SENIOR INSTRUCTORS GOJU KAI AUSTRALIA
Iwan Pranatio Shihan 7th Dan Renshi
Chief Instructor of Goju Kai Karate Do in Melbourne Victoria Australia

Shihan Iwan Pranatio first began Martial Arts training in Judo many years ago prior to studying GOJU KAI KARATE-DO in Indonesia. However training commenced in 1970 with the International Goju Kai Karate-Do Association in Indonesia. After a number of years, (in 1975), Shihan Iwan moved to live and study Goju-Kai Karate-Do in Japan under Kaiso Gogen Yamaguchi, then Founder President and Grand Master of I.K.G.A. and also under the tutelage of Kaiso's son Saiko Shihan Goshi Yamaguchi and many other senior Shihan's and senior Sensei.

Iwan Pranatio Shihan 6th Dan Shihan trained with Gogen Hanshi, Goshi Shihan as well as Wakako Yamaguchi Shihan, on an extensive basis at the Honbu Dojo in Suginami Ku. He is pictured here with Goshi Yamaguchi Shihan on one of his many tours of Australia to teach Australian members of Goju Kai.This technique is an application from Kata Sepai. Throughout the years, Shihan Iwan Pranatio also competed at various tournaments and attended seminars throughout Japan, Okinawa, Indonesia and India. After teaching Karate-Do in Australia for a number of years, Shihan Iwan Pranatio was awarded his 6th Dan and promoted to the position of Chief Instructor of Victoria for I.K.G.A.

Shihan is currently teaching at the Kew Dojo, Melbourne, Australia and attends various Pacific tournaments and seminars as an Official. Shihan Iwan Pranatio, whilst residing in Japan, also studied in the Art of Kobudo (weaponry) for a brief period of time. After many years studying at the Japan Karate-Do College as a student /instructor of the Goju Kai Karate-Do Organisation and running a Dojo in Japan, he Graduated from the College August 5th, 1978 as a Sandan . Iwan Shihan was graded to the Rank of 6th Dan (Rokudan ) Renshi Shihan in 1990, and in October 2003 to 7th Dan Renshi at the Sydney Goju Kai Seminar, by the President of IKGA Goshi Yamaguchi Shihan, and endorsed by IKGA Vice President Paul Starling Kiyoshi.