Seiwakai Karate of Silicon Valley -

http://www.gojuryu.net//seiwakai-gojuryu-karatedo-pan-ame/ Seiwakai Gojuryu Karatedo Pan-America seminar success! November 21, 2020... First, lets thank Fujiwara Shuseki Shihan, president of Seiwakai Gojuryu Karatedo, for taking the time to teach on both Friday and Saturday. Let’s also give a huge thanks for Vassie Naidoo Shihan for arranging a great 2 day seminar in liew of our Covid pandemic. Historically, our Pan-American seminars have always been in November and it was great to have this little piece of normality. Fujiwara Shihan began class at 10:00 am (Japan time which was 5:00 pm PST) and he came directly from the Omagari Budokan to the Seiwakai Honbu dojo and had to return to the Budokan immediately after, for his regular classes. Such dedication is admirable! Although he was near his home (Omagari-cho Daisen-shi Akita-ken) this still took a large part of his day and we are grateful to have such leadership. Approximately 75 Pan-America and international members chimed in for the joint training. As I previously discussed in our class, Seiwakai Gojuryu Karatedo kata (and JKF Gojukai kata) will and are, gradually moving to Okinawa formats. I’ve gone over much of this as soon to come revisions with explanations over the past few months. Fujiwara Shihan demonstrated, during the seminar, with the revisions. Also, the updated basics (kihon) were literally exactly as we have already implemented. We will continue on this same path leading our clubs, not just up to date but above the standards! look for more modifications to come. Thank to everyone from Seiwakai Karatedo of Silicon Valley for attending! I’m proud of each and every one. Johnpaul Shihan

Kata Tensho by Leo LIPINSKI (Geneva / Switzerland )