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Goju Ryu Karate Do
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History
In the 19th century, Kanryo
Higaonna Sensei, who was already an accomplished master of the Okinawan martial
art known as "Te" or "Di", travelled to Fuzhou in China, and mastered Southern
Chinese boxing under the tutelage of a master known as Ryu Ryu Ko. He then
returned to his home city of Naha in Okinawa to teach his, by now combined,
system of martial arts. Amongst his students were notable characters such as
Chojun Miyagi and Kenwa Mabuni. |
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1915 his top student, Chojun Miyagi Sensei, continued to teach the system and
refined it into a format better suited to the Okinawan physique and culture. It
was Chojun Miyagi who eventually called this system "Goju Ryu"; a name inspired
from the Bubishi, an ancient manual of martial arts. In addition to running his
own Dojo, he began teaching Karate Do to the Okinawan Police and frequently
travelled to mainland Japan to teach at various Universities. The most
promising disciple of Chojun Miyagi was Jinan Shinzato, but sadly he was killed
during the Second World War. The most famous of Miyagi's students include
Eiichi Miyazato, Koshin Iha, Seiko Higa, Seikichi Toguchi and Meitoku Yagi.
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| For many years the all-Japan Police
Judo champion, Eiichi Miyazato Sensei trained in Goju Ryu Karate under Chojun
Miyagi for the longest of all the seniors, from 1938 until his death 1953. At
the request of his peers, the responsibility for teaching Goju Ryu was then
passed to Eiichi Miyazato. In 1957 he founded the Jundokan dojo in Asato,
Naha City. In 1972 he retired from the Police force, built a new dojo and
devoted the rest of his life to teaching Karate Do. Students of Sensei Miyazato
included Nanko Minei, Keikichi Nakasone, Tetsunosuke Yasuda, Teruo Chinen and
Morio Higaonna. Sadly, Eiichi Miyazato Sensei passed away on 11th December
1999. |
In 2000 Koshin Iha Sensei, another
of Chojun Miyagi's notable students, accepted the responsibility of leading the
Jundokan.
In 2004 Koshin Iha Sensei retired from active
teaching and the Jundokan is now under the leadership of
Tetsunosuke Yasuda Sensei. |
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1986-2008 Jundokan United Kingdom |
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