Goju Ryu
Karate Centre

Yes, of course karate is hard. Nothing worth doing has ever been easy, so why dilute karate as well? All dojos must walk a tightrope...

I think one of the most commonly asked questions we get is “am I too old to start karate?” So many phone calls start with “hey, I might...

While there is always assumed to be a father of everything, we rarely discuss the mothers of invention.  A brief Google search about Fang...

Besides the challenges of learning karate, teaching karate is also a complicated undertaking, with so many moving parts and nuances that no machine, even nuclear powered, could even attempt to do what Ché and I do on a daily basis.

We truly believe that karate must create better citizens, and by encouraging our students to support others, and be part of the change, we are creating a better, more just generation. As part of this worldview, every year we run a charity drive for our local charities, all of which are underfunded and always in desperate need of supplies.

Once upon a time, Goju Ryu Karate Centre was home to multiple national athletes, and a training base for athletes from other dojos, all...

Ché has been doing karate for 86% of his life, so it made sense to celebrate his big 50 with the Goju gashuku (because goju is also the...

There isn't much in the way of awards for traditional dojos such as ours, so it is always delightful for us to receive that annual email...

What better way to celebrate turning 50, than having a giant gashuku? We are delighted to announce that registrations are now open for t

My gift is that I get great ideas. My curse is that they never arrive on time. So perhaps this post will be a little bit late for...

This weekend, we had the delightful honour of welcoming eight new black belts to the GRKC yudansha club. Every single time we do it, our...

Stop me if you've heard this one before. A young girl joins your dojo. Many young girls, actually. They work hard, are diligent, learn...

Gradings are tests of varying levels of formality to determine if a student is ready to progress to the next kyu (level) of their training.

At least once a month, sometimes twice a week, I'll get a phone call from a parent asking if we offer karate for their two year old. "Can...

What is the Jaguar Cup? The Jaguar Cup is an in-house development tournament, designed to expose students to both kata and kumite as...

Florida, Johannesburg: The karate community in Roodepoort recently experienced a historic event as Goju Ryu Karate Centre and our sibling...

Recently, we had our prizegiving event to celebrate the achievements of 2022, and this is the kind of moment that parents obviously want...