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About the Website
This
is the official web site for Japan International Karate Do Federation
("JIKF"). Use of
this web site is subject to our Terms of Use
and Copyright Notice. Japanese/Okinawan
Translation Notes
This
website spells out Japanese and Okinawan words
using Romanji, a standard way of spelling
out Japanese words phonetically using the same Roman alphabet as English. Some
linguistic conventions have been ignored in order to improve overall
recognition and readability at a negligible cost of accuracy. For example,
the diacritic for a long vowel sound, a bar over the letter, has been omitted
("dojo" instead of "dōjō"),
the shortened forms are not indicated ("Pinan"
instead of "Pin'an"), and the 'n' sound
is represented by that letter even when preceding the consonants 'm', 'b',
and 'p' (giving "senpai" instead if
"sempai" for example). You will see diacritics only when accuracy
and context is important. For Japanese
names and titles, the family or surname is first, followed by the given name,
then the title (if any). For example, Soke
("Founder") Kiyohisa (given name) Hirano
(family name) is given in the Japanese form "Hirano Kiyohisa
Soke". Compatibility
This
website makes use of HTML 4.0, JavaScript, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS),
Dynamic HTML (DHTML), and Unicode in order to provide the user with a
convenient and user-friendly interface. For ease of use, view at 800x600 resolution or higher, and use the latest version of your
favorite browser: Internet Explorer 7 or later, or Firefox 3.5 or later. You may
experience slight problems with fonts or Javascript
when using Netscape or Mozilla browsers on older versions of Linux. Linux
users will have a better experience when using a 2.4 kernel based
distribution and Netscape 6 (or later) or Mozilla 1.1 (or later) browser. Some proxy
servers or Internet security software may interfere with use of this web
site. You may need to disable these in your settings in order to get the most
from this website. Use of PDF Files
This
website features some PDF (Portable Document Format) documents. These are
used whenever a document requires precise layout control for viewing or
printing. Whereas HTML (Hyper-Text Markup Language) is rendered differently
by different clients on different platforms, the PDF standard dictates how
the information is rendered precisely. In general, information in PDF
files on the screen may appear jagged or fuzzy at screen resolutions, but
sharp at printer resolutions. PDF files on this website are intended to be
printed for reference. To view
PDF files, you must have a PDF viewer such as the free Adobe
Reader from Adobe Systems Incorporated. Hosting
The
web site is hosted by SilverStar WebDesigns Inc. Please
contact us with any questions regarding usage of
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