Autralian Shinkyokushin

Australian Shinkyokushin

The Australian branch is headed by Shihan Peter Volke, 6th Dan and WKO Shinkyokushin South Pacific Chairman. Following is a list of Australian affiliated Shinkyokushin dojos (visit them!) and a brief history of the World Karate Organisation (WKO).
 

Shinkyokushin Karate

 
Sosai Masutatsu Oyama

Sosai Masutatsu Oyama

History

Kyokushin (極真) is a style of full contact karate, founded in 1964 by Korean-Japanese Masutatsu Oyama (大山倍達 Ōyama Masutatsu). "Kyokushin" is Japanese for "the ultimate truth." It is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline and hard training. Its full contact style had international appeal (practitioners have over the last 40+ years numbered more than 12 million).

After the death of Sosai Oyama in April, 1994, the name of the organization was changed to “World Karate Organization (WKO) – Shinkyokushinkai”. meaning “New Kyokushinkai”/ The WKO remained true to the codes of Oyama Sosai who was against the professionalizing and commercializing of the Organization. (Source: Wikipedia, emadojola.com)

Kenji Midori, WKO President

Kenji Midori, WKO President

The organisation

Today, the WKO is one of the world largest full-contact karate organisation. The WKO currently works in collaboration with the Japanese Olympic committee for the admission and approval of Karate as an Olympic sport. This is expected to become a reality in 2020 when Japan will host the 32nd Summer Olympic Games. The fact that we are a Not For Profit International Organisation, with over 76 member countries, attests to the popularity and success Shinkyokushinkai has attained around the Globe.

WKO Official site here