In
October 1950 Sensei Akamine participated in
a demonstration of Karate-do in Tokyo. This
event was organized by the Japanese TV Nipon,
which marked the reactivation of Butokukai
(Association of the Japanese martial arts
virtues) which had been in recess during and
after World War II.
Note: an article written
in Portuguese extracted of the Web site of
the Genseiryu – Nanbeikai-Dojo-Brazil
and the Web site of the Portuguese Association
of Taido:
7.
Em Outubro de 1950 Seiken Shukumine participa
numa demonstração de Karate
organizada pela Nippon TV. Nesta demonstração
participam também Hidetaka Nishiyama
(JKA), Ryusho Sakagami (Itosu-kai), Yasuhiro
Konishi (Ryobu-kai), H. Kenjo (Kenshu-kai),
Kanki Izumikawa e Shikan Akamine (Goju-ryu).
Shukumine executou kushanku dai, tameshiwari
(teste de quebra, partindo 34 telhas com shuto)
e hachidan geri (8 pontapés no ar).
Neste ano cria a kata Sansai (pertencente
ao Gensei Ryu) que inclui pela primeira vez
as técnicas: Sentai katana-uchi, Hentai
manji geri e Hentai ebi geri.
In
1957 Sensei Akamine immigrated to Brazil looking
for a better future for his family and to
spread the martial arts. Settling in Sau Paulo,
he established a Dojo with more than 1000
students (1964). The school was named the
Brazilian Association of Karate-Do (BAK).
Later, this Association failed and Sensei
Akamine created a new school; the Ken-Shin-Kan
(1968). In that year, Roberto Fernández
de la Reguera travelled from Chile with the
aim of inviting Sensei Akamine to Chile to
establish a school. Sensei Akamine stayed
a month in Santiago, Chile (1969) teaching
intensively those who from then on, would
be his representatives in Chile, the brothers
Roberto and Raúl Fernández de
la Reguera.
Sensei Raúl Fernández de la
Reguera, Sensei Seiichi Akamine and
Sensei Roberto Fernández de la Reguera,
in Santiago of Chile (1979)
