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International Kendo Federation

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calendar_month1970-04

Description

International governing body for kendo, inaugurated in April 1970 and now known as the FIK. Its founding affiliates were Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, West Germany, the United Kingdom, Korea, Morocco, the Netherlands, the Republic of China, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States and Japan, with Hawaii and Okinawa admitted as independent federations.

Also known as

IKF · FIK · Fédération Internationale de Kendo

Founded

1970-04
fact_check1 source expand_more
reviewsPeer-reviewed
“The international body was inaugurated in April 1970, and to commemorate this event, the first WKC was held in the cities of Tokyo, for the team event, and Osaka, for the individual event”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

Officers (1)

  • Kimura Tokutarō
    President
    1970

    Bennett gives no end date. Kimura held the AJKF presidency at the same time, and until 2013 the two offices were held together by convention. 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
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    One authored history.
    reviewsPeer-reviewed
    “Kimura Tokutarō was appointed as the first president of the IKF (now referred to as the FIK).”
    — Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

Tags

kendo · federation

Sources

reviewsPeer-reviewed
“The international body was inaugurated in April 1970, and to commemorate this event, the first WKC was held in the cities of Tokyo, for the team event, and Osaka, for the individual event”
— Bennett, Alexander C.. (2015). Kendo: Culture of the Swordlink info

Cite and reuse

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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). International Kendo Federation. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M3788RSR5543MSG25H1JPJ4Y - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M3788RSR5543MSG25H1JPJ4Y, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {International Kendo Federation}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M3788RSR5543MSG25H1JPJ4Y}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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