The clenched fist design,  the mark “Goju-Kai”, and ｢剛柔会｣ (in kanji) as printed here on the top are legal service marks registered with the United States Patent Office by Norimi Gosei Yamaguchi. To duplicate these service mark by way of printing, embroidering and founding or to display them in public without authorization may constitute service mark infringements and may be subject to litigation. Please refer to ” About Goju-Kai Insignia”

Goju-Kai Karate-Do, U.S.A. is a Karate organization presided over by N. Gosei Yamaguchi, the firstborn son of the late Gogen Yamaguchi. Among Karate practitioners, the Yamaguchi family is known as one of the most highly recognized authorities of the Goju-Ryu Karate-Do institution. It was Gogen Yamaguchi who founded an international Karate organization named Goju-Kai, or 剛柔会 in Japan.

Gosei Yamaguchi was sent by his father to the United States in 1964 in order to establish and promote an authentic Goju-Kai program outside of Japan. He teaches at the National Headquarters’ honbu dojo, or 本部道場 of Goju-Kai. He taught Karate at San Francisco State University in the Department of Kinesiology for curriculum classes beginning in 1964 and has since retired from SFSU after teaching there for 40 years.

It is his mission to preserve the Goju-Ryu Karate-Do in the Goju-Kai tradition outside of Japan.

Please press Honbu dojo for the instructional program we are offering for information regarding Map of School, Officials, Time Table, Fees, Scheduled Promotional Examination, Ranking System, Program and Blank Application Forms

If you are further interested in the background of this institution, please press About Goju-Kai Insignia, Profile, History, References, Who’s Who .

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Reference materials:

Video 01: Kumite between Gosei Yamaguchi and his youngest brother, Goshi Yamaguchi

https://www.dropbox.com/s/99udoqec5blb0v4/VTS_04_1.VOB

Video 02: Kata “Seipai” Gosei Yamaguchi

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h290vtrk9vsdrir/VTS_05_1.VOB

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