SUKMA 2010 Karatekas' 1st Assessment
1st assessment for selection of athletes to represent Sarawak in SUKMA 2010 from among all styles in Sarawak will take place from 4th to 5th July in Miri.
Goshin Sarawak has selected its hopefuls from among its ranks.
Good luck to them all.
Train Hard, Train Smart.
GO! GO! GOSHIN!
And on a further note, Congratulations to our Chief Instructor on his appointment as the SUKMA Karate team's Chief Coach.
The Borneo Post, 19th June 2009
Sarawak karate meets on Sukma preparations
MIRI: Sarawak Karate Association (SKA) met here recently to discuss preparations for the Sukma XIII in Melaka next year.
The meeting, chaired by its president So Teck Kee, appointed Ngui Siou Fong as the team manager and retained Al-Harir Muhammed as the chief coach.
Representatives from Sarawak State Sports Council (MSNS), Harriffen Mansur, the acting MSNS Miri assistant director, and Suefarina Affendi, MSNS karate co-coordinator, were also present to discuss how they could contribute to the preparation of the team.
Ngui thanked SKA for appointing him as team manager and pledged to help the team deliver.
Al-Harir also thanked SKA for re-appointing him chief coach for a third time.
He said he would work towards changing the approach to centralised training, talent scouting and lifting the karate standard in the state.
Twelve exponents from Goshin-ryu Sarawak, 10 from Malaysian Association Shitoryu Sarawak (MASK Kenshikan dojo) and two from Asahi Karate Club have been picked for the state shadow team.
According to Al-Harir, three assessments will be conducted to evaluate the level of fitness and technical competency of the exponents.
Goshin-ryu Sarawak exponents will train at Tunas Cemerlang, Pulau Pinang under a national coach, MASK exponents will participate in their annual EMZ tournament in Sabah while Asahi Karate Club exponents will compete in the KOI World Cup in Kuching next month.
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.
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