Ayumi Uekusa, who has secured a job offer for the Tokyo Olympics with karate kumite, has decided to resign due to an injury caused by a bamboo sword used by the representative's reinforcement manager during practice. I found out by interviewing the people concerned.
The Japan Karatedo Federation is considering disposing of it, and as the new competition karate will take more than 100 days until the Tokyo tournament, it will be an unusual situation where the person in charge of strengthening will change.
Uekusa, who has secured a job offer for the Tokyo Olympics in a class of karate women's kumite over 61 kg, was used during practice by Masao Kagawa, who is in charge of strengthening the Japanese national team, in January. I was injured by bruising my left eye with a bamboo sword.
The Japan Karate Federation interviewed both parties and is considering disposing of it, saying that "practice using a bamboo sword is very dangerous and is not allowed at all", but after that, Mr. Kagawa resigned as the player strengthening committee chairman and the director of the Japan Karate Federation. Interviews with the people concerned revealed that they had decided to do so.
Mr. Kagawa is expected to submit his resignation to the Japan Karate Federation soon, and told NHK that "I have to take responsibility for causing trouble to the people concerned. I thought I should quit everything. "
The disposition to Mr. Kagawa is expected to be decided by the board of directors on April 9, and it is unusual that the person in charge of strengthening karate in the new competition, which is expected to have multiple medals at the Tokyo tournament, will change in more than 100 days until the tournament. It will be the situation.