Gateway to Okinawa presents the first annual All Okinawa Karate and Kobudo seminar series
Why: We at Gateway To Okinawa always want to help spread Okinawan karate/kobudo to the world. This series will help in that goal. This will be the largest undertaking of this sort with the highest caliber of teachers ever assembled. The teachers have been chosen based on their particular skill sets. Our focus this time is bunkai (application) and traditional kata (forms). Our hope is to show the traditional forms in one session and then the applications to those forms in a follow up session. This will not be endless repetitions of basics, as is sometimes the case, but instead a week long, fully integrated curriculum has been produced that would serve any level of martial knowledge or Okinawan specific knowledge. We feel this approach highlights and explains the use of kata in traditional Okinawan karate. Also covered in this series is kobudo, hojo undo, historical tours and lectures. There is something for everyone in these seminars.
Learning Okinawan karate just through a series of seminars is not possible, it requires years of study and training. Through these seminars our hope is that some of the participants will become members of dojo here in Okinawa. If through your trainings in these seminars you find a teacher that you feel resonates with you, we recommend that you approach them for further training. The schedule is such that one could train at private dojo in the evenings. This of course is at the teacher’s discretion.
When: 2013 October 5th to the 14th coincides with the largest tug of war in the world Otsunahiki.
Where: Prefectural Budokan in Naha city
Seminar program:
Part 1: training session (90 minutes)
Part 2: question and answers and photo session (30 minutes)
Who: Tentative depending upon availability.
Goju-ryu instructors :
Goju-ryu A:
Goju-ryu B: Hokama Tetsuhiro sensei (Hanshi 10th dan – Born in 1944 –68) / Kata and bunkai / Kyusho
Goju-ryu C:
Goju-ryu D: Senaha Shigetoshi sensei (Hanshi 9th dan – Born in 1941 – 71) / Sepai & Kururunfa
Goju-ryu Taira Masaji sensei 8th dan born 1952 Okinawa Karate do Kenkyukai Bunkai
Other styles cross training:
Other A: Shorin-ryu
Other B: Matsubayashi-ryu Taira Yoshikata 10th dan.
Other C: Motobu-ryu Moromisato Shinsuke 10th dan.
Other D: Uechi-ryu Kiyohide Shinjo 9th dan Born 1951
Ryukyu Kobudo Kinjo Masakazu 9th dan
Seminar program:
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D-1 Sat 5th |
D-2 Sun 6th |
D-3 Mon 7th |
D-4 Tue 8th |
D-5 Wed 9th |
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AM |
Arrival / Free |
Free Welcome party |
Goju-ryu A
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Historical tour & lecture |
Goju-ryu B Hokama Tetsuhiro |
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PM |
Other A Shorin-ryu |
Other B Matsubayashi-ryu |
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Hojo-undo Kobudo |
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Eve |
Free |
Free |
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D-6 Thu 10th |
D-7 Fri 11th |
D-8 Sat 12th |
D-9 Sun 13th |
D-10 Mon 14th |
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AM |
Goju-ryu C
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Other D Uechi-ryu |
Free |
Naha Giant Tug of War Festival |
Departure |
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PM |
Other C Motobu-ryu |
Goju-ryu D Senaha Shigetoshi |
Naha festival parade |
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Eve |
Free |
Free |
Sayonara Party |
How much: 220,000 yen which includes seminar fees, accommodations, welcome party, karate museum and lecture, and a sayonara party. Airfare and meals extra.
Payments can be made by Paypal at gatewaytookinawa@gmail.com as well as bank transfers to gatewaytookinawa , swift code RYUBJPJ2 , Bank Code 0187 , Account # 101768 , branch # 339
Payment request will be sent after registration for the non-refundable deposit. The remainder of the fees will be paid 90 days prior to the event – July 4th, which is the final day for a guaranteed spot at the seminar. If you wish to register for the event after July 4th, payment must be paid in full depending on availability.
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