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| Competition details | |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Karate |
| Organiser | Japan Karate Association |
| History | |
| First edition | 1975 |
| Final edition | 2024 |
The Funakoshi Gichin Cup (usually referred to as the Shoto Cup or the World Cup) is a major international karate tournament organized by the Japan Karate Association (JKA) roughly every three years. Formerly the Shoto World Cup, it is considered to be the successor of the IAKF World Championiships, first held in 1975. The tournament is named after Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan karate, and features elite karatekas from various countries competing in kata (forms) and kumite (sparring).
History
[edit]WUKO and 1972 Controversy
[edit]In 1970, Ryoichi Sasakawa (at the time president of the Federation of All Japan Karatedo Organization) travelled to Paris to meet Jacques Delcourt, who had formed the European Karate Union five years earlier, in an effort to standardize and regulate international karate competition. The result was the creation of the World Union of Karate-do Organizations (WUKO).[1] The first WUKO World Karate Championship was held later that year, with delegations from thirty-three nations.[2]
The 1972 WUKO World Karate Championship held in Paris was riddled with controversy. Three countries withdrew in protest of apartheid, because WUKO had allowed South Africa to compete. In the middle of the tournament, the United States and Japan teams walked out due to complaints with officiating, and were later followed by five other countries.[3] Masatoshi Nakayama, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Masahiko Tanaka, Takeshi Oishi and many other Japanese athlets and officials were banned from any future events hosted by WUKO.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "History | WUKO Blog" (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-05.
- ^ "WUKO Holds Technical Congress". Black Belt. 22 (6): 13–15. June 1984.
- ^ "The Forgotten World Karate Champion". Black Belt. 12 (2). Feb 1974.
- ^ "Japanese Players, Officials Punished for Walking Out of World Tournament". Black Belt. 10 (11). Nov 1972.