Okinawan Goju Ryu history can be traced back almost 2000 years. Keeping the primitive traditional forms of martial arts yet full of fighting spirit. The system is based on a concept that hard and stiff is not good, however all soft and gentle can be equally harmful. The two should complement each other. This combination of the two gives Goju Ryu its beauty, disciplined movements, grace and flowing form. But lest anyone believe that Goju is merely a beautiful style of the dance with little of the art of defense, he need only watch two Goju players square off in Kumite against one another.
Goju Ryu has received the most Chinese influence of all of the Japanese styles of karate followed closely by Shorin Ryu and Shito Ryu. Goju - ryu translates as, Go, meaning (hard or positive) and Ju, meaning (soft or negative), in consistent harmony, one equalizing the other as with the rest of the universe.
Through Goju Ryu training a simple act like blocking or striking will eventually occur naturally, a side effect of a pure of thought and mind and repetition.
So what is Hatha Goju Ryu? Hatha Goju Ryu is simply, pure Goju Ryu with Hatha Yoga blended into it. This form of Goju Ryu was created by Master Frankie Mitchell of the Syracuse Spinning Cobras Karate Association in Syracuse, NY.
Shihan Mitchell was a student of Grand Master Frank Van Lenten and Peter Musacchio of the internationlly reknown Central New York Family Fitness Karate school in Syracuse NY. After, leaving CNY Karate, he formed the Syracuse Spinning Cobras Karate School of Syracuse, NY at Dunbar Center and the YMCA.
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Hatha Goju Ryu & Shorin Ryu
Karate, please go to the
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