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.