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Club Activity

Most students participate in club activities and lead full student lives. Kokushikan University has always excelled in sports and has even produced Olympic medalists, and of course there are also various culture-related clubs. At present the university has about 130 clubs engaged in extracurricular activities.

  • Tea Ceremony
  • Judo
  • Kendo

Clubs

Cultural Clubs

  • Animation
  • Art
  • Astronomy
  • Board Game
  • Brass Band
  • Broadcasting Studies
  • Calligraphy
  • Child Education
  • Cinema
  • Comic
  • Computers
  • Debate
  • Drama
  • Economics
  • English Studies
  • International Students Exchange
  • Japanese History
  • Jazz
  • Kids
  • Light Music
  • Literature
  • Live Performance
  • Music
  • Orient Studies
  • Photography
  • Political Studies
  • Sports Journal
  • Studies for Local Education
  • Tea Ceremony
  • Traditional Japanese Music
  • Volunteer Work
  • Youth Hosteling

Sports Clubs

  • Aikido
  • American Football
  • Badminton
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cheering Party
  • Cheerleading
  • Dance
  • Emergency Medical Service
  • Expedition
  • Fishing
  • Formula Racing Car
  • Futsal
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Handball
  • Hiking
  • Iaido
  • Japanese Kenpo
  • Judo
  • Ju-Kendo
  • Karate
  • Karate with Protective Guard
  • Kendo
  • Kick Boxing
  • Kobudo
  • Japanese Archery
  • Lacrosse
  • Life-Saving
  • Motorcycle Riding
  • Outdoor Sports
  • Rubber-Ball Baseball
  • Rhythmic Gymnastics
  • Rugby
  • Scuba Diving
  • Shooting
  • Shaolin Karate
  • Shaolin Kenpo
  • Skating
  • Skiing
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Street Dancing
  • Sumo
  • Surfing
  • Swimming
  • Table Tennis
  • Tae Kwon Do
  • Taido
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Trainer
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Weightlifting
  • Wrestling
  • Yagyushinkageryu

Interview

Karate

Tawara, Ibuki
Department of Economics, Faulty of Political Science and Economics

I decided to do karate at university because I wanted to pursue what I liked doing to the fullest extent. The karate-do club at Kokushikan University has a long tradition of producing world champions and many overseas karate instructors. I have been practicing hard every day with the clear aim of winning at the All-Japan Karate-do Championship. I have had several opportunities to travel overseas, where I have experienced the spiritual richness of people honing not only their techniques but also their minds through karate. My ultimate goal is to become world champion and to teach the karate I have learned to people all over the world. Discovering what really interests you and making friends is the true meaning of participating in club activities. The friends you make this way are sure to support and help you. You learn not to run away from difficulties and hardships, and to do constant battle with your own mental weakness. I’m sure that what I learned during my four years at Kokushikan University will be a great asset for the future, enabling me to develop even further.

Brass Band

ONO, Gouta
Department of Literature, Faculty of Letters

When I heard that commuting one way would take over two hours, I hesitated to join the brass band but I made the decision because I had kept it up since junior high school and I was attracted by the club’s lively and energetic atmosphere. The club’s activities focus mainly on the bi-annual concerts and summer competition. We also perform at various venues every year, such as Chinatown in Yokohama and elementary school events. The times when people have told me our performance was “good” or even “great” have left a particularly deep impression. Although that might not seem so unusual, these positive responses gave me the greatest pleasure of all. Taking part in club activities has also brought me into contact with various people, including fellow musicians from different faculties and years, OBs, people attending the concerts, and brass band players from other universities. I want to continue studying music as part of my lifelong education and to put to good use in society the spirit of cooperation I have learned through the group activity of playing a wind instrument.

Calligraphy

SHIBATA, hiromu
Department of Education,Faculty of Letters

Let me introduce Child Education Club.Its main activities comprise several events mainly for elementary school students.The biggest event is a summer camp held in Yoshimi-machi in Saitama Prefecture,in which about 180 elementary students participate and enjoy playing games made by member students of the club,and campfire,BBQ,plays,swimming,orienteering,etc.We plan and organize the event.In addition to the summer camp,we organize many other events,such as day camp,spring camp,Tsurukawa-sai and Fumon-sai(kokushikan's student festivals).In the day camp,we go hiking with children to "Kodomono Kuni(Children's Land)." We open street stalls in Tsurukawa-sai in May and Fumon-sai in November.In the spring camp,we discuss about the activities for the coming year as well as promote friendship among club members.Child Education Club is the group in which member students who love children gather to help children enjoy and moreover enjoy themselves.

Taido

OOSUKA, Yuuichi
Department of Law,Faculty of Law

I joined the Taido Club in the hope of living my life as a university student to the full.Taido is a martial art that involves vigorous phisycal movement,launching attacks at the same time as deflecting attacks from one's opponent.There were only a few members in the Taido Club when I first joined,and training was a lonly affair.But I worked hard together with both senior and junior colleagues to make our club activities more enjoyable.The club has now grown into one that attracts many new students,engages actively in exchange with other universities,and is even setting its sights on victory in the national championships. This has made me realize that it's possible to change my surroundings through my own strength of mind.Members of the Taido Club also interact frequently with members of other university clubs,and I have formed friendships with individuals who I would never have met if I was't involved in club activities.
I have learned many things through my involvement in this club,and acquired many precious assets.All of them are more than adequate to enhance my life as a university student,and I'm sure that they'll serve me well when I make a start in the wider world. But that doesn't mean that I'm satisfied yet:I'll continue to use club activities as a way to improve myself in both technique and spirit.

Taido

TAKANO, Chika
Department of Political Science,Faculty of Political Science and Economics

I think that“Iai-do”is a martial art which you are not familiar with.
lai-do is a Japanese traditional martial art which is to train skills and help personality development,by manipulating traditional Japanese sword in accordance with set rules. We,members of the lai-do club of Kokushikan University,do everyday exercise to train our skills and spiritual strength.
When we stand in the training hall with a sword,difference in gender,nationality,etc., means nothing.Once we master“technique of drawing the sword”and “Iai-do forms (kata),”we could improve ourselves.I believe this is the excellence and essence of lai-do. Iai-do competitions take place frequently,and our club has good achievements everyyear. Last year,we won awards in all of three main competitions,Eastern Japan Rookies, Eastern Japan and All Japan Iai-do Matches.
We are only one step away from the All Japan Champion. Why don't you join Iai-do club at Kokushikan University,and spend your valuable four years by pursuing the dream with us to become Champion while mastering Bushido,or martial spirit? 　　　　　　　　　　

Calligraphy

YAMAZAKI,Mutsumi
Department of Literature,Faculty of Letters

What do you think of when you hear the word“Calligraphy”? Probably many of you associate it with traditional Japanese culture.The art of shodô or Japanese calligraphy practiced today originates in a cultural form brought to Japan from China. This many make you think that calligraphy is difficult,but remember that anyone can create thier own original work of calligraphy as long as they have paper,a brush,ink,and some sentiment to impart in the characters they write.Even international students can get involved and enjoy calligraphy easily. Members of the Calligraphy Club always work hard together preparing works to exhibit in student exhibitions and at campus festivals. These activities allow members to forget about differences in year level and faculty affiliation,and to expand their circle of friendship beyond national borders.It is said that written characters are an expression of each writer's inner self: there is no such thing as being “good” or “bad” at calligraphy. The Calligraphy Club offers you the opportunity to get back in touch with yourself as you write. We hope that participation in this club will help make your life as a university student more meaningful.

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