The Shiho Karano Kai International was founded in 1982 by Soke Riedner
as an outgrowth of the CBBA to serve those martial artists who were not
comfortable being affiliated with the CBBA. As the activities of the
CBBA grew it became evident that there were many martial artists not
affiliated with the CBBA who were still in need of the services
provided by the CBBA such as networking, training, fellowship, and
promotion.
Though the CBBA and SKKI act as separate organizations, they share most
of their essential functions including an Annual Martial Arts
Conference called “Koinonia” as well as the Korean Martial
Arts Division. Though the SKKI does not act as a Christian ministry, it
is still based on Christian principles and it is these principles that
account for the high standards and service-oriented nature of the
organization. Also, as the SKKI is a Kai and not a Ryu it contains
practitioners from many different styles and is able therefore to offer
instruction and ranking in these diverse systems. The diversity of the
SKKI allows the opportunity to gather knowledge from a broad martial
tradition and meet the needs of people far beyond the capability of a
single Ryu.
The SKKI has now grown to such a level that it can provide services for
other organizations and affiliate groups. As with the CBBA, the
services of the SKKI are primarily designed for instructors and because
of this our membership roll reflects only a small portion of the people
under our sphere of influence. Our concern is not how big we get but
how well we can serve our membership. This attitude acts as a catalyst
for growth ultimately affecting both our size and scope of services.
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