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Dojo of the Goju-ryu in Japan include the following:

Mr. Yamaguchi Hirofumi Goshi

International Karatedo Gojukai Association (IKGA)

34-10 Oyama-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0023, Japan

Tel: (03) 974-5010

Fax: (03) 958-0670

Goju Ryu Karate-Do Gojukan

1-16-23 Zempukuji, Suginami-ku 167-0041 Tokyo, Japan

Tel: (03) 395-2311

Fax: (03) 390-2929

Japan Karatedo College

1-6-2 Zempukiji, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 167-0041, Japan

Mr. Michiro Noguchi

Etsukokai

Koshigaya-shi, Saitama-ken, Japan

e-mail: CXX01536@niftyserve.or.jp

Kenshinkan Dojo

Nishitanabe-cho, Abeno-ku, Osaka-shi 545-0014 Japan

e-mail: ronbo@gol.com

Wado-ryu

Wado-ryu (“The Way of Peace”) was founded in 1931 by Master Otsuka Hironori (1892-1982). When Master Funakoshi Gichin introduced Okinawan karatedo to Japan, Otsuka Sensei was a high-ranking exponent of Shindo Yoshin-ryu jujutsu. Funakoshi Sensei’s demonstrations, teaching message, and style so affected Ohtsuka Sensei that he began the study of karatedo under the Okinawan master in 1922. By 1928 he was Funakoshi Sensei’s assistant instructor and in 1931 Otsuka Sensei founded the Wado-ryu. Forty-one years later Otsuka Sensei received the title Shodai Karatedo Meijin Judan (First-Generation Karate Master of the Tenth Dan) from the Japanese imperial family. Otsuka Sensei was also presented the Shiju Hoshu medal for his outstanding contributions to physical education and sport from the government of Japan. Wado-ryu practitioners claim that Otsuka Sensei was the first master to create a karatedo style in the form of Japanese (not Okinawan) budo.