Goju Questions

Discussion in 'Karate' started by Goju, Sep 5, 2003.

  1. 1druid1

    1druid1 New Member

    Hi Gojuman

    Does your group affiliate itself with the IOGKF under World Chief Instructor Higaonna Morio Sensei.

    Or has it ever trained with either:-

    Miyagi Anichi Sensei (Direct Student of Goju-Ryu Founder Chojun Miyagi)

    or

    Aragaki Shuichi Sensei (Direct Student of Goju-Ryu Founder Chojun Miyagi)


    Regards

    1druid1
     
  2. gojuman

    gojuman Valued Member

    No. USA GOJU is from the Gogan Yamaguchi liniage. Peter Urban trained with Richard Kim and then with Yamaguchi and subsequently brought Goju to NY. Urban tried to stay under Yamaguchi and remain in the US but due to the scocio -policital nature of the time just after WW2, Yamaguchi did not want there to be such a high level of Goju headed by a non Japanese. So, Urban then formed USA GOJU. The founder of my ryu was one of Urban's inner circle and was the 25th dojo under him. About 6 years ago it became necessary for our master, Joe Kelljchian, to become more independant from Urban and the USA GOJU FEDERATION was formed.
    Under Kelljchian there are now over 150 black belts and about 30 dojos in our area. I was promoted to black belt by my sensei who was promoted by his sensei who was promoted by Kelljchian. So you could say that I am the great, great grandchild of Kelljchian.
    There are IOGKF schools near us , but we do not train with them.
    I hope you enjoyed the breif history lesson.
     

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