What is I.G.K Tasmania?
The International Goju Kai Karate-dō has had a club in
the Hobart region of Tasmania since 1972. The word Goju means hard and soft,
and our style contains aspects of both of these concepts. The club currently
trains under Shihan Noel Peters, and we would welcome any new students!
Our club aims for continual improvement of body, mind
and spirit. Our focus is not on the concept of winning and losing. We support
each other and push each other to train hard.
Brief History:
Karate-dō is acknowledged as having originated in
China. From China, martial arts were introduced to Okinawa. When Okinawa was
assimilated as part of Japan, the Japanese took up the Okinawa-te that had
developed on the island.
Around 1929, Chojun Miyagi, a student of Okinawan
martial arts, combined the Okinawan style with his study of Shaolin Chuan and
Pakua Chan to form Goju. Gogen Yamaguchi was a student of Miyagi’s and is
considered to be the individual who systemised and modernised the Goju style.
At one point, Yamaguchi travelled to Hawaii to teach, and
one of his students in Hawaii was Tino Ceberano. In 1966, Ceberano left Hawaii
for Melbourne, establishing Goju Karate in Australia.
*For those who are interested, the name of this blog
is not actually a Japanese word, but a combination of “hard and soft Karate”.
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