Welcome to the International Meibukan Gojyu Ryu Karate Association:
Allow me to express my deepest and most sincere welcome to the International Meibu-Kan Gojyu-Ryu Karate Association.
Our door is "open to everybody", so that anyone who wants to learn our style, even a single person, can join our karate family.
Allow me to also convey some thoughts about Okinawan Karate and Meibu-Kan Karate.
While many people think and believe that Karate is a "fighting art", Okinawan Karate has always been a "self defense art".
While some teachers in some parts of the world teach "how to fight", we teach "how not to fight". In case one is faced with an unavoidable fight others teach "how to win", but we teach "how not to lose".
If you take a close look at each of our kata, you will realize that there is no one kata which can be characterized as an "attacking technique"... each of the kata starts with a "blocking technique" first.
These facts speak about the karate heritage of Okinawa, from centuries ago to now. Let me share a wisdom imparted to us from GRAND MASTER METOKU YAGI when he said, "do not put your main purpose in mastering the Karate techniques themselves, you should instead study the way of life through Karate." Remember that this is the final goal that we should all strive to reach.
Sincerely yours,
Meitatsu YAGI
What's New? - April 7th, 2009
The following updates have been made:
- The Association guidelines have been added to the site. You can view them by following the link in the section below this one.
- Our Find a Dojo page has been updated with new member information.
- New seminars have been added to our seminars page.
Please send any suggestions you may have for this website by emailing them to us HERE.
Association Guidelines:
To view the International Meibukan Gojyu Ryu Karate Association guidelines, click HERE.
The Importance of Spiritual Karate:
This book will give the reader a rare insight into the mind of a 21st Century, practicing karate master, one who has forged his skills over more than 50 years of training in Gojyu-ryu karate-do.
To learn more about this book, please click HERE.
Upcoming Events:
Interested in an event in your area? Click HERE to see a list of upcoming events and seminars.