Goju-ryu
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Book about Izumikawa karate lineage published
Last week, I received a personal copy of The Lost Karate Goju-ryū: Advanced Techniques and Methodology by Izumikawa Katsuya 泉川勝也. Izumikawa is the son of Izumikawa Kanki 泉川寛喜 (1908– 1967), the founder of Senbukai, who relocated from Okinawa to the Japanese mainland and established his dōjō in Kawasaki in 1939—the first Goju-ryū school on the… Continue reading
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Remembering Miyagi Chōjun: A conversation with his grandson on the Chōjunkan project
Okinawa is the island of karate. It may sound like a marketing slogan, but it is simply true. The island is home to hundreds of karate dōjō; every year, countless visitors travel to Japan’s southernmost prefecture to explore the birthplace of karate and kobudō, to train, and to immerse themselves in the history of the… Continue reading
Investigations into the history of karate 