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Goodwill visit to Brunei

21st March 2009

The club went to Kuala Belait, Brunei on a goodwill visit to the Wadokai Karatedo.

A total 0f 35 members comprising athletes and accompanying officals and family members spent the day with 60 members of the host dojo.

The day was not only spent in making friendships but also involved training among members of both dojos at the Wadokai clubhouse there.

Our visit was highlighted by the Borneo Bulletin as follows:

Members from the Miri Goshinryu in a group photo with Haji Malai Mohammed (C)

Association Aims To Produce Karatekas Of National Standard
By Liza Mohd

Bandar Seri Begawan - To Improve the standard of karate in the country, the Wadokai Karatedo Brunei Darussalam in Belait organised the first joint training with members of the Miri Goshinryu Sarawak Karate Association Saturday afternoon.

By organising this first ever joint training, we will be able to refine our techniques and skills and also learn the art of discipline and new techniques to beat the Opponent," said Haji Malai Mohamed bin Haji Mohd Ali.

Sixty members from the Wadokai Club and 35 members from the Miri Goshinryu gathered at the clubhouse along Jalan Maulana Kuala Belait to show their techniques and presentation.

Haji Malai Mohamad, who is also the Deputy President and Technical Chairman of the Brunei Karate Federation, said his members have participated in the Miri Karate championship for two consecutive years and did the country proud by bringing home few medals.

"At the championship, we've established relations with several karate associations at the regional level and came up with the idea to hold a joint training to hone the skills of our members", he added.

He further stated that the association is proud for producing half of the national team in Belait and is now looking to seek potential members to represent the country in national games such as Sukma and SEA Games.

An under-21 years National Championship organised by the Brunei Karatedo Federation will take place on March 27 at the Mumong Sports complex. All Karate enthusiasts are encouraged to participate.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

PRESS RELEASE - 2nd Goshin-Ryu Karate Invitational Tournament

The Goshin-Ryu Karate Association of Sarawak will be holding an invitational tournament from the 11^th to 12^th April, 2009 at Kelab Rekreasi Petroliam (KRP), Lutong.

 An estimated 120 athletes and officials from around the region are expected to attend.  They will come from various states within Malaysia including Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Johore, Kelantan, Labuan, Sabah and Sarawak as well as from outside of Malaysia including teams from Brunei, Kalimantan and Jakarta comprising diverse clubs and styles ranging from Hayashi-Ha, Shotokan , Shito-Ryu, Goju-kai, to Goshin-Ryu among others.

 This tournament’s objectives are to foster goodwill among all participants and also to gauge the potential our local athletes against a diverse and more experienced group of exponents as among the teams coming are the Brunei national team, Sabah Karate Association and Penang Goshin-Ryu.

 Various events in both Kata (forms) and Kumite (sparring) have been organised.  The Kata events will be held on the 11^th followed by Kumite.  The finals for both kata and kumite will be held on the 12^th at Machinda Hall, KRP.  Events are scheduled from 9am to 5pm everyday.

 The Goshin-Ryu Sarawak was officially formed in 2008 and has appointed YB Hj Ahmad Lai as the association’s patron. The association hopes to grow and spread to other parts of Sarawak. The association will strive to promote the karate Sport as a tool to instil good values among youths and produce fine athletes to represent Sarawak in the national squad.

 The association had its humble beginnings as the Karate Kids Klub based in KRP, Lutong under the care of Shihan Al-Harir Muhammad.  He is the Chief Instructor and Technical Advisor for Goshin-Ryu Sarawak and also has served as Sarawak SUKMA coach for 2006 (Kedah) & 2008 (Trengganu) for karate and is currently entrusted by Majlis Sukan Negeri Sarawak the task of talent scouting for potential SUKMA 2010 karate athletes.  The club is also designated as Pusat Cemerlang under the Majlis Sukan Negeri.

 The association currently runs its training at KRP for various age groups as follows:

       Children’s session under 12s Saturdays and Sundays 930 – 1100am; Tuesdays 730–900pm;

       Youths’ session under 25s Saturdays and Sundays 230 – 400pm; Wednesdays 730–900pm;

       Adults’ session Mondays and Thursdays 730 - 900pm.

 Please contact Puan Salbiah at 016-8542151, Mdm. Nurliza at 012-8075979 or Mr. Chong at o16-8791969 or email goshinmiri@gmail.com for more information or if you wish to help in other ways.

Changing of Belt

These are some photos of the students after the upgrading.....

.......receiving their new obi (belt) from the Association........

.....President and putting it on.