Pesatuan Karate Goshin-Ryu Negeri Sarawak

Sarawak Goshin-Ryu Karate Association, Sports Commission Reg. No. 2828/2008

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

PRESS RELEASE - 2nd Goshin-Ryu Karate Invitational Tournament

The Goshin-Ryu Karate Association of Sarawak will be holding an invitational tournament from the 11th to 12th 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 11th followed by Kumite.  The finals for both kata and kumite will be held on the 12th 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.

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History and Background

The Malaysia Goshin-Ryu Karate Federation (MGKF), established in April 1974, is a member of the Malaysia Karate-Do Federation (MAKAF) and currently is one of the most successful karate-do federations in Malaysia. The current head of the MGKF is Grandmaster Soke Clement Soo, who is also the founder of the MGKF.

Goshin-ryu style of Karate was founded by Soke Clement Soo in 1974. This style of Karate is quite similar to Shotokan style but emphasizes more on thrust and penetrating kicks, shorter forward stance and more side stepping movements. Although Goshin-ryu is consider a young style but since the inception it has spread to Australia, India, Kuwait, Switzerland and Germany.

Our style is very simple, which adopts whatever good techniques and should the techniques require changes or modifications, we shall do it. The Federation was officially accepted by Soke Terou Hayashi in 1976. Hayashi is a well known karateka in the world and was the first Referee Council Chairman of WUKO. He is aware of Goshin-ryu as a style of its own and never insisted that Soke Clement Soo change to Hayashi-ha Shito-ryu. Our students practice Shoto-kan, Hayashi-ha Shito-ryu and Goju-ryu Katas meaning that we must be able to adapt to the various different stances.

Our yearly activities are organising tournaments in school, state and national levels both in the Junior and Senior Annual Camp in Taiping includes training in basic techniques, kumite, katas, referee clinic, leadership and tournament. We also participate in the MAKAF's National Junior and Senior Championships.

In Malaysia, Goshin-ryu has dojos in Kuala Lumpur, Petaling, Klang, Jenjarom, Yong Peng, Batu Pahat, Parit Raja, College University of Technology Tun Hussein Onn, Permas Jaya, Skudai, Johor Bahru Polytechnic, Kota Bharu Polytechnic, Seberang Perai Polytechnic, Kluang, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang, Sungai Petani, Kota Baru, Pasir Mas, Rantau Panjang, Kerteh, Kuala Terengganu, Seremban and Miri. Our biggest concentration in promoting the art with about 35 dojos is in Penang. We are proud to say that the activity is so intense that we have to form a Black Belters Club for the operations.

At the heart of our instruction is the Introduction to Karate Program which has established itself as the standard for classical martial art instruction. The program features outstanding workouts which are both exciting and beneficial in a sporting recreational environment. The only magic that we practice is that of hard work and discipline.