Traditional Gojuryu Karatedo

Tuesday, 2 August 2016

Gojuryu World Karate Festival

A recent news feature on Gojuryu from July 26 on the Gojuryu World Karate Festival (or Budosai) being held in Okinawa once every four years. With over 1000 participants form 63 countries, the event this year finished on July 31. RBC is an Okinawan TV startion - Ryukyu Broadcasting Corporation. More information is available here.

Monday, 1 August 2016

Gojukai All Japan Tournament

The 42^nd All Japan Karatedo Championships will be held at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium on August 27 and 28, 2016. Three members of Gojuryu Karatedo Yoyogi Ryushinkan will participate in the men’s senior kata and men’s open kata competitions. Other members will act as staff during the tournament and their support is much appreciated. Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium is an indoor sports arena located in Naka Ward, Yokohama. For more information, please see the official website of Gojukai.

Wednesday, 27 July 2016

Gekisai Dai Ichi Kata Instructional

As the title says, a useful instructional guide to performing Gekisai Dai Ichi.

Saturday, 23 July 2016

Black Belt Seminar

The 2nd Gojukai Kanto Regional Kata Seminar will be held on August 7 from 13:30-16:30 at the sports gymnasium at Sugamo Elementary School in Toshima Ward. The trainers will be senior instructors of Gojukai in the Tokyo and surrounding areas, and the sessions will focus on Sanchin, Tensho and other relevant kata according to Dan level. Those eligible to participate in the seminar are all black belt members of Gojukai, including those intending to take the 1st Dan examination this year. The school is located at 1-Chome 24-10 Minami-Otsuka, Toshima Ward, Tokyo.

Wednesday, 20 July 2016

Gekisai Dai Ichi Applications

This video from 0:48 to 1:25 shows Higaonna Sensei and Terauchi Sensei demonstrating the applications (Bunkai) of the Gekisai Daichi kata.

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Gekisai Dai Ichi (Taira Masaji Sensei)

Taira Sensei's version of the kata places great emphasis on using the hips to drive the blocks and strikes. It is quite a different approach from those I have generally seen on mainland Japan, but very impressive and educational nevertheless.