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AKBAN

The school was founded in 1986 in Jerusalem by a senior instructor of Doron Navon, the first non Japanese Shihan in Bujinkan Ninjutsu school.

Gōgen Yamaguchi

The Kokusai Budō Renmei - (The International Martial Arts Federation) in Japan, whose chairman was Prince Higashikuni of the Japanese Imperial Family appointed Master Yamaguchi as a Shihan - Master of that organisation's karate-dō division.

Inabata Katsutaro

Born to a Kyoto family that ran a long-standing wagashi store, Inabata attended the Kyoto-fu Shihan Gakkō (now the Kyoto University of Education) and in 1877 earned a scholarship to attend the La Martinière technical school in Lyon.

Isaac Henry Jr

’s wife Katsuko Suzuki Henry, is now recognized as Grand Master and Shihan of BKG and their sons James and Fred are the rank of Kudan, or 9th.

Nathaniel Peat

He a qualified pilot, avid musician and 5th degree (dan) black belt in Okinawa Gōjū-ryū (剛柔流) with the Shōgō (称号, "title", "name", "degree") of Renshi (錬士 : れんし) he is a direct student of Shihan Kyōshi (教士:きょうし) Ronald Yamanaka who was a student of the late Eiichi Miyazato.

Paul Starling

Along with the Macquarie University Karate Club (established 1970) Sydney Goju Kai members of Paul Starling Shihan trained with, and competed against their Melbourne Goju Kai colleagues.

Toshiaki Nogiwa

In 1976, Shihan Toshiaki Nogiwa was sent to Mexico as a coach of Japan Shito-Kai in the cities of Monterrey, Piedras Negras, and Saltillo, Coahuila, where the club of Karate-Do of the Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro (UAAAN)was initiated in 1977, which remains under his technical direction.

Yoshiji Soeno

Soeno practiced with the senior pupils who were Shigeru Ōyama, Yasuhiko Ōyama (both from The World Ōyama Karate in the United States - Shigeru is Sōshu and Yasuhiko is Saikō Shihan), Tadashi Nakamura and Hideyuki Ashihara at the time.


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