Pesatuan Karate Goshin-Ryu Negeri Sarawak

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

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The Star on the 19th National Junior & Cadet Karate Championship 2009

Karate coach aims to groom younger back-up squad for world Juniors

By LIM TEIK HUAT


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia will be hosting the world junior karate championships in Kuala Lumpur in 2011 and the national junior championships held in Putrajaya over the weekend have given chief coach P. Arivalagan an inkling of what needs to be done to form a creditable squad for the challenges.

And Arivalagan has plans to groom a younger back-up squad.

“We already have the elite and elite back-up squads. But the world junior championships also have competitions at the cadet level — from Under-13 to Under-15,” he said.

“These are the age-groups where we have to start preparing a team from now if we want to do well in two years’ time. Moreover, the elite back-up exponents will by then not be eligible to compete in the World Juniors.”

The plan will be submitted to the National Sports Council (NSC) for approval as part of the development programme.

Arivalagan added some of the young exponents showed good potential in the just concluded national junior championships.

In the two-day championships involving 395 exponents, Hayashi Ha emerged as the overall champions with a medal haul of 7-3-5 ahead of Penang (6-6-7) and Johor (4-3-8).

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2009 at 7:14 PM

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  2. Deputy PresidentOctober 1, 2009 at 9:01 AM

    Kamyar, you did not leave your contact details.

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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.