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BRIEF HISTORY OF GOJU-RYU KARATE-DO
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Karate-do is a mixture of Chinese martial art and traditional martial (some called Kobudo) in Ryukyu (now known as Okinawa) in Japan about 150 years ago. Karate-do literally means “the way of Empty Hands”. It is designed to fight without weapons. In fact, Karate is more than just a fighting art. It is a philosophy and a way of life. The essence of Karate is not to defeat others, is to overcome yourself. A Karate practitioner not only seeks to perfect his techniques, but also seeks to perfect his character.
During Ryukyu age, weapons are not allowed for any peasant folks because of the government's power policy. These peasants who developed martial arts called Te, fought with bare foot and bare hands. On the process of spreading over in Ryukyu, difference kinds of martial arts were created, such as Naha-te, Shuri-te, and other Style's origins.
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Some Martial Arts historians explain his motives of visiting the city was to study the Chinese Martial Arts. Higaonna did, in fact, study a Southern Shaolin Chaun style with Sifu (instructor) Liu Liu Gung and remained there for 15 years, during his stay in that city.
As Explained by other historians, his initial reason for visiting China was the result of his political involvements. He arrived in Fuzhou in the year 1869 when he was 15 or 16. It is believed that Higaonna Sensei also studied the styles of Hung Gar-Shaolin Chuan, hard style Chinese martial arts of Chi-Chi and/or I-Chi as well with another master named Woo. He began his studies with Ryuruko in 1876 at the age of 23 in Fujian Province, China. He stayed for approximately 13 years. After he came back to Ryukyu, he combined both techniques and created a new style called To-dei. This martial arts was the beginning of Karate.
During this transitional period, when this martial art was becoming more popular in mainland Japan, called Karate Kempou which meant Chinese Hard Fist System. Later during 1930s, Japanese practitioner changed the written characters to Karate ( ). The first word  means [empty], and the second word  means [hand]. Its implication is to symbolize a pair of bare hands in combat for the sake of self defense against the armed hands. However, it was a Japanese political attempt to transform the body of the art with metaphysical insinuation so that the name can eliminate its national identity. The word  literally means [way] as for [a way of life].
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In 1937, Gogen Yamaguchi, a student of Chojun Miyagi, promoted the school of Goju-Ryu Karate in Japan. In 1950, he found the national organization of All Japan Karate-do Goju Kai in Tokyo, Japan.
Gogen Yamaguchi has developed what we called [modern Karate]. From a technical point of view, he had unified all Karate exercise by employing an extremely well organized method.
As a result of the introduction of free-style sparring, the art of Karate had became a more active and popular art in Japan as well as in other parts of the world. Although he studied such martial arts as Judo, Kendo, Iaido, Jo-do, and Kusari-gama (art of chain) in his younger days, Karate had from the beginning captured most of his enthusiasm.
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Version 4.36 Last Updated on February 5, 2012
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2012
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Jan 28
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39th Steveston Invitational Tournament
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Feb 18
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Sato Cup
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Feb 23-26
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BC Winter Games
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Mar (TBA)
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Kid Class Promotion Test
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Mar 16-18
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2012 National Karate Championships
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Apr (TBA)
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Promotion Test
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Aug 21
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2011 Outdoor Training & BBQ
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Oct 14
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Zone 5 Qualifying Tournament
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2013
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Mar 15-17
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2013 National Karate Championships
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Please check our calendar for details of training sessions and events.
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39TH STEVESTON KARATE TOURNAMENT
2012.01.28
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Nicholas Chan
1st Place (Boys 12-13 Kata, Novice)
3rd Place (Boys 12-13 Kata, Int.)
2nd Place (Boy 12-13 Kumite, Nov.)
3rd Place (Paddle Kumite)
1st Place (Jr. Team Kata)
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Tristan Mah
1st Place (Boys 14-15 Kata, Int.)
1st Place (Jr. Team Kata)
2nd Place (Boys 14-15 Kata, Nov.)
3rd Place (Boys 14-15 Kumite, Int.)
3rd Place (Paddle Kumite)
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Samuel Ko
1st Place (Boys 12-13 Kata, Int.)
3rd Place (Boys 12-13 Kumite, Int.)
1st Place (Paddle Kumite)
1st Place (Jr. Team Kata)
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Angus Cheung
3rd Place (Boy 12-13 Kata, Int.)
3rd Place (Paddle Kumite)
3rd Place (Jr. Team Kata, Adv)
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Jeffrey Yu
2nd Place (Boy 14-15 Kata, Int.)
2nd Place (Boy 14-15 Kumte, Int.)
3rd Place (Jr. Team Kata, Adv)
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Nikkie Yu
3rd Place (Jr. Team Kata, Adv)
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Tommy Cheung
2nd Place (Boy 16-17 Kata, Adv)
2nd Place (Boy 16-17 Kumite, Adv)
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Gary Wong
1st Place (Master Kata)
3rd Place (Men Kata, Advanced)
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(1852-1915) was still in his teens when his father died, At the age of 14, he began his formal training in Chinese Kempo with Seisho Arakaki (1840-1920), who had studied the Fukien style. 
) means [hard] and Ju (
) means [soft], thus idiom Goju suggests any variation of hard and soft aspect. As for a historical point of view a major body of system was imported from Fukien Province of China, which the system called itself [one half hard one hard soft style] in Chinese. The system also called Fukien Crane Chuan which was branched school from Five Ancestor Chuan.
) was named officially during the 1930s in mainland Japan. Traditionally, all the martial arts that were recognized among the field claimed their specific name of school or style in order to identify their lineage within the art. Unlike its custom, the art of Karate-do in Okinawa thus started claim to its name of style such as Goju-Ryu, Shito-Ryu. Ryu literally means stream which indicates lineage of branch. Among the various styles of Karate originally practiced on the Okinawa island, Goju-Ryu is known as the earliest institute of Karate that named it’s school by its specific style.
