The All Japan Kendo Federation (AJKF) or Zen Nihon Kendō Renmei (全日本剣道連盟 abbreviated 全剣連 Zen Ken Ren) is a national non-governmental organization in Japan, founded in 1952 and officially formed on March 14, 1954.[2]
Purpose
[edit]The All Japan Kendo Federation (AJKF) promotes and popularises kendō, iaidō and jōdō.
Membership
[edit]The All Japan Kendo Federation (AJKF) has been member of the International Kendo Federation (FIK) since it was founded in 1970.[3]
The All Japan Kendo Federation (AJKF) is a member of the Japanese Budo Association (Nippon Budo Shingikai)[4] and the Nippon Budokan Foundation.[5]
Championships
[edit]The first All Japan Kendo Championship were conducted in 1953.[6]
Register of Dan Grades
[edit]A census of members of the forty-seven prefectural associations affiliated to the AJKF made in March 2006 showed there were 1,429,718 members including 401,121 women and about half are dan graded.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Budden, P. (2000). Looking at a far mountain. Boston: Tuttle Publishing. pp. 9, 12, 14. ISBN 978-0-8048-3245-8
- ^ "The History of Kendo". All Japan Kendo Federation (AJKF). Archived from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ^ "FIK Affiliate Countries & Regions". Archived from the original on 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ^ Yoshio, Mifuji; Dr Alexander Bennett (2009-10-31). Budo: The Martial Ways of Japan. Tokyo, Japan: Nippon Budokan Foundation. p. 335.
- ^ "関連協力組織｜日本武道館について｜日本武道館". nipponbudokan.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- ^ Thomas A. Green and Joseph R. Svinth. 2010. [1] Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation, Volume 2. publisher=Greenwood Publishing Book, page 602.
- ^ Yoshio, Mifuji; Dr Alexander Bennett (2009-10-31). Budo: The Martial Ways of Japan. Tokyo, Japan: Nippon Budokan Foundation. p. 335.
External links
[edit]- All Japan Kendo Federation Website of All Japan Kendo Federation.
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