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WHAT IS GOJU KAI KARATE?

Goju Kai is a Traditional Japanese Martial Art based on close in offense and defense. It utilizes logic and economy of strength maneuvers, which combine circular motion blocking techniques and quick & powerful counter attacks delivered in rapid succession.

Developed out of ‘Naha-te’, an ancient form of Chinese Kempo, Goju Ryu’s popularity spread greatly through the Ryuku Islands of Japan due to the success of Kanryo Higaonna (1853-1915). Higaonna opened a Naha dojo in Okinawa using eight forms of Martial Arts brought from China. His best student, Chojun Miyagi (1888-1953), later founded ‘Goju-ryu’ in 1930, which means, hard-soft way.

A great associate of Miyagi, and for the most part, a predecessor of Chojun Miyagi’s teachings was the internationally renowned and Japanese Awarded, ‘Gogen Yamaguchi’.

In 1935, Gogen Yamaguchi founded the “All Japan Goju-Kai Karate-Do Association”, which originated ‘jiyu-kumite’ (or free sparring, the basis for ‘shia kumite’, or sport karate). This organization finally united its base headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, in 1950, and has remained steadfast to this day.

In all its essence, and in the early spirit of Japanese Goju Ryu, Goju Kai is a true form of traditional Karate-do, indeed still guided by the founding philosophy of the ‘hard-soft way of the empty hand’…

GOJU

Go: Hard; Ju: Soft

KARATE

Kara: Empty; Te: Hand; and Do: Way.

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