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.
20-528: AJKF may refer to: All Japan Kickboxing Federation - the Japan-based past sanctioning and promoting body of professional kickboxing All Japan Kendo Federation - the organization which controls kendo , one of the Japanese swords martial arts Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
40-455: A representative of AJKF, and it started controlling the kickboxing events again. The office was moved to Asao-ku, Kawasaki 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
60-587: Is a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis in Japan . The English translation of its Japanese self-designation is Sumida City . As of 1 March 2023, the ward has an estimated population of 277,058 and a population density of 20,120 persons per km . Its total area is 13.77 km . Sumida's city office is located in Azumabashi, while its commercial center is the area around Kinshicho Station in
80-545: 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 Representatives of Japan 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
100-494: 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. Although AJKF started controlling kickboxing again, "Active J" which is one of kickboxing gym joined AJKF tried to continue holding event by themselves. This
120-409: The end of the 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 the 1990s, the popularity of AJKF started decreasing, and AJKF were hard up for money. In 1996, AJKF was broken up to two organizations. The New Japan Kickboxing Federation (NJKF) was established by Makoto Fujita who
140-775: 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. Weight limit: 112 lbs Weight limit: 118 lbs Weight limit: 124 lbs Weight limit: 130 lbs Weight limit: 136 lbs Weight limit: 148 lbs Weight limit: 154 lbs Weight limit: 160 lbs Weight limit: + 160 lbs Sumida, Tokyo Sumida ( 墨田区 , Sumida-ku )
160-419: The south. Sumida is in the north-eastern part of the mainland portion of Tokyo. The Sumida and Arakawa are the major rivers, and form parts of its boundaries. Its neighbors are all special wards: Adachi to the north; Arakawa to the northwest; Katsushika to the east; Edogawa to the southeast; Taitō to the west; Chūō to the southwest; and Kōtō to the south. The ward was founded on March 15, 1947. It
180-496: The title AJKF . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AJKF&oldid=822564266 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages All Japan Kickboxing Federation All Japan Kickboxing Federation (AJKF)
200-471: 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 sponsor, 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
220-589: Was established in July 1987 by former members of the Martial Arts Japan Kickboxing Federation (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
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#1732787722199240-546: Was established. The bout in Krush was under K-1 rules. On June 21, 2009, Kobayashi, the general 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,
260-425: 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. On May 11, 2007, Satoshi Kobayashi, former kickboxer, assumed the general manager of AJKF. In 2008, AJKF started new series event "Krush" with K-1 , and the Krush implementation committee
280-581: Was one of them. 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 moved to K-U. The Featherweight champion Shinya Sakuma, the Lightweight champion Nobumitsu Sudo and the Welterweight champion Tatsuya Suzuki. On June 1, 1998, Kaneda returned to
300-502: Was previously the (ordinary) wards Honjo and Mukojima. Mukojima, formed in 1932, contained the former town of Sumida, which along with the river gave the ward its name. As of 2023, the mayor is Tōru Yamamoto. The council consists of 34 members. Metropolitan high schools are operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Board of Education . In addition, the metropolitan school district also operates
320-539: 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 established 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 the current AJKF Bantamweight and some famous kickboxers moved to J-NET because of this incident. Takayuki Kohiruimaki
340-402: Was regarded as the actual body of AJKF. In addition, "All Japan Enterprize" which was the company Kaneda had worked before cooperated with World Kickboxing Association (WKA), Fuhita the chairman of AJKF also held 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 Smit . In
360-513: Was the chairman of AJKF. The NJKF side enticed many kickboxing gyms, kickboxers and 3 current champions from AJKF. The Featherweight champion Hideaki Suzuki, the Lightweight champion Yasuhiro Uchida and the Welterweight champion Shinji Matsuura. In May 1997, AJKF cooperated with K-1 , 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
380-538: 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
400-432: 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
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