Welcome to Gojuryu Karatedo Goshukan International,
a traditional Goju Ryu school headquartered in
Palo Alto, Northern California established in 2019.
a traditional Goju Ryu school headquartered in
Palo Alto, Northern California established in 2019.
Head instructor Desmond Tuck has a Japan-graded 7th degree black belt and more than 50 years of training and teaching experience in Gojuryu karate-do. He has trained under many of the world's top-ranked practitioners of Goju Ryu, in the Americas, Europe, South Africa and Japan.
Tuck Sensei is the senior student of the late Leo Lipinski Shihan (1947-2018) and was a co-founder and senior leader of Seiwakai USA for 27 years, serving for 17 years as its president. In 2019 he was appointed as US representative of Akio Takahashi Hanshi, head instructor of Gojuryu Karatedo Kenwakai, based in Tokyo, Japan. Takahashi Hanshi was Lipinski Shihan’s personal kumite teacher in the late 1960's and early 1970's. |
Before forming Kenwakai approximately 40 years ago, Takahashi Hanshi
(b. 1948) was the top kumite exponent of the late Shuji Tasaki Hanshi
(1933-2011) and is one of a handful of instructors in the world who continues to teach the traditional kumite originated in the dojo of the late Gogen Yamaguchi Hanshi (“the Cat”) in the 1950’s.
While traditional karatedo oriented itself towards tournament kumite, Takahashi Hanshi remained true to his origins and continues to teach kumite in the style that is rarely practiced by anyone of that generation. The emphasis is on quality and humility based on pure talent and deep insight borne of thousands of hours of hard, correct training
Goshukan International is expanding around the world and currently has a presence in California, USA, Mexico, UK and Australia. Goju Ryu is one of the four main styles of Japanese/Okinawan karate-do recognized by the World Karate Federation. It features a combination of hard and soft martial arts techniques.
We are a non-tournament oriented school where self-improvement and maintenance of traditional Gojuryu kumite is the primary goal. This style is based on the basic movement and kata of the Gojuryu system originated by Chojun Miyagi.
(b. 1948) was the top kumite exponent of the late Shuji Tasaki Hanshi
(1933-2011) and is one of a handful of instructors in the world who continues to teach the traditional kumite originated in the dojo of the late Gogen Yamaguchi Hanshi (“the Cat”) in the 1950’s.
While traditional karatedo oriented itself towards tournament kumite, Takahashi Hanshi remained true to his origins and continues to teach kumite in the style that is rarely practiced by anyone of that generation. The emphasis is on quality and humility based on pure talent and deep insight borne of thousands of hours of hard, correct training
Goshukan International is expanding around the world and currently has a presence in California, USA, Mexico, UK and Australia. Goju Ryu is one of the four main styles of Japanese/Okinawan karate-do recognized by the World Karate Federation. It features a combination of hard and soft martial arts techniques.
We are a non-tournament oriented school where self-improvement and maintenance of traditional Gojuryu kumite is the primary goal. This style is based on the basic movement and kata of the Gojuryu system originated by Chojun Miyagi.