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31ST METROPOLITAN KARATE AND KOBUDO CNKI CHAMPIONSHIP
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 REGISTRATION: More than one (1) team per dojo or school may register for this event.
✓ Pre-registration date: Registration opens on April 1, 2026.
✓ Registration deadline: Monday, May 4, 2026, at 11:00 p.m. No extensions will be granted. |
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ACTIVITIES IN COLOMBIA
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 The degree is not a reward for skill, but a recognition of perseverance and character"
It was a day marked by discipline, sweat and, above all, that deep respect that characterizes traditional martial arts. On April 18, the Shobukai Dojo became the scene of an intense second day of exams, where Karate and Kobudo practitioners put months of constant training to the test. |
JUDGES AND REFREES AND KUMITE SEMINAR
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On Saturday, April 18, Sensei Sebatian Rial, director of the Flores Dojo, members of CNKI Argentina, invited Sensei Gustavo Gondra to give a Kumite and Arbitration Seminar preparatory to the May 31st Metropolitan Meeting plus the Second Arbitration Day to be held next Sunday, April 26 at the Headquarters of Sensei Enrique Villarreal in the town of Villa Adelina. 20 in total, students from the Flores Dojo plus two from Meiyo Dojo participated in both activities.
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CNKI OFFICIAL SEMINAR VILLA ADELINA 2026
Second technical day 2026
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 Today is the second day of Refereeing at CNKI with a view to the 31st Metropolitan Karate and Traditional Kobudo Championship. Next Sunday, May 10, the event will be held in its 31st version. It began at 9 a.m. with Kumite training and other self-defense techniques. At 10 and until 12 o'clock were the Kata and Kumite Referee practices respectively. Thanks to Sensei Enrique Villarreal for offering his Dojo for these activities! Thank you all for aisitir....! |
| 27 YEARS AFTER ITS CREATION / THE BARADERO DOJO EXISTS...! |
 After 27 years and so many insistences from which I escaped, I am going to tell a little bit of the great history of the Baradero Dojo.
That place that is only 4 walls and as a big family students and Sensei make it transform into what we call Dojo
As I already mentioned, our Dojo is already 27 years old, that if we go back in time my great Sensei but above all my great friend and confidant Gustavo (you will know which one I mean, Because of his nostalgia and memories of his childhood they made him return to that small town with the excellent idea of transmitting what he knows and does so well. He started before the beginning of the new century at the Spotivo club (Sensei traveled from Buenos Aires 3 times a week by car to give classes personally and he did it for a year) with a lot of enthusiasm and that energy that characterizes him, a few months after its opening he has the great bad luck of meeting the one who writes to them and he introduces himself, I am the Karate Sensei and I started teaching at the Sportivo club, to which I replied uhhhh, I did karate as a child, but then the same thing always happens in these activities they are cut and you are left with the desire, and he invited me to one of his classes, he gave me information and it just so happens that, he taught the same style that I had done as a child... sometimes fate does these things... I went to the first class and I felt in love with getting back to my first love, UECHI RYU KARATE. but almost without knowing him with one of the greatest references of the style... The practices at that time were hard, but when you do what you are passionate about, the pain becomes sweet. Then they began to intersperse in the classes with Ale  Basualdo, great Karateca and a friend, both transmitted this beautiful art to us with all their passion, we were a beautiful group of practitioners who twice a week and coincided at the same time and in the same place with all that desire to learn..
There are many stories that were captured in that Dojo, that place where we not only learned Karate techniques but also learned about life, forging not only the body, but our confidence, our vision that we were Karatecas and that made us have and have the responsibility to handle ourselves through life with respect, honor. how many things are learned in Karate...
Time continued to pass and he replaced Gustavo Sensei Ernesto Acuña... another great master who showed us and transmitted all his knowledge and passion for Karate. and one kept moving forward, and when I wanted to remember it was an orange belt... it was not long before the green and because of those things in life and destiny Ernesto could not travel anymore to give us classes... my thought, history repeats itself...
I communicate with Sensei Gustavo and I wanted the Baradero Dojo to continue since there were more than 20 practitioners at that time between children and adults, and of all the possible solutions I take the craziest one. he told me I want you to take over the Dojo, (imagine an orange belt in charge of a Dojo) actually I took an exam and graduated from green, so the madness now was that a green belt is in charge of the Dojo, haha, From that moment that madness continued in time and after 27 years the Dojo continues to maintain not only those four walls, but the home that is formed when these same people coincide with this passion in the same place, the same time and the same desire. What to say as a Sensei.. it's so hard to run a Dojo, it's so hard to be a good Sensei, and maintain all this legacy in a world where everything is on the internet, where everything is easy to get, and we try to keep this legacy as intact as possible... if the students knew all the things that one leaves aside for Karate and being there for them, they would not miss classes for lack of desire, because it is cold, because I am tired. the Sensei continues to maintain that DOJO AND ALWAYS WAIT FOR HIS STUDENTS BECAUSE THAT IS HIS HOME. And the important thing is not whether they are few or many, the important thing is that Karate never dies. And thank you very much Gustavo for having been my home, a thousand thanks to all the colleagues I had and have. Thank you very much to all my students, I only hope I could be that Dojo for you. |
THE 8 MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF KARATE DO
By Kancho Takemasa Gosei Okuyama |
  Kime (supreme concentration and movement): foresight, stillness, determination and attitude. To transform the incomprehensible into comprehensible and the comprehensible into incomprehensible. Transform the unconscious movement into the conscious and the conscious into the unconscious. Transform the intangible into tangible and the tangible into intangible. (Especially the universal power of gravity and the ability to push aside one's own pain and feel that of others.) Transform the invisible into visible and the visible into visible. (The invisible can refer to the past and the future, while the visible refers to the present. The kata or any action are invisible until someone performs them.)
Transform silence into sound and sound into silence. (Especially the ability to hear and be aware of universal sound: true music.) True reality exists between unreality and reality. (Myo wa kyo jitsu no kan ni ari). It also exists between your inner universe and your outer universe. Since life is like the spirit of water, take everything that has happened to you or will happen to you and transform it into something positive. Believing in life is fundamental. Just as water is transformed into rain, which gives rise to rivers, lakes, oceans, and many other things, it always returns to its pure state. |
A GREAT MEMORY OF 1979 AND 2011
SENSEI MINORU MIYAGUI 10*DAN |
 
Sensei Minoru and Gondra Okinawa 2011.
Hanshi Minoru Miyagi (born June 22, 1941 – died March 15, 2021) one of the great Masters of Uechi Ryu Karate Do 10th Dan President of Okinawa Uechi Ryu Karate do Hozonkai. He began training in karate at the age of 19, with his high school classmate in Yomitan, Seiki Irei who also went on to become the 10th Dan President of Irei Khan. In 1995, Sensei Minoru Miyagi founded the Okinawa Uechi ryu Karate do Hozonkai Association, an entity dedicated to the Preservation of the Tradition of the style that included 4 Dojos in Okinawa, Yomitan Shubukan Sensei Minoru, Yonabaru Shubukan of Takehiro Gaja Hanshi 9th Dan Dojo, Wakasa Dojo of Kazuo Nakasone Kyoshi 8th Dan and Kubagawa Dojo of Hanshi Masakazu Kinjo 9th Dan. In December 2010, Sensei Minoru Miyagi received his 10th Dan. Sensei Minoru Miyagi gave numerous seminars in various countries around the world, participated in special training courses for foreign students and received students from all over the world in his Dojo in Yomitan. Sensei Miyagui was one of the Masters who graduated Sensei Gustavo Gondra on his visit to Argentina with Kyohide Sinjo in 1979. Gondra visited Sensei Minoru in 2011 at his Dojo being very well received and sharing both excellent memories of '79. Sensei Minoru Miyagi passed away at the age of 79, after a long and prolonged illness, on March 15, 2021. |
WORLD UECHI RYU KARATE DO FEDERATION
世界上地流空手道連盟 |
 WELCOME TO THE WORLD UECHI RYU KARATE-DO FEDERATION United by the same style, beyond borders. The World Uechi Ryu Karate-Do Federation is a new entity that brings together Uechi Ryu style organizations and dojos from around the world that pursue the mission of preserving the Dento Karate-Do created and taught by Sensei Kanei Uechi. We are united by the study of the same style, upholding the principles of respect and honor, and the desire to meet in seminars, tournaments, and moments of shared practice, regardless of lineage, teacher, or organization. All teachers and practitioners who share this goal are welcome. A new era begins..!
OFFICIAL WEBSITE / https://urkf-uechiryu.com
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1st PAN AMERICAN CNKI CHAMPIONSHIP ARGENTINA 2026
第1回パンアメリカンCNKI空手道選手権
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  Dear Colleagues:
I am pleased to invite you, and through you all your instructors and students, to participate in the "31st CNKI Metropolitan Championship 2026." It will be held at the Tierras Altas-Tortuguitas Sports Complex, located at Buenos Aires Street 149-199, B1667 Tortuguitas, Buenos Aires Province, on Sunday, May 10, 2026. Competitions will take place in the following categories: Individual Kata, Individual Kumite (all categories), Team Kata and Kumite (Adult Dan only), and Individual Kobudo (Kyu and Dan). On May 9, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM, Inter-Style Karate Seminars will be offered by various instructors from the Federation.
This event is open to all Traditional Karate-Do Schools of Okinawan and Japanese origin. The overall organization of the Championship is handled by CNKI/IKA Argentina, Representative of the International Karate Masters Association Japan. The rules used will be those of Shobu-San-Bon and Traditional Shobu-Nihon. We kindly ask you to take a moment to read this Invitation in its entirety to help ensure a smoother event organization and registration process for competitors from each participating School, Dojo, or Entity. All participants must adhere to the deadlines and times set for Pre-Registration and Final Registration. We look forward to welcoming you as our specially invited Masters and honoring you with your distinguished presence. With all due respect, we greet you.
Gustavo Gondra
10th Dan Hanshi – Shihan Master Instructor
General Director of CNKI Argentina / CNKI.COM.AR
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WUKKO WORLD UECHI RYU KARATE DO HACHIOKAI KENKYUJO
WORLD HEADQUARTERS / International Classes by Zoom
Representatives in:
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, United States,
Spain, Holland, Italy,
Peru, Uruguay, Mexico, Venezuela.
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VIRTUAL AND PRESENTIAL DOJO
Adults: Tuesday - Thursday (in person and zoom Los Cardales)
- Wednesday 8 pm (zoom)
Adults: Tuesday - Thursday - 1 pm (zoom)
Kobudo: Tuesday - 7 pm to Wednesday (zoom)
Inquiries: gustavogondra@yahoo.com.ar / Cell: 1540555724
OFFICIAL WEBSITE / https://wukkodentokarate.com
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