Happy John Uvwiefenigwere

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Soke Happy John Uvwiefenigwere (born January 1, 1954 in Lagos, Nigeria) is best known as the father of Kandoshin Shinkyotai, a free style martial arts system which unifies the fighting arts of the world.

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[edit] Kandoshin Shinkyotai

Professor Happy started the study of the martial arts/fighting arts or the so called budo or bu-jutsu by the orientals in 1962. In 1965 he earned the grade of black belt. At this period he had been studying various forms of martial arts and combat arts, and confirmed by international shorinryu kenshinkan karatedo and kobudo federation (Okinawa prefecture of Japan) in 1973.

In 1975 he founded Kandoshin Shinkyotai. It embodies man's search for truth and reality through combat and self-purification. Kandoshin means house of the way of truth.

Professor Happy studied and trained in Korean, Japanese, Chinese karate or martial arts system and also in the western form of combat education e.g wrestling, boxing and african fighting arts. Due to his wide knowledge of the combat education, in 1975, he created the form of combat science called Kandoshin which comprises all he learned so far and the open truth of the existing martial arts or fighting arts. The kandoshin was made known to the Nigerian public in 1986 officially - with its first demonstration at the Tafawa Balewa complex in Lagos. This form of combat education is now a household name in the Nigerian martial arts scene. The core of this combat science is taken from the following; karate, kobudo, taekwondo, kung-fu, jiujitsu, aikido, boxing, capoiera, savate, wrestling etc.

[edit] Karate Association of Nigeria

The First National Executive Board of Karate Association of Nigeria (KAN)
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The First National Executive Board of Karate Association of Nigeria (KAN)

In 1975 - the Nigeria United Kadoshin Union (NUKU) was formed, and became founding member body of the national official karate organisation in Nigeria - The Karate Federation of Nigeria (KFN), which was formerly known as Karate Association of Nigeria (KAN) - from Federation of All-Nigeria Karatedo Organizations (FANKO), this body got recognition in 1991 by major general Y.Y. Kure, the sports minister then and changed the name to KAN, due to the government policy of sports - the name is again - changed to (KFN).

Soke Happy is the first national coach/technical director of KFN.

[edit] Career

[edit] Martial Arts/Fighting Arts - History

  • 1965 - 1st dan: karate - jitsu/okinawate
  • 1967 - 2nd dan, black belt
  • 1970 - 3rd dan black belt
  • 1981 - 6th dan black belt and Ph.D martial arts education(England).
  • 1987 - 7th dan: kandoshin.
  • 1994 - 8th dan: kandoshin.
  • 2000 - 9th dan: kandoshin.
  • 2006 - 10th dan: kandoshin.

[edit] Academics

  • 1992/93 - grade111 coaching sports karate - national institute for sports(NIS).
  • 1995/96 - grade 11
  • 1998/99 - grade 1

[edit] National service

  • 1991 - 1995 national coach KFN.
  • 1996 - 2000 national coach KFN.

[edit] State service

[edit] International

  • director Nigeria/national representative WAKO, WOMAA, WMAGM, WUKO

[edit] External links

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