All Japan Kickboxing Federation
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All Japan Kickboxing Federation (ja
:全日本キックボクシング連盟,A.J.K.F.) was the Japan-based sanctioning and promoting body of professional kickboxing
. It was established in 1987 and it was dissolved in 2009. The informal name was "Zen Nihon Kikku. Masato
who won K-1 WORLD MAX in 2003 debuted as a professional kickboxer at AJKF.
(MAJKF). This withdrawing was caused by Jun Nishikawa, the owner of Nishikawa Gym, and Toshio Kaneda, the event promoter. They enticed all of the current champions and other kickboxing gyms from MAJKF. The champions were sanctioned as the first champions of AJKF automatically.
After establishment of AJKF, other gyms joined AJKF before holding the 1st AJKF event. The gyms which joined AJKF were AKI gym, Nishikawa gym, Hikari gym, Oguni gym, Fudokan, Fuji gym, Iwamoto gym, and Yamato gym.
Makoto Fujita was chosen for the chairman, Kenji Kurosaki was chosen for the counselor, Ichiro Ozawa
the member of the house of reprsentatives was chosen for the commissioner. At that time,
On July 15, 1987, AJKF hold its first event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The main bout was the match between Tetsuya Sakiyama and Lakchart from Thailand
. After the establishment of AJKF, Kaneda got power to control AJKF because he knew the show business very well as he had been working for the event company for long time. He told "Nissho" a company which he worked as a managing director to establish "Nissho Enterprize" which is a show business company. He assumed its CEO. This company had got strong power, so it was regarded as the actual body of AJKF. In addition, "All Japan Enterprize" which was the company Kaneda had worked before cooperated with World Karate Association(WKA), Fuhita tha chairman of AJKF also hold the post of vice-president of WKA. For this reason, he could invite famous foreign kickboxers from Europe and North America including Maurice Smith, Rob Kaman
, and Peter Smith
.
In the end of 1980s, Nissho left Nisho Enterprize. Nisho Enterprize changed its name to "All japan Enterprize" and started inviting more other famous foreign kickboxers. In the beginning of 1990s, the popularity of AJKF started decreasing, and AJKF were hard up for money.
, and moved its headquarters to Kinshicho in Sumida, Tokyo
. Moreover, AJKF opened a new kickboxing gym "K Public gym" there. In addition, AJKF asked Hiroyuki Yoshino
who was the former Japanese national champion of professional boxing to join AJKF. AJKF sent some top kickboxers to K-1 event twice (July 20, November 9), but Atsushi Tateshima who was one of the most famous kickboxer in Japan refused to take part in K-1.
In October 1997, All Japan Enterprize was bankrupted and AJKF lost its true body. All of the members of the staff left AJKF. After the bankruptcy, some high-powered gyms established the board of directors and started managing AJKF. And then, AJKF moved its office to Higashi-Azabu in Minato, Tokyo
. For this event, AJKF changed its system. All kickboxing events are held by each kickboxing gym individually instead of the headquarters of AJKF or event company.
was one of them.
in Kanagawa. At that time, AJKF improved relationship to J-NET because people who disliked J-NET had already removed to K-U. Actually, the event held by J-NET on February 2, many kickboxers from AJKF participated in it. Moreover, many kickboxers from J-NET participated in the tournament for the vacant AJKF tiles (Lightweight and Featherweight) held by AJKF. For these the interchange between AJKF and J-NET became active.
In 1999, AJKF got a new sponcer, and they removed their office to kitashinjuku in Shinjuku, Tokyo
on May 28. They established their 2 official kickboxing gyms(AJ Public gym and Sakushin-kaikan) there as an annex to the office. After removal, Kensaku Maeda who was one of the top kickboxer left AJKF, but Satoshi Kobayashi and his gym "Fujiwara gym" rejoined AJKF . On November 30, Taniyama gym left AJKF.
In March 2000, Masato
became independent from AJKF and he established Silver Wolf.
In 2001, Atsushi Tateshima who was one of the top kickboxer left AJKF just after he published his first book.
On May 11, 2007, Satoshi Kobayashi, former kickboxer , assumed the general manager of AJKF.
, and the Krush implementation committee was established. The bout in Krush was under K-1 rules.
On June 21, 2009, Kobayashi, the generak manager, produced the event "The stray dog Blitz tactics 2009", but it became the last event of AJKF.
On June 22, Toshio Kaneda ,the AJKF representative, was arrested for helping sham marriage
for a Korean woman. He was suspected of "making False Entries in the Original of Notarized Deeds"(Article 157) and "using it". In addition, the manager of sham marriage was a criminal syndicate (yakuza), and AJKF was suspected as they had a relationship with yakuza because the building which the office of AJKF located accepted some front companies for organized crime operations. At that day, the AJKF office was searched and seized, and Kaneda was relieved from his duty.
On July 15, the office was closed and AJKF was dissolved in between July 15 and August 20.
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:全日本キックボクシング連盟,A.J.K.F.) was the Japan-based sanctioning and promoting body of professional kickboxing
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
. It was established in 1987 and it was dissolved in 2009. The informal name was "Zen Nihon Kikku. Masato
Masato (kickboxer)
Masato Kobayashi is a Japanese former welterweight kickboxer. He was the world champion of ISKA at Welterweight under Oriental rules, and he is the winner of K-1 WORLD MAX World tournament in 2003 and 2008...
who won K-1 WORLD MAX in 2003 debuted as a professional kickboxer at AJKF.
Establishment
All Japan Kickboxing Federation (AJKF) was established in July 1987 with withdrawing from Martial Arts Japan Kickboxing FederationMartial Arts Japan Kickboxing Federation
Martial Arts Japan Kickboxing Federation（ja:マーシャルアーツ日本キックボクシング連盟, M.A.J.K.F.） is the Japan-based sanctioning and promoting body of professional kickboxing. It was established in 1985...
(MAJKF). This withdrawing was caused by Jun Nishikawa, the owner of Nishikawa Gym, and Toshio Kaneda, the event promoter. They enticed all of the current champions and other kickboxing gyms from MAJKF. The champions were sanctioned as the first champions of AJKF automatically.
After establishment of AJKF, other gyms joined AJKF before holding the 1st AJKF event. The gyms which joined AJKF were AKI gym, Nishikawa gym, Hikari gym, Oguni gym, Fudokan, Fuji gym, Iwamoto gym, and Yamato gym.
| wight class | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Flyweight | Kimihiko Akado | Nishikawa gym |
| Bantamweight | Shinichi Mishima | Hikari gym |
| Featherweight | Takashi Aoyama | Oguni gym |
| Lightweight | Kyoji Saito | Oguni gym |
| Welterweight | Tetsuya Sakiyama | Nishikawa gym |
Makoto Fujita was chosen for the chairman, Kenji Kurosaki was chosen for the counselor, Ichiro Ozawa
Ichiro Ozawa
is a Japanese politician. Formerly a chief secretary of the Liberal Democratic Party , he later defected from the LDP. He was the president of Japan's main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan , from 2006 until May 2009, when he resigned over a fund scandal, and secretary general of the...
the member of the house of reprsentatives was chosen for the commissioner. At that time,
On July 15, 1987, AJKF hold its first event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The main bout was the match between Tetsuya Sakiyama and Lakchart from Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. After the establishment of AJKF, Kaneda got power to control AJKF because he knew the show business very well as he had been working for the event company for long time. He told "Nissho" a company which he worked as a managing director to establish "Nissho Enterprize" which is a show business company. He assumed its CEO. This company had got strong power, so it was regarded as the actual body of AJKF. In addition, "All Japan Enterprize" which was the company Kaneda had worked before cooperated with World Karate Association(WKA), Fuhita tha chairman of AJKF also hold the post of vice-president of WKA. For this reason, he could invite famous foreign kickboxers from Europe and North America including Maurice Smith, Rob Kaman
Rob Kaman
Rob "The Dutchman" Kaman is a Dutch retired 9 time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion considered by many as the greatest kickboxer of all time. Often called "Mr. Low Kick" because of his feared low kicks which he used to set up his devastating offensive attacks.- Biography :In his early days...
, and Peter Smith
Peter Smith
- Arts and entertainment :*Peter Smith *Peter Smith , contemporary British painter*Peter C. Smith , author of aeronautical, naval and military history books*Peter James Smith , American actor...
.
In the end of 1980s, Nissho left Nisho Enterprize. Nisho Enterprize changed its name to "All japan Enterprize" and started inviting more other famous foreign kickboxers. In the beginning of 1990s, the popularity of AJKF started decreasing, and AJKF were hard up for money.
Split(NJKF)
In 1996, AJKF were broken up to 2 organizations. The New Japan Kickboxing Federation (NJKF) was established by Makoto Fujita who was the chairman of AJKF. The NJKF side enticed many kickboxing gyms, kickboxers and the current champions from AJKF.| wight class | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Featherweight | Hideaki Suzuki | Yamato Kita gym |
| Lightweight | Yasuhiro Uchida | Singsak Victory gym |
| Welterweight | Shinji Matsuura | Tokyo Hokusei gym |
Bankruptcy and Rebirth
In May 1997, AJKF cooperated with K-1K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...
, and moved its headquarters to Kinshicho in Sumida, Tokyo
Sumida, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It calls itself Sumida City in English.As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population of 240,296 and a density of 17,480 persons per km²...
. Moreover, AJKF opened a new kickboxing gym "K Public gym" there. In addition, AJKF asked Hiroyuki Yoshino
Hiroyuki Yoshino
is a Japanese voice actor. He is part of Sigma Seven.-Anime:*Allison & Lillia *Angel Tails *Aquarian Age *Azumanga Daioh *Baccano! *Black Jack...
who was the former Japanese national champion of professional boxing to join AJKF. AJKF sent some top kickboxers to K-1 event twice (July 20, November 9), but Atsushi Tateshima who was one of the most famous kickboxer in Japan refused to take part in K-1.
In October 1997, All Japan Enterprize was bankrupted and AJKF lost its true body. All of the members of the staff left AJKF. After the bankruptcy, some high-powered gyms established the board of directors and started managing AJKF. And then, AJKF moved its office to Higashi-Azabu in Minato, Tokyo
Minato, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of 1 March 2008, it had an official population of 217,335 and a population density of 10,865 persons per km². The total area is 20.34 km².Minato hosts 49 embassies...
. For this event, AJKF changed its system. All kickboxing events are held by each kickboxing gym individually instead of the headquarters of AJKF or event company.
Split(J-NET)
Although AJKF started controlling kickboxing again, "Active J" which is one of kickboxing gym joined AJKF tried to continue holding event by themselves. This was regarded as an infringement of AJKF rules. Moreover, the representative of Active J ignored recommendation to participate the board of directors. For this reason, Active J was dismissed from AJKF. After dismissal, Active J estableshed J-NETWORK(J-NET), and set gyms under the direct management of Active J up in business, and make them join J-NET. Keita Kainuma eho was the current AJKF Bantamweight and some famous kickboxers were removed to J-NET because of this incident. Takayuki KohiruimakiTakayuki Kohiruimaki
is a Japanese welterweight kickboxer and karateka competing in K-1 MAX. His real name is Takayuki Kohiruimaki. He started calling himself Taishin Kohiruimaki in 2008.-Young age:...
was one of them.
| wight class | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Bantamweight | Keita Kainuma | Active J |
Split(K-U)
Hachoji FSG and other kickboxing gyms which were members of AJKF set a press conference on June 14, 1998, and announced that they are going to establish a new kickboxing organization "Kick Boxing-Union"(K-U). 14 kickboxing gyms and the 3 current AJKF champions were removed to K-U.| wight class | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Featherweight | Shinya Sakuma | Hachioji F.S.G |
| Lightweight | Nobumitsu Sudo | Jinmu-kan |
| Welterweight | Tatsuya Suzuki | Inage-dojo |
Decline
On June 1, 1998, Kaneda returned to a representative of AJKF, and it started controlling the kickboxing events again. The office was moved to Asao-ku, KawasakiAsao-ku, Kawasaki
is one of the 7 wards of the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 167,792 and a density of 7,210 persons per km². The total area was 23.28 km².-Geography:...
in Kanagawa. At that time, AJKF improved relationship to J-NET because people who disliked J-NET had already removed to K-U. Actually, the event held by J-NET on February 2, many kickboxers from AJKF participated in it. Moreover, many kickboxers from J-NET participated in the tournament for the vacant AJKF tiles (Lightweight and Featherweight) held by AJKF. For these the interchange between AJKF and J-NET became active.
In 1999, AJKF got a new sponcer, and they removed their office to kitashinjuku in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Shinjuku, Tokyo
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. It is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the busiest train station in the world and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the administration center for the government of Tokyo.As of 2008, the ward has an estimated population...
on May 28. They established their 2 official kickboxing gyms(AJ Public gym and Sakushin-kaikan) there as an annex to the office. After removal, Kensaku Maeda who was one of the top kickboxer left AJKF, but Satoshi Kobayashi and his gym "Fujiwara gym" rejoined AJKF . On November 30, Taniyama gym left AJKF.
In March 2000, Masato
Masato (kickboxer)
Masato Kobayashi is a Japanese former welterweight kickboxer. He was the world champion of ISKA at Welterweight under Oriental rules, and he is the winner of K-1 WORLD MAX World tournament in 2003 and 2008...
became independent from AJKF and he established Silver Wolf.
In 2001, Atsushi Tateshima who was one of the top kickboxer left AJKF just after he published his first book.
On May 11, 2007, Satoshi Kobayashi, former kickboxer , assumed the general manager of AJKF.
Arrest and Disslove
In 2008, AJKF started new series event "Krush" with K-1K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...
, and the Krush implementation committee was established. The bout in Krush was under K-1 rules.
On June 21, 2009, Kobayashi, the generak manager, produced the event "The stray dog Blitz tactics 2009", but it became the last event of AJKF.
On June 22, Toshio Kaneda ,the AJKF representative, was arrested for helping sham marriage
Sham marriage
A sham marriage or fake marriage is a marriage of convenience entered into with the intent of deceiving public officials or society about its purpose. Arranging or entering into such a marriage to deceive public officials is itself a separate violation of the law of some countries...
for a Korean woman. He was suspected of "making False Entries in the Original of Notarized Deeds"(Article 157) and "using it". In addition, the manager of sham marriage was a criminal syndicate (yakuza), and AJKF was suspected as they had a relationship with yakuza because the building which the office of AJKF located accepted some front companies for organized crime operations. At that day, the AJKF office was searched and seized, and Kaneda was relieved from his duty.
On July 15, the office was closed and AJKF was dissolved in between July 15 and August 20.
Notable kickboxers of AJKF in the past
- MasatoMasato- People :*Masato Hatanaka , Japanese musician*Masato Ichishiki , author of the SD Gundam comics*Masato , Japanese former welterweight kickboxer, won K-1 WORLD MAX kickboxing tournament in 2003, 2008...
- Takayuki KohiruimakiTakayuki Kohiruimakiis a Japanese welterweight kickboxer and karateka competing in K-1 MAX. His real name is Takayuki Kohiruimaki. He started calling himself Taishin Kohiruimaki in 2008.-Young age:...
- Naoko KumagaiNaoko KumagaiNaoko Kumagai is a Japanese female kickboxer and 3-time World Champion in the 3 different weight classes. She also had several pro boxing matches.Kumagai is known for her knockout punch and high KO percentage...
- Satoshi Kobayashi
- Yuya YamamotoYuya YamamotoYuya Yamamoto is a Japanese kickboxer competing in K-1 at middleweight . He is the former Japanese national champion of kickboxing sanctioned by All Japan Kickboxing Federation at welterweight.-Amateur era:...
External links
- Official blog of AJKF(Japanese)