Toowoomba Goju Kalis Seminar – Feb 2018

Toowoomba Feb 2018 Goju Kalis Seminar IGK
During a recent February heatwave in Toowoomba we had our own Tino Ceberano Hanshi with us for a weekend of training and learning.

We had members from IGK Redcliffe, IGK Darling Downs, Chris Clayton Shihans  Dojos and Tino Hanshi’s F.E.W (Filipino Elusive Warriors) that train with Chris Shihan and Remco Renshi on Saturdays.

This grouping brought together martial artist from the IGK, Filipino Martial Arts and broader martial arts community.

Such is Hanshi’s influence, many of his Toowoomba Filipino Elusive Warrior students come from other backgrounds, which gave our weekend a rich blend of what martial arts as a whole has to offer.

Goju Kalis Toowoomba Tino Ceberano Hanshi IGK Workshop

If the heat did not melt the brain, the drills and skills surely did. Starting off with a Saturday morning 7.30am start in the beautiful botanic section of Toowoomba’s Queens Park. This session started with working on Hanshi’s footwork and how that applies to various weapons and empty hand technique.

By 10.30am the sun was starting to let us know that it was time for a break, even though were in the shade for the whole session. After the break we recommenced at Susan and Remco Renshi’s Toowoomba Dojo.

This wonderful Saturday afternoon of martial arts passed rapidly as all were enthralled with the locks, counter locks and weapons striking drills applied while wearing Hanshi’s C.A.T. system resistance bands.

Before we knew it the day was over and it was time to get ready for socialising at the local Irish Pub and catching up with friend’s old and new.


Sunday morning saw us back in the park, learning how to incorporate lessons from the day before into power and flow striking drills.

Once again the heat let us know when to finish the morning session and we reconvened for the last session at the Renshi’s dojo.

This session was on Hanshi’s Hawakan and the C.A.T. system. Great weekend with Tino Ceberano Hanshi and great feedback. Next stop on the tour circuit is Coolum on 10th March 2018.

Shihan Chris Clayton
Godan

Tino Ceberano Shihan on Channel 9

Tino Ceberano Kyoshi – Good Morning Australia

Since 1966 Tino Ceberano has been the father of Australian karate leading the way for growth in the martial arts. Bert Newton interviews Tino Ceberano from Goju Kai karate-do in Nth Balwyn on Channel 10’s Good Morning Australia.

It is notable that Tino Shihan was seen regularly on TV demonstrating self-defence, especially for women, on Channel 0’s Roy Hampson Show for ten years. Today Tino Ceberano Hanshi leads the I.G.K. teaching traditional Goju karate. He is available for workshops and seminars.

See this website for dojo and contact details.

The Four Masters - Sydney May 2018 - Seminar

The Four Masters – Sydney – May 2018

 

In 2017, these four karate masters presented a weekend workshop in Sydney and it was acclaimed. They are back later in the Spring of 2018 for another weekend presentation and it is not to be missed.

These are realistic teachers for real combat karate with guidance on the mind and spirit. Ours is no game, ours is not sport, ours is a way of life, through life to meet most challenges.

Please call Deena Naidu Hanshi on (02) 8897 4769 and express your interest.

The Four Masters Seminar May 2018 in Sydney with Tino Ceberano Hanshi

Goju-Ryu Karate do Kyoshi 7th dan Inyo-ryu kenpo karate Jutsu-do Hanshi Master 8th dan
Hiroshi Fujimoto Kyoshi

Hiroshi Fujimoto Kyoshi is Chief Instructor at Inyo-ryu kenpo karate Jutsudo Kotohkan and founder of founder Kenpo Karate Academy at Kotoh-kan kenpo karate in New Zealand.

Goju-Ryu Karate do Kyoshi 7th dan
Inyo-ryu kenpo karate Jutsu-do Hanshi Master 8th dan
Karate New Zealand {UNZKO} Hanshi 9th dan

Hideo Watanabe Hanshi Four Masters Sydney
Hideo Watanabe Hanshi

Kenshu Watanabe’s lineage can be traced back through masters Masashi Sudo, Sosui Ichikawa, Kanki Izumikawa, and Seiko Higa to the founder of Goju-Ryu, Chojun Miyagi and his Master Kanro Higaonna which is defined as the Bubishi Goju-Ryu Masters Lineage. He is a 9th dan in Goju-Ryu Karate-Do. Kenshu Watanabe Hanshi, is a master of Ki energy, its application and its functions.

See https://gkarate.com.au/watanabe.html


Deena Naidu Hanshi Four Masters Sydney
Deena Naidu Hanshi

Deena Hanshi is a direct student of the late Gogen Yamaguchi (founder of the Goju Kai Karate Association). He is recognized as one of the major sources of martial arts wisdom and philosophy Hanshi and he is a certainly the conduit for karate-do in its purest form.

His Goshin Karatedo dojo in Castle Hill, NSW, enjoys a popular following and Deena Naidu is a wonderful ambassador for the martial arts and budo.

Tino Ceberano Inernational Goju karate-do
Tino Ceberano Hanshi

Tino Ceberano Hanshi, 9th Dan, was Chief Instructor of Goju Kai in Australia until 1989 then formed his own organisation, I.G.K. which he heads to this day.

He is well known as the father of Australian karate having promoted its growth in this country for over 50 years. In recent years he has presented Goju Kalis deriving from his Filipino roots and heritage of the Filipino fighting arts.

 

Date:  Sept or Oct 2018 – date to be announced
Location: 2 Packard Ave Castle Hill NSW
Email: info@nkainternational.org
Phone: (02) 8897 4769

 

I.G.K. Victoria Black Belts Return to Training

IGK Shihans February 2018 Doncaster
It has been a good start to 2018 with the first black belt class held by I.G.K. Victoria with John Ross Shihan, Chief Instructor of Victoria.

A special thanks to Kevin Webb Shihan (I.G.K. Purdue University USA) for being present and giving us an insight to his philosophical approach of Goju when in combat.

Kevin Webb Shihan started training at the North Balwyn Goju Kai honbu dojo when he was 17 years old.

When he moved to the United States many years ago as a professor of electrical and computer engineering, he created the Purdue Karate Club, principally so he’d have people to train with.

Kevin Webb Shihan is a 5th Dan Black Belt (Shihan) and a professor of Electrical Engineering at Purdue. He has served as the club’s master instructor for over fifteen years. Originally from Australia, he trained under Tino Ceberano, Kancho (9th Dan), who is a direct student of Gōju Kai karate founder Gōgen Yamaguchi (1909–1989).

Location: Purdue University Cordova Recreational Sports Center, West Lafayette, Indiana. Website: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~karate/
Email: karate@purdue.edu

 

 

Hanshi Tino Ceberano Head Instructor IGK

Tino Ceberano Goju Kalis Seminar – Coolum March 2018

Tino Ceberano Hanshi is conducting a Goju Kalis seminar in Coolum on 10th March 2018. It will be held at the Coolum Civic Centre and all martial artists are welcome, regardless of their experience.

Tino Ceberano Ha shi will hold Goju Kalis workshops in 2018

Tino Ceberano Hanshi is the father of Australian martial arts. He is also a Grand Master in Filipino Martial Arts having been introduced to the Filipino Arts as a young boy by his father and having studied under many notable Grand Masters.

Click here to find out more

Date: Sat 10th March 2018
Time: 10am – 3pm
Location: Coolum Civic Centre, 4 Part St, Coolum Beach, QLD 4573

Cost: $90 (early booking), $100 on the day.
Bring/wear: water bottle, lunch (cafes nearby), comfortable training clothes or gi pants & T-shirt, sticks (weapons for loan available).

Enquiries: Chris Clayton Shihan 0419 757 762
Registration: Download this form and email completed form to chris@resolutefitness.com.au
Payment: Direct deposit – details on registration form. Note your name as reference.

If you have any inquiry, feel free to fill out the form below and we’ll call you.

     

     

    Lygon Street Festa – Goju Kai Demonstration

    Lygon Street Festa Tino Ceberano Morgan Abouzeid Goju Kai KarateThis annual street festival was first held in 1978 when the influence of the Italian community was at its peak in Lygon Street in Carlton. It was organised by the Carlton Traders’ Association as an adjunct to the Italian Arts Festival. Lygon Street was closed to traffic between Elgin and Queensberry streets for the weekend of the festival to encourage the event’s family and community spirit.

    The Festa is held annually in October, and celebrates Italian food and culture with music, street theatre, food stalls, entertainment, and traditional events such as dancing, waiters’ race and greasy pole competition.

    Lygon Street Festa Tino Ceberano Kata Goju Kai karate

    Tino Ceberano Shihan and the Victorian Goju Kai regularly put on public demonstrations to raise the awareness and profile of karate. The club members were well practised and rehearsed in their demonstrations and routines which might include tile and board breaking for a little showmanship and colour, kata performances, pre-arranged sparring, kumite and weaponry.

    Generally a club member would be describing the routines from a PA system reading a well rehearsed script. There would be many, many karate students who were exposed to the martial arts by seeing a public demonstration in one of Melbourne’s many cultural festivals and events.

    Whether it was the Goju Kai up to 1989 or the I.G.K. after that year, the Tino Ceberano brand of traditional karate was regularly seen and recognised. These photos beautifully capture the colour, fashions and spirit of Tino Ceberano Shihan performing kata and kumite against Morgan Abouzeid, a senior student of the day who became a leading tournament competitor and instructor in his own right.

    Leading the troops at Tallangatta Goju Kai summer Camp with Tino Ceberano Shihan

    Tino Ceberano Shihan – Kobudo Demonstration

    Tino Ceberano Shihan was fortunate to train in kobudo, traditional Okinawan weaponry with the famed Inoue Motokatsu Hanshi who he was introduced to by his grand-master Gogen Yamaguchi Hanshi, founder of the Goju Kai.

    Okinawan Kobudō (沖縄古武道), literally meaning “old martial way of Okinawa“, is the weapon systems of Okinawan martial arts. These systems can have from one to as many as a dozen weapons in their curriculum, among the rokushakubo (six foot staff, known as the “bō”), sai (dagger-shaped truncheon), tonfa (handled club), kama (sickle), and nunchaku (chained sticks), but also the tekko (steelknuckle), tinbe-rochin (shield and spear), and surujin (weighted chain). Less common Okinawan weapons include the tambo (short stick), the hanbō (middle length staff) and the eku (boat oar of traditional Okinawan design).

    Inoue Motokatsu Hanshi taught Tino Ceberano Shihan Okinawan weaponry
    The son of a general and grandson to the former Prime Minister of Japan, Katsura Taro, Ryukyu Kobudo Hanshi Inoue Motokatsu was exposed to martial arts from an early age. Interestingly, this training began under a personal security specialist hired by Motokatsu’s father to work in their house.

    This specialist, Soke Seiko Fujita, was also the 14th headmaster of the Koga ryu Ninjutsu line, and the last known of his kind to work for the government. Mr. Seiko was always present around the house, and begun teaching Inoue Sensei as a young child.

    Inoue Sensei would later train seriously under Konishi Yasuhiro Sensei and Taira Shinken Sensei, who became his primary instructors after the death of Seiko Fujita in 1960. Taira Sensei taught Inoue Sensei the vast weapons curriculum of the Ryukyu Kobujutsu Hozon Shinkokai (The Society for the Promotion and Preservation of Classical Martial Arts). The weapons society practices all eight of the Okinawan classical weapons, and all the combined katas  of the Naha, Shuri, Aragaki and Tomari styles.

    In addition, Inoue Sensei was also the founder of his own style called the Yuishinkai, a name given to him by Soke Seiko Fujita. Tino Ceberano Shihan visited Inoue Hanshi on several occasions and was privileged to take some of his attending students to Shizuoka Prefecture for training as well.

    In this video, a senior student Ragnar Purje demonstrates use of the bo with Tino Ceberano Shihan at a camp in Mt Evelyn. The senior students were well practiced at demonstrations for pubic events whether it be tile and board breaking, multiple partner assaults or basic weaponry.

    Tino Ceberano Shihan Tallangatta Summer Camp

    Goju Kai Tallangatta Summer Camp 1977

    Tino Ceberano Shihan and the Goju Kai Victorian Division hosted the summer camp in 1977 at Tallangatta in Victoria’s north-east. It was well attended with 150 visiting members of Goju Kai Australia wide, Goshi Yamaguchi Shihan and Seiji Sakamoto Shihan from Japan.

    This video was produced by Channel 9 for their news item and many of the attending students continue to train karate today.

    The Goju Kai camps were legendary for their hard training, duration of 1-2 weeks and intensity but notably for the friendships and spirit of learning enjoyed by all. The local town became used to the annual influx of visitors, their runs around the township in their gi, the spirited long distance hikes and the rush to the local hotel in the evenings.

    Goju Kai summer camp at Tallangatta

    Anyone that trained at Tallangatta recalls the early morning runs up and down One Tree Hill, training in the river and the hot weather. Lesser known is the tale of Tino Ceberano Shihan being bitten on the thigh by a brown snake at the top of One Tree Hill while squatting in Shiko Dachi and being carried by students down the hill to be ferried to the local hospital where he it was fortunately found the fangs had not punctured deeply enough to inject the deadly venom.

    The golden era of Goju Kai in the 70s and 80s drew large numbers to the camps and there are many great tales of hard exercise, legendary kumite and special guest instructors who attended. While the first camps were primarily attended by Victoria members, later on all states visited the annual Victorian camps and they became a tradition that many recall vividly today.

    Goju Kai summer camp

    Today the I.G.K. continues the great tradition and the spirit between the states attending each others camps remains with new friendships and alliances made.

    Tino Ceberano Ha shi will hold Goju Kalis workshops in 2018

    What is Goju Kalis?

     

    What is Goju Kalis?

    Tino Ceberano Hanshi, well known as the father of Australian karate and founder of the I.G.K. has blended his traditional Goju roots with elements of the Filipino martial arts for many years.
    Goju means ‘hard and soft’ and it is this softer element, inherent in this combative system that brings about balance and practicality enhancing your current training with renewed concepts.

    Tino Ceberano Goju Kalis IGK

    Hanshi’s Goju Kalis is something that all martial arts styles, systems and practitioners can learn, develop and progress with. Using the integration of two disciplines that engages the integrated elements of weapons components and empty hand, it is not designed to replace what you currently do, only to expand, enhance and supplement your skills.


    Tino Ceberano & Filipino Martial Arts

    Tino Ceberano Hanshi has many dimensions and he has diligently trained in the Filipino Martial Arts respecting his Filipino forefathers since his childhood when he started learning arnis at the age of four years from his father, his first and most influential mentor.
    In the 1970s he frequently visited his father in the Phillipines every year becoming more involved and immersed in the Filipino Martial Arts. Later he studied with notable Filipino masters such as the famous SGM Cacoy Canete, GM Remy Presas, GM Roland Dante and GM Rodel Dagooc and brought many to Australia as guest instructors ever since the 1980s.
    Tino Ceberano always has been and still is a pioneer. His pioneering and progressive nature are an integral part of his makeup and in many ways why he is so well known in the martial arts.

     

    Does my style of martial arts matter?

    Quite simply, it does not. The goal is not to recruit or try to change anyone’s chosen training focus, more so, the task is to  bring to light the other combative systems that Tino Hanshi has created. His Goju knowledge is second to none. His understanding and application of Goju has been influenced by the Filipino Martial Arts and he has used weaponry for many years to enhance traditional form.

    Do I need any background in weaponry?

    No you do not. Basic weapons are introduced, footwork and softer, circular movements are used and all of this can be applied to the empty hand and foot. You do not need to purchase anything.
    Master Rodel Dagooc FEW Tino Ceberano Hanshi IGK Arnis FMA
    Tino Hanshi’s kobujitsu or weaponry skills are truly unique and a product of his vast knowledge of weapons training, learnt from the Okinawan lineage of Sensei Shinken Taira and his extensive Filipino Martial Arts experience and supplemented by  having the underlying combative mindset of a United States Marine.


    When and where can I attend training?

    Tino Ceberano Hanshi invites dojos and individuals to express interest in Goju Kalis training for early 2018 on the Australian east coast.
    Workshops can be created and modified for each club and style and interest. There is a variety of weaponry and training available. Let’s start a conversation.

    How do I find out more?

    Simply fill out the form below and Tino Hanshi will contact you to discuss the possibilities.  Goju Kalis is something that all styles, systems and practitioners can grow with.  Take advantage of learning from a master of this unique combative system!

     

      Tino Ceberano Kyoshi Winter Camp 1982 at Anglesea

      Goju Kai Anglesea National Camp 1982

      The National Australian Goju Kai karate National Winter Camp in 1982 at Anglesea, VIC, featured Goshi Yamaguchi Shihan as a guest instructor. It was also the weekend of a National black belt grading. This was a historic event in being the largest gathering of all the States including several NZ members and probably the largest number of black belts graded at one time.

      Channel 2 produced a news documentary and screened it on national TV so we are lucky to have this video archived and available for viewing in this post. The line of karatekas stretch up and down the beach at Anglesea was an incredible sight. The club was blessed by a calm winter ocean, clear skies and a beautiful dawn greeting the line up of karatekas lined up far down the ocean beach.

      Goju Kai 1982 Winter Camp Tino Ceberano Kyoshi I.G.K

      Kumite on the beach and in the ocean chilled the students but did not dampen their spirits. The oval nearby the Victorian Youth & Sport Receation campsite was frosted over each early morning and crunchy under bare feet during early PT. The days were long and arduous.

      Goshi Shihan is well known for being one of the sons of Gogen Yamaguchi Hanshi who was Tino Ceberano Shihan’s grand-master for many years. Goshi Yamaguchi Shihan eventually took over the leadership of the Goju Kai after his father’s passing in 1989.

      Goshi Yamaguchi Shihan attended many Australian and Victoria Goju Kai camps over the period 1972-1989 and a strong friendship and bond was built between he and Tino Ceberano Shihan. They met at least annually on Goshi Kyoshi’s many trips to Australia and in Japan when Tino Shihan frequently visited in his role as Chief Instructor for Australian Goju Kai.

      They often practised kumite together and many students witnessed the blistering speed, precision and technique of the two who never held back in kumite but shared a brotherly relationship and great respect for each other. Tino Shihan was a well known international referee in karate and Goshi Shihan was a well respected coach for the Goju Kai. They often sparred, often spontaneously when performing interviews without notice or planning.

      They developed a well practiced speed and precision that was mesmerising to watch and based on complete understanding, acceptance and respect of each others skills without aggression, hostility or intent to better the other but with a mutual understanding that each offence and defence was evenly matched, thereby receiving, responding, countering and replying all in the blink of any eye.

      Tino Ceberano Hanshi today is also known as the father of Australian karate having built the Goju Kai in Australian from 1966 on his arrival until 1989 when Gogen Yamaguchi Hanshi passed and Tino Ceberano Kyoshi formed the IGK and his own path for the future. History will show that while Gogen Yamaguchi Hanshi was alive, Tino Shihan and Goshi Shihan had a great friendship spanning the globe and the promotion of Goju Kai karate-do at the highest levels.

      It will also record that after the grand-master’s passing, the Goju Kai made its own decisions that left Tino Shihan no choice but to move on forging his own path , creating his own IGK organisation and continuing to teach many generations of Australians the martial arts in his own way and style.