GOJUKAI KARATE DO AUSTRALIA~Sydney Gojukan
[SCHOOL OF GOGEN YAMAGUCHI]
WRITTEN BY GOGEN YAMAGUCHI TO PAUL STARLING.
Founder
:
PAUL
STARLING
Kyoshi
7th
Dan
-
VICE
PRESIDENT
IKGA
Chief Instructor NSW Dr MARK BURTON 6th Dan Renshi
GOGEN YAMAGUCHI [KAISO] & PAUL STARLING
Sydney Australia 1970.
Paul Starling 7th Dan Kyoshi, joined Goju Kai Karate do in the early 1960's and has remained a member ever since, making him the most senior non Japanese Instructor and World Vice President of the IKGA
[International Karate do Goju Kai Association].
Chief Instructor NSW Dr MARK BURTON 6th Dan Renshi
GOGEN YAMAGUCHI [KAISO] & PAUL STARLING
Sydney Australia 1970.
Welcome to our Website: http://www.gojukai.com.au
Thank
you for
taking the time to visit this website of Goju Kai Karate do School of
Yamaguchi. This style was established in 1963 in Sydney Australia. The
Australian branch of
Goju Kai has a very
long standing tradition of an unbroken lineage directly to Grandmaster
Gogen Yamaguchi and hence his successor and third son Goshi Yamaguchi
now 8th Dan and Hanshi.
Paul Starling 7th Dan Kyoshi, joined Goju Kai Karate do in the early 1960's and has remained a member ever since, making him the most senior non Japanese Instructor and World Vice President of the IKGA
[International Karate do Goju Kai Association].
Australia
is
a
continent
as
large
as
North
America
and
distances
between
states
have
always
been
prohibitive,
yet
Goju
Kai
has
continued
to
flourish
here
during
the
past
46 years, largely as a result of the
combined
efforts of the Shihan instructors located in New South Wales, Victoria
& Western Australia. Although each Chief Instructor has their own
unique and individual method of teaching and running their Dojo, they
are united in a determined stance of loyalty and respect for the
Yamaguchi family and for Yamaguchi Goshi Shihan.
Perhaps it could be argued that the strength of Goju Kai Karate do in Australia comes from the fact that the most senior Instructors here are of a very high rank, [at least 7th Dan], and that, of these Instructors and their Senior students,each has been training and teaching for at least 30-45 years. At the same time, training with these Instructors are many other Shihan Instructors of 5th Dan and 6th Dan Rank who have also each been training and teaching for approximately 25-30 years.
Perhaps it could be argued that the strength of Goju Kai Karate do in Australia comes from the fact that the most senior Instructors here are of a very high rank, [at least 7th Dan], and that, of these Instructors and their Senior students,each has been training and teaching for at least 30-45 years. At the same time, training with these Instructors are many other Shihan Instructors of 5th Dan and 6th Dan Rank who have also each been training and teaching for approximately 25-30 years.
Instructors of the 4th Dan rank {Jokyo}, and 3rd Dan rank {Shidoin}, work with their Chief Instructor or Shihan, cohesively, to keep in tact the traditional precepts of Goju Kai Karate do which state that:-
We are proud to study the way of Goju Ryu.
We are courteous in manners
We are humble but strong
We cultivate the spirit of co-operation
We respect the Budo spirit of traditional martial arts.
The
Australian branch of Yamaguchi Goju-Kai maintains a strong link with
the Japanese Headquarters of IKGA. Grandmaster Goshi
Yamaguchi Saiko Shihan visits our Country on a regular basis (usually
every 2 years), and since the 1960's Australia has frequently sent
individuals as well as large groups of students and Instructors
to Japan, ensuring that Australia keeps up to date with the
latest methods of teaching and training. It
has
been said that outside of Japan and the United States that Australia
has the longest history of Goju-Kai Karate-Do associated with the
Yamaguchi Family. We are proud of the fact that we now have twelve
Shihan
Instructors in the Australian branch of the IKGA, which is explained by
our 46 year + history.
We hope that you will find time to sign our guestbook; to navigate this site please either view the pages that interest you from the Home Page/Site Map, or otherwise please press the last navigation link at the top & bottom of each page titled 'NEXT'.
As
this
site
is
continually being modified, we hope that you will
bookmark the Home Page, and return intermittently, pressing the RELOAD
button, to view a regularly updated version of the site. The
International Karate do Goju Kai Association, currently have Dojo in
60+
different countries throughout the world, and we hope that you
will navigate and explore the various Websites of our worldwide
association.
Members
may
also
be interested to attend European, Canadian, Australian,
African, South American or Asian Summer and Winter camps held regularly
and taught by Goshi Yamaguchi Shihan. Sydney members have previously
attended Seminars in Sweden,Karlsgogaar, Corfu-Greece & Japan,and
Western Australians & Victorians attended Championships &
Seminars in Japan, India Malaysia & Brazil and beyond.
Explanations
regarding
the
following
pages
appear
on
the
Home
Page,
however
we
will
leave
you
with
a
light
hearted
look
at
life
from
the
pen
of
the
very
talented David Lowrie. A Link to his 'Zen ' philosophy
Page ' Dharma the Cat ' can be found on our ' Links'
-
pages.
Paul
Starling
[Shihan-Kiyoshi 7th Dan]
VICE PRESIDENT GOJU KAI KARATE DO IKGA
.
©
2009
www.gojukai.com.au Goju
Kai
Karate
Do
Sydney Goju Kan All queries
to Paul Starling Vice President I.K.G.A.
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