Fuzhou Karate – Wushu Exchange Convention and Research Report Nov 2011
The report below was written by sensei Joost Frehé and published in the IOGKF online newsletter of the International Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate Federation (IOGKF) December 2011 edition www.iogkf.com From Nov 2 – 7 the IOGKF Black Belt Gasshuku and Karate – Wushu Exchange Convention and Contest took place in Fuzhou, China, the historical place...
London Shaolin White Crane Chin Na Seminar with Robert Was June 2011
As part of the YMAA London annual seminars with YMAA Poland director Robert Was, a Shaolin White Crane Chin Na seminar was held on June 19. Robert Was is one of the most prominent instructors under Master Yang Jwing Ming’s YMAA organisation. Master Yang studied Shaolin White Crane in Taiwan under Master Cheng, Gin-Gsao (1911-1976) who on...
Tiger-Crane Seminar 21 May 2011
Last weekend Martin Watts, the European representative of the Weng Gong Ci Martial Gym, Yongchun, Fujian, China, hosted an open Tiger-Crane seminar taught by Master Iain Armstrong Chairman/Chief Instructor of the UK branch of the Nam Yang Pugilistic Association. Among those attending were a large group of Goju Ryu Karate practitioners from the IOGKF as well as Shito Ryu, Ryurei Ryu, Wing Chun...
Ryu Ryu Ko and the White Crane Temple
The article below was written by Joost Frehé in August 2010. Joost is an instructor for both the International Ryukyu Karate Society (IRKRS) and the Okinawan Goju Ryu Traditional Karate Association (OTGKA). The article was published in the IRKRS Journal (Journal #60, www.koryu-uchinadi.com) and the IOGKF’s online newsletter (December 2010 issue, www.iogkf.com) On a recent trip to Fujian province , South-East...
Karate-do and the White Crane Connection
The shift from karate, regarded as pure Japanese fighting art (until well into the early 1980′s) to the acknowledgement of the Okinawan origins of the art, and the growth of Okinawan Karate as a result, has now, with the emergence of Old School Karate, opened up a public interest in the Chinese Roots of Karate-do. In 1995 a first edition translation of an ancient book,...
