Jump to content

International Karate Organization: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
remains unreferenced, rv to redirect
Tag: New redirect
Undid revision 855699668 by Elmidae (talk)
Tags: Removed redirect Undo
Line 1: Line 1:
{{multiple issues|
#REDIRECT [[Mas Oyama]]
{{unreferenced|date=August 2018}}
{{notability|Organizations|date=August 2018}}
}}
{{Infobox Non-profit
| Non-profit_name = International Karate Organization
| Non-profit_type = Sports organization
| founded_date = 1964
| founder = [[Mas Oyama]]
| location = [[Japan]]
| origins =
| key_people =
| area_served =
| focus =
| method =
| revenue =
| endowment =
| num_volunteers =
| num_employees =
| num_members =
| owner =
| homepage =
| tax_exempt =
| dissolved =
| footnotes =
}}

The '''International Karate Organization''' (IKO) was founded by [[Masutatsu Oyama]] in [[Japan]]. Its purpose is to promote and teach the [[Kyokushin kaikan]] Way (Ultimate Truth) around the globe. The IKO has over 12 million members in 123 countries.
After the death of the founder in 1994, The IKO organization fractured into several factions -many of which conflictingly claim (in several ongoing legal copyright cases) to be the original IKO organization.

{{portal|Karate|Martial arts}}

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://www.kyokushinkaikan.org/en/ International Karate Organization Kyokushin-kaikan] {{en icon}}
* [http://www.kyokushinkaikan.org/ja/index.html 国際空手道連盟極真会館] {{jp icon}}


[[Category:Karate organizations]]
[[Category:Karate organizations]]
Line 5: Line 42:
[[Category:Organizations disestablished in 1994]]
[[Category:Organizations disestablished in 1994]]
[[Category:Defunct sport organisations]]
[[Category:Defunct sport organisations]]

{{Martialarts-stub}}

Revision as of 07:16, 20 August 2018

International Karate Organization
Founded1964
FounderMas Oyama
TypeSports organization
Location

The International Karate Organization (IKO) was founded by Masutatsu Oyama in Japan. Its purpose is to promote and teach the Kyokushin kaikan Way (Ultimate Truth) around the globe. The IKO has over 12 million members in 123 countries. After the death of the founder in 1994, The IKO organization fractured into several factions -many of which conflictingly claim (in several ongoing legal copyright cases) to be the original IKO organization.

References