{"id":21705,"date":"2025-10-08T20:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T11:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/?p=21705"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:51:39","slug":"north-american-international-black-belt-conference-banff-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/news\/21705\/","title":{"rendered":"North American &amp; International Black Belt Conference &#8211; Banff, Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"318\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-1-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2025 North American &amp; International Black Belt Conferencewas organized by Shihan Stuart Corrigal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>from October 3<sup>rd<\/sup> to 5<sup>th<\/sup> in the Canadian Rocky Mountain, Banff.&nbsp; Guest instructors representing the IKO Honbu included Kancho Shokei Matsui and Shihan Katsuhito Gorai. As well several international IKO Branch Chiefs were in attendance. The 125 participants included IKO members from Costa Rica, Germany, Japan, Korea, Romania, USA and both Western\/Central Canada. Highlight of the weekend was the one hour hike up Tunnel Mountain for outdoor&nbsp;training.&nbsp;Six training sessions were led by Kancho Matsui and all participants enjoyed his insight into karate. Q &amp; A session was also held and Kancho explained his experiences with Sosai Oyama. Training featured&nbsp;Kihon, Ido Kihon and Kumite. The last session of the camp ended with a Dan examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Osu,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"162\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-2.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-2-300x84.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-3.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-4.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-4-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"285\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-5.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-5-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-6.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-6-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-7.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-7-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-8.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-8-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-9.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.kyokushinkaikan.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Banff25-9-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2025 North American &amp; 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