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Go-Sho-Ryu
Go-Sho-Ryu is the name of the club
"Go" meaning Hard, "Sho" meaning Beginning and "Ryu" meaning School.
Go-Sho-Ryu is one of the fastest growing traditional Karate Associations in Yorkshire, Lancashire and the Teeside areas.
"Go" meaning Hard, "Sho" meaning Beginning and "Ryu" meaning School.
Go-Sho-Ryu is one of the fastest growing traditional Karate Associations in Yorkshire, Lancashire and the Teeside areas.
Sensei Eliot Kay is the founder and chief instructor of Go Sho Ryu Karate.
He started his training at a small club in Cyprus in 1979 and has been training in and teaching Karate for 30 years, Achieving 1st Dan in Shotokan Karate and 3rd Dan in Go Kan Ryu Karate.
He started his training at a small club in Cyprus in 1979 and has been training in and teaching Karate for 30 years, Achieving 1st Dan in Shotokan Karate and 3rd Dan in Go Kan Ryu Karate.
The word Karate means "empty hand" - Kara means empty and Te means hand. This is an art that teaches its students self defence by using their arms and legs as controlled weapons.
Behind Karate was the master Gichin Funakoshi who was born in Shuri, Okinawa Prefecture in 1868. It was whilst he was lecturing at the Okinawa Teachers Collage that he was given the opportunity, in 1922, to lecture and demonstrate his art of Karate. The event was sponsored by the Ministry of Education. After his demonstration Funakoshi received many requests to teach in Tokyo. Shotokan Karate was then formed in 1936 by Funakoshi which was a true landmark in the history of Karate.
We are also Members of F.E.K.O (the Federation Of English Karate Organisations)
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