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All Japan Kendo Federation

全日本剣道連盟
categoryFederation
calendar_month1952-10-14
location_onTokyo Japan

Description

The national governing body for kendo, iaido and jodo in Japan, founded in 1952 and the authority through which dan grades in these arts are certified. A founding member of the International Kendo Federation (FIK) and organiser of the World Kendo Championships, first held at the Nippon Budokan, Tokyo in April 1970.

Also known as

AJKF

Founded

1952-10-14
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“AJKF was established on October 14, 1952”
— What is AJKF - International Kendo Federation link history info
“設立 1952年（昭和27年）10月14日”
— 全日本剣道連盟 - Wikipedia (JA). Wikipedia (Japanese) link history info

Officers (1)

  • Kimura Tokutarō
    President
    1952 – 1972
    Probable
    Probable
    One authored history.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    One authored history.
    reviewsPeer-reviewed
    “He became the first president of the All Japan Kendo Federation when it was established in 1952 and remained in this position until 1972.”
    — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info
    reviewsPeer-reviewed
    “the All Japan Kendo Federation was officially launched on October 14, with Kimura Tokutarō appointed as its first president.”
    — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

Locations (1)

  • location_onTokyo Japan
    warning No sources cited

Ranks granted (5)

  • Yukio Mishima
    5 dan (1968-08-11) · 4 dan (1966-05-29) · 3 dan (1964-03-22) · 2 dan (1963-03-24) · 1 dan (1961-04-23)

Honours granted (5)

Sources

All Japan Kendo Federation official websitelinkhistory info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M0R2X2ACBZDHS6JXQ7CTAMC8
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Cite and reuse

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). All Japan Kendo Federation. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M0R2X2ACBZDHS6JXQ7CTAMC8 - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M0R2X2ACBZDHS6JXQ7CTAMC8, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {All Japan Kendo Federation}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M0R2X2ACBZDHS6JXQ7CTAMC8}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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