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Old 04-14-2006, 08:00 AM   #12
Sierabiera

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The Dai Nippon Butoku Kai was organized in 1985 and the Butokuden in Kyoto built in 1899 the Bujutsu Senmon Gakko(Bussen) a martial arts college was established in 1911....the DNBK issued rank and shugo for eighteen different martial arts including kendo....they where closed by the Allied Occupation Forces in 1946.....kendo reorganized as the AJKF in 1949 and Judo as the Kodankan the same year....The DNBK reorganized in 1953 one year after the signing of the San Franciso Peace Treaty....The Butokuden in still on the grounds of the Heian Shrine in Kyoto and there is a more modern Budo Center next door....there is a Large Stone between the two that marks the site of the original Butoku Den built by Emperor Kanmu in 794 A.D....this could be what you guys are talking about......the current Butokuden is the site of the Kyoto Taikai ever May
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