IOGKF Friendship Tournament
Burlington, Ontario
June 8th, 2013
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Miyagi Chojun
Martial Arts Fesitval
2013
Niagara Falls, Canada
May 2 - 5, 2013
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IOGKF New Generation
At the Chief Instructors'
meeting during the 6th
World Budosai in
Okinawa, Morio Higaonna
Sensei announced his
retirement from the
position of IOGKF World
Chief Instructor, and
appointed Tetsuji
Nakamura Sensei as the
new IOGKF World Chief
Instructor, and Sensei
Ernie Molyneux and
Sensei Henrik Larsen as
new Vice Chief
Instructors.
Although Higaonna Sensei
will no longer be a part
of the organizational
matters, he will be
overlooking the IOGKF as
the Supreme Master (Saiko
Shihan). He will still
travel and teach at
international gasshuku
such as the Chief
Instructor Gasshuku, the
European Gasshuku, the
North American Gasshuku
(MCF), the Euro-Asian
Gasshuku, etc.
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Messages from the World
IOGKF members -
- Please see following
link for the detail list
of New IOGKF Structure.
New IOGKF Structure
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- Please send your
message for either Higaonna
Sensei or Nakamura
Sensei to
admin@iogkf.com
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Message from the new
IOGKF World Chief
Instructor
It is a
great honour that I was
appointed as the World
Chief Instructor of
IOGKF. At the same time,
I feel the great
responsibility that
comes with being chosen
as a leader for my
generation.
The IOGKF
was established in 1979
by Morio Higaonna Sensei
to preserve traditional
Goju-Ryu which was
handed down from the
founder, Chojun Miyagi
Sensei. Higaonna Sensei
and many senior IOGKF
instructors such as
Sensei Bakkies Laubscher,
Kazuo Terauchi Sensei,
the late Sensei Leon
Pantanowitz and more,
have worked hard to
build the IOGKF we have
now.
I believe
that the IOGKF is the
best karate organization
in the world. We are not
the biggest, but we have
a very high quality of
karate as our main focus
is the quality, not
quantity. Also, we have
a great relationship
among our members. It is
Higaonna Sensei’s
humanity that created
such a wonderful
relationship and
atmosphere among our
members, a fine balance
and mixture of family
atmosphere and respect.
Higaonna
Sensei commented in his
greeting at the World
Budosai, “It is
important for the
development of Okinawa
Goju-ryu to trust in the
next generation and pass
the responsibility on to
them. I believe this is
the time”.
I am
still young and still
have a lot to learn as a
karate-ka as well as a
person. However, I am
not alone. Sensei Ernie
Molyneux and Sensei
Henrik Larsen are with
me as Vice Chief
Instructors. I have
Sensei Bakkies Laubscher
and Kazuo Terauchi
Sensei as technical
advisors. I have many
fine instructors in my
generation that I can
call as friends,
brothers and sisters.
Together, I believe that
we can carry on the
legacy to the next
generation.
I commit
myself to spend my whole
life to preserve
traditional Goju-ryu and
to do my best to further
develop the IOGKF. I
would humbly like to ask
for your support.
July 2012
Tetsuji
Nakamura
IOGKF Chief Instructor
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Messages from the World
IOGKF members -
- Please send your
message for either Higaonna
Sensei or Nakamura
Sensei to
admin@iogkf.com
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