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Training and Competing in Japan

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This summer the Chief Instructors of the club were given the opportunity to train and compete in Japan.

Seiwakai Gasshuku - Budokan, Omagari Japan

They along with other instructors and students from all over the world; from California, Canada, Switzerland, Portugal and Australia to name a few, spent six days intensive training under Leo Lipinski Shihan, Seichi Fujiwara Shihan and Shuji Tasaki Hanshi of Seiwakai, in Omagari, Akita - Japan.

The six days of training was split into two three consecutive days, with a one day break in the middle and culminating to a waterfall trip near Higashi-Noshiro, Akita.

JKF European Seminars 2009

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A small group of our brown and black belts were invited to train at this year’s UK leg of the Japan Karate Federation’s (JKF) Goju Masters European seminar series.

Over 200 dan grades from England, Belgium, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Poland were privileged to train under Hanshi Kesakatsu Kiyohara and Hanshi Seiichi Fujiwara in Finchley learning directly from two of the technical committee in the JKF Gojukai.