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Ryukyu kobudo and Shorin-ryu karate seminar with Akamine Hiroshi Kaicho, Hanshi 9 dan.

  • 2–5 July 2027
  • Kraków, Poland
Akamine Hiroshi with a bo

Pre-registration

  • 2–5 July 2027
  • Kraków, Poland

This is a pre-registration. Places are limited, so please register as soon as you can. Updates will be sent to the email address you give. After you fill in the form, you will receive an email with a link that lets you edit your registration.

What do you want to train? *
Are you a Shimbukan member? *
Mark what you need to borrow.
Extra weapons
Lunch during the break (optional)

Days

Diet

When are you coming?
Akamine Hiroshi with sai

Akamine Hiroshi

Kaicho, Hanshi 9 dan.

He was born in 1954 in Tomigusuku, Okinawa, the fourth son of Eisuke Akamine, second president of the Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinkokai.

He began learning karate with his father at the age of six. In junior high school he started training in Shorin-ryu Kyudokan under Shijin Gushiken. He continued kobudo under his father.

After his father passed away in 1999, he became the third president of the Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinkokai and head of the Shimbukan dojo. In May 2011, after twelve years in that post, he stepped down. That July he founded the organisation Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan, and followed Hiroshi Sawada as the second president of Okinawa Shorin-ryu Mukenkai.

The kobudo he teaches was shaped by Shinken Taira and carried on by Eisuke Akamine. It holds more than 40 kata on 8 weapons. Bo and sai are the foundation, with tekko, nunchaku, tonfa, tinbe + rochin, kama and eku beside them.

Hiroshi Akamine is one of the leading experts in kobudo and karate. He holds 9th dan in both arts, teaches at the Shimbukan dojo in Okinawa, and is invited to seminars around the world.

Schedule

Preliminary. The times may still change.

Friday, 2 July

9.30–10.00
Mobility warmup
10.00–12.30
Training
12.30–14.30
Lunch break
14.30–17.00
Training

Saturday, 3 July

9.30–10.00
Mobility warmup
10.00–12.30
Training
12.30–14.30
Lunch break
14.30–17.00
Training

Sunday, 4 July

9.30–10.00
Mobility warmup
10.00–12.30
Training
12.30–14.30
Lunch break
14.30–17.00
Training

Monday, 5 July

10.00–12.30
Shihan training*
12.30–14.30
Lunch break
14.30–17.00
Grading

* At that time the training will be led by shidoin instructors, and there will be time for individual training for people taking the exams.

Seminar venue

Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji Kolna, ul. Kolna 2, 30-381 Kraków

The centre stands by the Vistula, in the Bielańsko-Tyniecki Landscape Park. It has a swimming pool, a sports hall, a gym and a sauna. In summer you can rent a kayak or a SUP, or try the whitewater course. A restaurant is on site. For the seminar there will be a place to store weapons. The changing rooms have showers.

The Kolna centre by the Vistula

Who it is for

Open to everyone
The seminar is open to every organisation and every level.
Syllabus
Training follows the syllabus of Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan and Okinawa Shorin-ryu Mukenkai.
Assistants
A group of shihans will assist Sensei. With their help, everyone can take the full benefit of the seminar and follow the material at a steady pace. On Monday the shihans have their own training. At that time the training will be led by shidoin instructors, and there will be time for individual training for people taking the exams. The list will be published later.
One session
If you would like to come for a single session only, you can join on Sunday afternoon. Mark this on the form.

Seminar fee

The exact seminar fee will be announced once the flight and the days of Kaicho Akamine’s stay in Poland are confirmed. We will try to keep it below 800 PLN.

Accommodation

Hotel Kolna

Hotel Kolna

The seminar is held in this same centre.

  • Single room242 PLN / night
  • Double room332 PLN / night
  • Apartment, 1–2 people451 PLN / night

To book, email the hotel and quote the discount code

Kobudo Kraków hotel@kolna.pl

If you choose Airbnb or another place to stay and you do not have your own transport, please write to us. We will try to coordinate transport where we can. dominik@kucma.pl

Lunch

Lunch during the break at the Kolna centre can be ordered when you register for the seminar:

  • Dish of the day (soup and a served main course)45 PLN / person / day
  • Buffet lunch (soup, 2 kinds of meat, dessert, a drink)75 PLN / person / day

If you are vegetarian or vegan, or you follow an elimination diet or have a food allergy, please mark this in the form. Meals will be adapted to the diet.

The choice is in the pre-registration form.

Currency

In Poland the currency is the Polish złoty (PLN), not the euro.

As a rough guide, 1 euro is about 4.37 PLN and 1 US dollar is about 3.90 PLN. The rate moves, so check it nearer your visit.

In about 99% of cases you can pay by card: Visa, Mastercard and others.

Equipment

Your own weapons
Please bring your own weapons if you can. If you do not have them, mark them on the form and we will try to arrange some.
Tekko and nunchaku
Tekko and nunchaku are illegal in Poland. Please do not bring them in their original form. We will use substitutes at the seminar.
Which weapons I need
People up to 1 dan train with Bo, Sai, Tekko and Nunchaku.
Uniform
We train only in a white karate gi, with a belt that matches your kobudo rank. With no kobudo rank, wear a white belt.
Footwear
People who come with you and will be on the mats, please stay barefoot, or wear shoes without a black sole.
Kobudo weapons: bo, sai, tekko, nunchaku, tonfa, tinbe, rochin, kama and eku

Grading on the seminar

When
Monday, 5 July, from 14.30.
Ranks
Dan grades only, in Ryukyu Kobudo Shimbukan and in Okinawa Shorin-ryu Mukenkai.
Documents
A form to fill in and the current fee table will be sent by email.
Akamine Hiroshi, Chinto kata

Contact

For questions about the seminar, please write to the organiser.

Organisers

Pre-register

Photographs by Chris Willson from travel67.com, used with the author’s permission.