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13th Asia Pacific Shitoryu Karatedo Championships Cum 20th Anniversary of HKSKU

Hong Kong, 12th – 16th December 2012


Content

1. Introduction

2. Participating Delegation

3. Welcome Dinner

4. Technical Seminar

5. WSKF Examination

6. Referee Clinic

7. 13th APSKF Congress

8. 13th APSKF Championships

9. Farewell Party

Appendix 1 13th APSKF Championships – Final Results




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1. Introduction

1.1 The Organizer, Hong Kong Shitoryu Karatedo Union (HKSKU), would like to

announce that the 13th Asia Pacific Shitoryu Karatedo Championships cum

20th Anniversary of HKSKU have completed successfully in accordance with

schedule on 16 December 2012.

1.2 We hereby take this opportunity to express our gratitude for those who have

contributed to the organization of these events, and those who have

participated in them.

1.3 After 18 months of preparation works, HKSKU launched the Championships

together with some associated events, namely, Welcome Dinner, Technical

Seminar, Referee Clinic, World Shitoryu Karatedo Federation (WSKF)

Examination, 13th APSKF Congress and Farewell Party, during the period

from 12 to 16 December 2012. Around 550 participants from 19 Delegations

in the Asia and Pacific regions attended the events.

1.4 This report summarizes the salient points of the Championships and the

associated events for official record.




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2. Participating Delegations

2.1 There were totally 550 participants from 19 Delegations including officials

from WSKF and APSKF attending the Championships as detailed in the table

below :-

Delegation No. of Officials/Guests No. of Contestants Total

WSKF 9 #1 0 9

APSKF 7 #2 0 7

Australia 4 13 17

Bangladesh 3 3 6

China (Guangdong) 4 6 10

Chinese Taipei 6 26 32

Hong Kong 16 97 113

India 4 16 20

Indonesia 14 9 23

Iran 9 27 36

Japan 15 20 35

Kazakhstan 24 69 93

Macau 6 9 15

Malaysia 1 2 3

Nepal 5 19 24

Palestine 2 2 4

Philippines 7 22 29

Singapore 17 16 33

Vietnam 4 0 4

TOTAL 157 356 513

#1 A list of VIP and Honourable Guests from WSKF Management Committee is given in paragraph 2.2.1, and their participations are not repeated in their respective Delegations.

#2 A list of VIP and Honourable Guests from APSKF Management Committee is given in paragraph 2.2.2, and their participations are not repeated in their respective Delegations.




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2.2 A list of VIP and Honourable Guests invited to the Championships is given

below: -

2.2.1 World Shitoryu Karatedo Federation (WSKF)

● Sensei Hiroshi Murata (Japan), President

● Sensei Kenyu Mabuni (Japan), Deputy Governor

● Sensei Iwaki Hashimoto (Japan), Chairman & Secretary

● Sensei Hirofumi Mizuguchi (Japan), Vice-Chairman

● Sensei Genzo Iwata (Japan), Vice-Chairman

● Sensei Yukihiro Nozawa (Japan), Vice-Chairman

● Sensei Makoto Tokai (Japan), Vice-Chairman

● Sensei Kiyoshi Sakamoto (Japan), Director

2.2.2 Asia Pacific Shitoryu Karatedo Federation (APSKF)

● Sensei Iwan Setiawan (Indonesia), President

● Sensei George Tan (Malaysia), Vice-President

● Sensei Con Kassis (Australia), Vice-President

● Sensei Allen Tanzadeh (Iran), Vice-President

● Sensei Wong Tuang Seng (Singapore), Treasurer

● Sensei Patrick Leung (Hong Kong), Secretary General

● Sensei Katsuhiko Kawata (Japan), Honorary Adviser

2.2.3 Karatedo Federation of Hong Kong China Limited (KFHKC)

● Sensei Kenny Yu (Hong Kong), Chairman




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3. Welcome Dinner

3.1 On the arrival of all Delegations in Hong Kong for the 13th APSKF

Championships, HKSKU cordially invited all VIP, Honourable Guests,

Delegation Leaders and Referees to the Welcome Dinner which was held in

the evening of 12 December 2012 (Wednesday) in the Superstar Seafood

Restaurant at Park Central of Tseung Kwan O.

3.2 Totally 80 nos. participants had attended the Welcome Dinner.

3.3 At the beginning of the Dinner, all participants observed one-minute of silence

led by Sensei Patrick Leung, President of HKSKU, to commemorate the

passing of the late HKSKU President Mr. HUNG Hin-wai in March 2010, the

late WSKF Senior Master Sensei Yoshiaki TSUJIKAWA in April 2012, and the

late WSKF President Sensei Ken SAKIO in June 2012.

3.4 Sensei Patrick Leung, Sensei Iwan Setiawan, President of APSKF, Sensei

Hiroshi Murata, President of WSKF, and Sensei Chang Lin Ping, Organizing

Committee Chairman then delivered welcoming speeches in sequence before

the Dinner.

3.5 All participants took the opportunity to meet new and old friends of Shitoryu

Karatedo, exchange name cards and souvenirs, take memorable photos with

each other, enjoy delicious food and wine, and also indulge in the family-like

atmosphere of the Dinner.

3.6 The Dinner finished at around 10:30 p.m.




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4. Technical Seminar

4.1 The Technical Seminar was conducted by Sensei Kiyoshi Sakamoto with the

assistance of other masters from WSKF and APSKF on 13 December 2012

(Thursday) from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Arena of Hang Hau Sports

Centre at Tseung Kwan O.

4.2 The Seminar was divided into Kata session and Bo session. The Kata

session was conducted from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., whereas the Bo session

was conducted from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

4.3 Two sets of Kata, namely, Suparimpei and Annanko, and some basic Bo

techniques and a basic Bo kata were introduced and practised in the seminar.

4.4 A total number of 57 participants from all Delegations had attended the

Seminar. Every participant was bestowed a participation certificate of the

Technical Seminar.




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5. WSKF Examination

5.1 The WSKF Examination was conducted on 13 December 2012 (Thursday)

from 2:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Activities Room of Hang Hau Sports Centre

at Tseung Kwan O.

5.2 Sensei Hiroshi Murata, Sensei Kenyu Mabuni, Sensei Iwaki Hashimoto,

Sensei Hirofumi Mizuguchi, Sensei Genzo Iwata, Sensei Yukihiro Nozawa,

Sensei Makoto Tokai and Sensei Kiyoshi Sakamoto conducted the

examination for about 30 candidates.

5.3 Sensei Katsuhiko Kawata was cordially invited to act as Translator for the

Examination.

5.4 The Examination covered WSKF titles from 3rd Dan to 8th Dan, Jokyo,

Jun-Shihan, Shihan and Renshi.

5.5 The results of the Examinations were announced to individual candidates in

the Farewell Party on 16 December 2012 (Sunday).




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6. Referee Clinic

6.1 The Referee Clinic was conducted by APSKF on 14 December 2012 (Friday)

from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 pm. in the Arena of Hang Hau Sports Centre at Tseung

Kwan O.

6.2 The Seminar was divided into Theory session and Practice session. The

Theory session was conducted in the morning from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.,

whereas the Practice session was conducted in the afternoon from 1:30 p.m.

to 4:00 p.m. Referee Testing was conducted at the end of the Clinic.

6.3 Sensei Con Kassis and Sensei Allen Tanzadeh conducted the Referee Clinic

in which the latest World Karate Federation Kata and Kumite Competition

Rules were covered.

6.4 A total number of 42 participants from participating Delegations had attended

the Referee Clinic and 33 of them had taken part in the Referee Testing.

Every participant was bestowed a participation certificate of the Referee Clinic,

and every participant who had passed the Referee Testing was bestowed a

Referee Certificate from APSKF.




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7. 13th APSKF Congress

7.1 The 13th APSKF Congress was convened by APSKF on 14 December 2012

(Friday) from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Crown Plaza Hong Kong Kowloon

East Hotel at Tseung Kwan O.

7.2 Two representatives from each Delegation were cordially invited to attend the

Congress. Representatives from WSKF were also invited to the Congress as

observers.

7.3 At the beginning of the Congress, Sensei Iwan Setiawan, President of APSKF

delivered a welcoming speech to all participants. It was followed by

confirmation of the minutes of the last 12th APSKF Congress held on 1 July

2010 in Jakarta of Indonesia. Afterwards, representatives from Australia,

Bangladesh, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Macau,

Malaysia, Nepal, Palestine, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam briefly

reported on the development of their organizations in the last couple of years.

7.4 After Sensei Iwan Setiawan had delivered APSKF Working Report from 2010

to 2012, APSKF Treasurer Sensei Wong Tuang Seng reported on the latest

APSKF account, which was adopted in the Congress.

7.5 At the end of the Congress, APSKF Management Committee were elected.

The following is the new composition :-

� Sensei Iwan Setiawan (Indonesia)....................... President

� Sensei George Tan (Malaysia)............................. Deputy President

� Sensei Con Kassis (Australia).............................. 1st Vice-President

� Sensei Akbar Ekrami (Iran) .................................. 2nd Vice-President

� Sensei Zhastalap Sanauov (Kazakhstan) ............ 3rd Vice-President

� Sensei Josephine Gwee (Singapore)................... Treasurer

� Sensei Patrick Leung (Hong Kong)...................... Secretary General




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7. 13th APSKF Congress (Cont’d)

7.6 Sensei Allen Tanzadeh (Iran) and Sensei Chia Kwek Fah (Singapore) were

appointed as Technical Adviser and Website Master respectively to offer

voluntary services for APSKF. The positions of other Advisers in APSKF were

remained unchanged.

7.7 Lastly, Sensei Hiroshi Murata, President of WSKF introduced the coming

7th WSKF Championships, which were to be held in September 2013 in Japan,

and invited all APSKF Affiliates to fully support and participate in the event.

Moreover, the Congress announced that Singapore would host the

14th APSKF Championships in August 2014 and at the same time celebrate

their 50th Anniversary.




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8. 13th APSKF Championships

8.1 There were 60 nos. events of competitions, including 15 nos. individual

events for Children of age 6-13, 9 nos. individual events for Cadets of age

14-15, 9 nos. individual events for Juniors of age 16-17, 13 nos. individual

events for Seniors of age 18-39, 5 nos. individual events for Veterans of age

40 and above, 5 nos. team events for Cadets/Juniors and 4 nos. team events for Seniors – the largest number of events of all APSKF Championships in the past.

8.2 The events of competitions adopted are listed below:

1. CB1：Children Boys Individual Kata (Age 6-7)

2. CB2 : Children Boys Individual Kata (Age 8 -9 ) 3. CB3：Children Boys Individual Kata (Age 10-11)

4. CB4：Children Boys Individual Kata (Age 12-13)

5. CB5：Children Boys Individual Kumite (Age 6-7)




9. CG1 : Children Girls Individual Kata (Age 6-7) 10. CG3 : Children Girls Individual Kata (Age 9-11) 11. CG4：Children Girls Individual Kata (Age 12-13)

12. CG5 : Children Girls Individual Kumite (Age 6 -7 ) 13. CG6：Children Girls Individual Kumite (Age 8-9)

14. CG7：Children Girls Individual Kumite (Age 10-11)

15. CG8：Children Girls Individual Kumite (Age 12-13)

16. DB1：Cadet Boys Individual Kata

17. DB2：Cadet Boys Individual Kumite (<52kg)



20. DB5：Cadet Boys Individual Kumite (>63kg)




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8. 13th APSKF Championships (Cont’d)

21. DG1：Cadet Girls Individual Kata

22. DG2：Cadet Girls Individual Kumite (<47kg)

23. DG3：Cadet Girls Individual Kumite (<54kg)

24. DG4：Cadet Girls Individual Kumite (>54kg)

25. JB1：Junior Boys Individual Kata ( Age 16 -17 )

26. JB2：Junior Boys Individual Kumite (<55kg)




30. JB6：Junior Boys Individual Kumite (>76kg)

31. JG1：Junior Girls Individual Kata

32. JG3 : Junior Girls Individual Kumite (<53kg) 33. JG4 : Junior Girls Individual Kumite (>53kg) 34. SM1：Senior Men Individual Kata

35. SM2：Senior Men Individual Kumite (<55kg)





40. SM7：Senior Men Individual Kumite (>84kg)

41. SW1：Senior Women Individual Kata

42. SW2：Senior Women Individual Kumite (<45kg)




46. SW6：Senior Women Individual Kumite (>61kg)

47. VM1：Veteran Men Individual Kata (Age 40-49)

48. VM2：Veteran Men Individual Kata (Age >50)

49. VM3：Veteran Men Individual Kumite (Age 40-49)

50. VM4：Veteran Men Individual Kumite (Age >50)




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8. 13th APSKF Championships (Cont’d)

51. VW1：Veteran Women Individual Kata (Age 40-49)

52. TB1：Boys Team Kata (Age 14-17)

53. TB2：Boys Team Kumite (Age 14-15)

54. TB3：Boys Team Kumite (Age 16-17)

55. TG2：Girls Team Kumite (Age 14-15)

56. TG3：Girls Team Kumite (Age 16-17)

57. TM1：Men Team Kata (Age >18)

58. TM2：Men Team Kumite (Age >18)

59. TW1：Women Team Kata (Age >18)

60. TW2：Women Team Kumite (Age >18)

8.3 The final results of the competitions are attached in Appendix 1.

8.4 A summary of medals obtained by the Delegations is given below :-

Delegation Champion 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up

Kazakhstan 16 16 12 Japan 13 1 5

Chinese Taipei 10 14 15 Hong Kong 9 12 40

Iran 7 6 7 Nepal 2 4 8

Indonesia 2 1 6 Singapore 1 3 2 Australia 0 1 4 Philippine 0 1 2

China (Guangdong) 0 1 1 India 0 0 5 Macau 0 0 1 Total 60 60 108

8.5 In the Opening Ceremony held at 2:00 p.m. on 16 December 2012 (Sunday), Sensei Kiyoshi Sakamoto was cordially invited to demonstrate Annanko Kata and Bo Kata. Moreover, Sensei Hiroshi Murata, Sensei Iwan Setiawan, Sensei Kenny Yu and Sensei Patrick Leung were invited to jointly make a calligraphy and painting for Charity Auction in the Farewell Party.




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9. Farewell Party

9.1 The Farewell Party was hosted by HKSKU in the evening of 16 December

2012 (Sunday) in the Grand Ballroom of Regal Airport Hotel after the

completion of the 13th APSKF Championships.

9.2 More than 550 participants from all Delegations had attended the Farewell

Party and indulged in the joyful atmosphere.

9.3 Six pieces of calligraphies and paintings about Karatedo made by a

handicapped artist together with the calligraphy and painting made in the

Opening Ceremony of the 13th APSKF Championships were donated for

Charity Auction. A total amount of HK$10,806.30 (approx. US$1,403.91) was

raised and donated to “UNICEF-United Nations Children's Fund” in the name

of “Asia Pacific Shitoryu Karatedo Federation”. Heartfelt thanks for the

charitable persons who had offered bids for the calligraphies and paintings in

the Charity Auction (please refer to a separate issue for details).

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