The main philosophy of WKO Shinkyokushinkai is to “master our mind”, and with our activities centered on the three pillars of nurturing youth, social contribution, and international exchange, we carry on with our daily efforts to further promote Budo Karate. As a symbol of the rapid internationalization of Karate, which originated from Japan, WKO has now developed into an organization with 100,000 registered members in 102 countries and regions (as of March 2021), and Karate has crossed over all borders, including age, gender, nationality, race, and religion, and is loved by the world as a noble Budo (martial art) culture and sport, for it can be trained throughout life, and holds the role of strengthening and enriching one’s mind and soul. The number of youth practitioners has recently increased at a remarkable rate, and we believe that this has helped in providing solutions for serious issues such as bullying and social isolation.
Our activities, in addition to our daily trainings at the dojo, are widely promoted to the international community through the various tournaments held domestically and internationally to demonstrate the result of our training. The tournaments are systemized with the open weight “World Open Karate Championship” held every 4 years in Tokyo, at the very top, with the memorial 10th tournament organized in 2011, and up to the 12th tournament held in 2019, the title has been protected by Japan, the mother country of Karate.
