Goju-Ryu's Karate Chinese and Okinawan Roots

Goju-Ryu Karate-do is a fulfilling and enjoyable martial art, that improves all aspects of all around fitness; balance, strength, speed, flexibility, endurance, and agility. It is a style identified by its combination of two extremes; it practices and utilizes both hard and soft techniques. Where other styles may focus solely on external techniques based in hardness and athletic strengthening of the body, Goju-ryu chooses to practice external techniques in tandem with breathing techniques and slow soft movements which lead to greater control of the body. A simple way to think of it is that it is like Tai Chi, and Northern Shaolin kung-fu fused together.

Starting our known leniage with Masters Wai XinXian and Seisho Arakaki born 1840 - died 1920, who was the original teacher of the Okinawan Master Kanryo Higashionna, born March 10,1853 51? - died December 23,1915, before he traveled to China, we later find our crane connection in the Fukien province in a city called fuzhow .

While living in Fuzhow Higashionna trained at the Kojo Dojo at the Okinawan ghetto under Masters Kojo, Iwah, and Wai XinXian, later meeting and beginning his training with White Crane “Whooping Crane,” master Xie ZhongXiang, aka RyuRu Ko, born July 1852 - died February 1930. Ryu Ruko was a student of Pan Yuba, who's teacher was Lin SiXian.