2025 Seiwakai in Daisen and JKF Gojukai in Sendai – Seminars & Competition By Johnpaul Williams – Seiwakai Karate Silicon Valley Gojūkan Our Menlo Park travelers returned from the annual summer expedition to Japan! We participated in the weeklong seminar in the Omagari Daisen region of Akita and continued onward
Golden Week 2025 Adventures with the Dai Nippon Butokukai in Kyoto, Japan By Johnpaul Williams – Seiwakai Karate Silicon Valley Gojūkan – May 4, 2025 Kyoto’s Butokuden 武徳殿, the architectural witness to over a century of discipline, hosted the 7th World Butoku Sai (WBS) during Golden Week. Marking 130 years
Ōssu, Ōss, Ōssss! 押忍: “The Ō word.” Unveiling the Essence of “Ōss”: From Karate Dojo to Linguistic Exploration... All Gojuryu Network (www.gojuryu.network) & SKSV (Gojuryu.net) cross-post By Johnpaul Williams - April 1, 2024. The Ōssu Conundrum: Navigating Nuances of a Nonconventional Japanese Martial Arts Vocabulary In the world of traditional
March 2024 SKSV Goju-Ryu Karate Club Newsletter by Johnpaul Williams. Dear Club Members, I hope everyone is having a fantastic month! I want to remind you that after next week, we will have a 2-week training break, as indicated in our club calendar. Here are a few important updates for
