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On π (3.14) or March 14 2022 we updated Volume 1 the book "Gōjū-Ryū Karate-Dō Desk Reference 剛柔流空手道 机参照" with several clerical revisions and cleaned up a few chapters including the below article. This images that go along with this article can be found in the book available on Amazon.

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From "Gōjū-Ryū Karate-Dō Desk Reference 剛柔流空手道 机参照: Volume 2: Dōjō Auxiliary, Glossary & Terminology 道場の補助、用語集 と 辞書" Opening & Closing Class The opening and closing of class although ceremonial is necessary to establish discipline and order in the class as well as: Respect for the training, Those who have created

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2021 PAN-AMERICAN SEIWAKAI KARATE SEMINAR & SHINSA NOVEMBER 12 - 14 TRAINING SESSIONS Goju-Ryu Kihon Ido & Partner Drills Sanchin & Tensho Kata Instructions Seiwakai Shinsa JKF Goju-Kai Shinsa Beach Training Advanced Training   NEW USA SEIWAKAI HONBU DOJO SPACE IS LIMITED TO 60 *MUST BRING PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATION

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I'll update this post in the very near future. In the meanwhile I've already reserved 8 rooms for our group in Yokohama for the 2nd leg of the trip. It's on! 2022 Seiwakai International Seminar & Shinsa – Omagari, Daisen, Akita, Japan  July 6, 7, 8 – Seiwakai Goju-Ryu Karate-do Training

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Hi SKSV team. A few big details all in one week. I'll also push this to many participants via email. Next Saturday July 17th we will meet at Lake Vasona park in Los Gatos at 9:00 am for a few (3 or 4) hours. Bring edibles to share, your Sai,

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This month we close out June having extensively reviewed Suparinpei. For tutorial purposes, please use the following example of Suparinpei kata with Furukawa Tetsuya, noting he exemplifies a basis for competition where-as, for our club we are using the basics 1st method (hands then feet and hands) along with other

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The list of qualifying Olympians for the 202one (2020 / 2021) Olympics has been updated after this past weekends qualification event in Paris France. This list now includes: EVENT NAME COUNTRY RYUHA Male Kata Damian Quintero Spain Shito-Ryu Male Kata Ryo Kiyuna Japan Ryuei-Ryu Male Kata Ali Sofuoglu Turkey Shotokan-Ryu

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For all 'experienced' class participants and team members near and far (North Nor-Cal and interstate), June is here and you should now have a firm grasp of: Shimabukuro no Sai dai ichi Nanahon Kumite and Oyo Ido Anan kata We will continue to advance through the coming months with: Shimabukuro

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Now shipping worldwide via Amazon. 130500 words, 450 pages, 950 revisions and 7 years in the making, A must have for every dojo, researcher and karate nerd. Goju-Ryu Karate-Do Desk Reference 剛柔流空手道 参考書  - Volume 1: Introduction & Historic Chronology 武道, 武術の歴史. UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BJTJ352F/ Denmark - https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0BJTJ352F/ France - https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B0BJTJ352F/ Spain - https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0BJTJ352F/

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We're rapidly approaching 1 year in Corona Virus lockdown and still going strong via online video training (Zoom) and some outdoor public space training. It's not easy but it is what it is. Beginning next Tuesday March 16 we will hold weekly outdoor classes in Menlo Park at 6:00 pm

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Greetings to our family and friends around the world. January 1 marked our New Year of 2021 and February 12 marks our Lunar New Year of the Bull (牛 Ox). This means we enter a period of hard work in recovery, honesty, confidence and eagerness. Wonderful ethics and emotions to

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We were recently contacted with a great recommendation from members of our Monterey Presidio extension club and an international affiliate dojo from Australia, that our blog posts page was having a few issues... in particular, not appearing from the link it was directedly associated.   With a bit of finesse

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Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 5 PM PST – 8 PM PST Public · Hosted by Seiwakai Karate of Silicon Valley 剛柔流 空手道 誠和会-国際 Online event link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84436059902 Link to blog post notification: https://wp.me/pbPfgt-bc Join us on Zoom for our Bōnenkai Keiko (end of the year training) & Seiwakai (SKSV) 1000 gyaku

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Seiwakai Gojuryu Karatedo Pan-America seminar success! First, lets thank Seiichi Fujiwara 藤原聖一 Shuseki Shihan, president of Seiwakai Gojuryu Karatedo, for taking the time to teach on both Friday and Saturday. Let’s also give a huge thanks for Vassie Naidoo Shihan for arranging a great 2 day seminar in liew of

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