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2018 08- The 1st Kyokushin Grand-Prix and All-Japan Championships were held in Osaka
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2019 12- The South Korea, Germany, Algeria, United Kingdom, and Romania branches were established
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2019 12- The 3rd IFKC was held
2020 -
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2020 07- The Iraq, France, and Lebanon branches were established
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2020 08- The Morocco branch was established
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2020 09- The Mauritius branch was established
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2020 11- The Kuwait branch was established
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2020 12- The Yokohama-Kawasaki branch was established
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2021 01- The Philippines branch was established
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2021 04- The Isarael branch was established
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2021 05- The Bolivia branch was established
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2021 07- The Tokyo-Adachi branch was established
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2021 07- The 2nd Kyokushin Grand-Prix and All-Japan Championships were held in Osaka
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2021 09- The Ukraine branch was established
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2021 10- The Saitama-Kawaguchi branch was established
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2022 04- The Spain branch was established
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2022 05- The Italy branch was established (but left in 2024)
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2022 05- The Shonan branch was established
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2022 07- The Malaysia branch was established (closed in 2024 as the branch chief deceased)
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2022 07- The 3rd Kyokushin Grand-Prix and All-Japan Championships were held in Osaka
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2022 11- The 3rd IFKC was held
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2023 06- The USA NC branch was established
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2023 07- The 1st I.K.O.N. European Championships was held in Poland
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2023 08- The 4th Kyokushin Grand-Prix and All-Japan Championships were held in Osaka
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2023 11- The Polish Open 2023 was held
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2023 12- The 4th IFKC was held
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2024 01- The Shinki branch was established
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2024 04- The Australia branch was established
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2024 04- The 1st I.K.O.N. All Asia Championships was held in Taiwan
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2024 06- The Brazil branch was established
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2024 06- The 2nd I.K.O.N. European Championships was held in Poland
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2024 06- The 1st I.K.O.N. North American Championships was held in Montreal, Canada
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2024 07- The 1st I.K.O.N. All-African Championships was held in South Africa
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2024 07- The 5th Kyokushin Grand-Prix and All-Japan Championships were held in Osaka
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2024 08- The 1st I.K.O.N. South American Championships was held in Chile
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2024 09- The 5th IFKC and the 1st I.K.O.N. World Tournament were held in Osaka
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2024 10- The Polish Open 2024 was held
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2024 11- Shihan Satoru Kobayashi was appointed the Chair of the Japanese Branch Chief Committee
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2025 01- An official website was launched​
