Kei Shin Kan to hold gashuku

Kei Shin Kan to hold gashuku

SEMARANG (JP): The Kei Shin Kan school of karate is slated to
hold its national gashuku (training session) in Salatiga, Central
Java, from Jan. 1 to Jan. 4, an executive said on Monday.

"Karateka from our chapters in Bali, Central Java, Jakarta,
Yogyakarta, North Sumatra, South Sulawesi, South Sumatra, West
Java and West Sumatra will take part in the session," chairman of
Kei Shin Kan's board of instructors Bambang Dewantoro said.

"We will also discuss several matters related to this school
of karate," he added.

Bambang said that issues included regulations concerning
koshiki (hard contact fighting), training methods, and
standardizing the kata, a technique of the discipline.

"We are expecting the Indonesian Karate-Do Federation (FORKI)
to acknowledge our kata. We want to contribute more than just in
the kumite events," he said.

"But we also have to admit that we still lack instructors and
that's why we keep consolidating the school," he added while
adding that karate is a martial art. (har)