Gojuryu.net March 2007 Newsletter
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<http://www.gojuryu.net/news.php?readmore=48> [John Sells; Unante -
Secrets of Karate]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=12\
> [Morio Higaonna; The Encyclopedia of Goju Ryu Part 2 DVD]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=higaonna&x=0&y=0> This months Recommended Products include:
Patrick McCarthy IRKRS Koryu Uchinadi
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=mccarthy&x=0&y=0>
Iaito-Iaido Swords made in Japan
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=iai&x=0&y=0>
Busaganashi Wall Clock
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=10\
>
Chuck Merriman; Jundokan Goju Ryu DVD's
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=merriman&x=0&y=0>
Yamaguchi Kumite Poster
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=yamaguchi&x=0&y=0>
John Sells; Unante - Secrets of Karate
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=12\
>

Onegaishimasu,

Mina-sama, I was speaking to Hershel Sensei last week [San Jose dojo
SMAC] and he told me "keep the momentum going". It played around in my
mind a bit then I realized this is almost the end of March 2007 already.
How much have we accomplished? When is the last time I revisited my
goals? [A shame because my goals are posted on the cork-board at my
desk]. What's the next short term step and can I clearly see my long
term objective? I keep a copy of my "Champions Creed"
<http://www.gojuryu.net/readarticle.php?article_id=146> posted at my
desk and read it over and over while looking in the mirror. Then I
pushed myself like no other day thus far this year...... and ya know
what, I feel great about it. I dug deep to find something inside that I
needed to revisit and just 'went for it' - nothing gained is nothing
lost and I'm happy to go into the weekend with a positive outlook for
training and relaxation. Only us crazy Karate people could possibly
understand how that is at all possible.

[Elisa Au; WKF Champion 6 DVD Set]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=wkf&x=0&y=0> [Teruo Chinen; 7 DVD Set Okinawa Goju ryu, Jundokan
International]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=chinen&x=0&y=0> [Chuck Merriman; Goju Ryu - 3 DVD Set]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=chuck&x=0&y=0> [Motoo Yamakura; Gojuryu Karatedo Kyokai Volumes
1 & 2 Books & DV]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=yamakura&x=0&y=0> [Patrick McCarthy; IRKRS Koryu Uchinadi
Volumes 1 - 14 DVD Set]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=patrick&x=0&y=0>
Special Events worth attending:

* Friday March 23rd to April 1st
<http://www.shitoryu.net/html/wakai.html> : Ms. Atsuko Wakai Sensei
Seminar Series, Vancouver British Columbia Canada
<http://www.shitoryu.net/html/wakai.html>
* Saturday March 24th <http://www.gojuryu.com/map_to_dojo.htm> :
Gojuryu Tomodachi Kenkyukai Northern California, San Jose California
<http://www.gojuryu.com/map_to_dojo.htm>

* Friday April 2th to April 29th <http://www.geocities.com/taylorpd/>
: Mr. Motoo Yamakura Sensei Gojuryu Karatedo Kyokai Seminar, Visalia
Central California. Please contact Dan Taylor Sensei for more
information. <http://www.geocities.com/taylorpd/>

* Check the bottom of the news-letter for additional functions coming
soon.

Book to watch for :-)
Without giving it all away, something special this way comes. Still two
[2] months out and just completed translation, this historical text
[never translated for print in the past] with offer significant insight
to the roots of Goju Ryu Karate Do as well as the character of Chojun
Miyagi Sensei - the founder of Goju Ryu. We cannot release the name of
the Author or the Title however we can tell you that this is an absolute
must have for every Sensei of and style Karate Do from Okinawa or Japan.
[Be prepared to update your historical outlines!!!]
[Gogen Yamaguchi: Gojuryu Karatedo Kyohan & The CAT DVD Set]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=yamaguchi&x=0&y=0> Morio Higaonna; IOGKF Okinawan Goju Ryu
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=higaonna&x=0&y=0>
Richard Kim; The 20th Century Samurai
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=kim&x=0&y=0>
Seiwakai Gojuryu Karatedo 3 DVD Set with Shuji Tasaki
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=seiwa&x=0&y=0>
Teruo Chinen; 7 DVD Set Jundokan International
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=chinen&x=0&y=0>
Eiichi Miyazato & Jundokan Book & DVD Collection
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=jundokan&x=0&y=0>
Samurai Armor hand crafted in Japan
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=samurai&x=0&y=0>
Gogen Yamaguchi; Karate do Kyohan [new price]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=yamaguchi&x=0&y=0>


<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=yamaguchi&x=0&y=0> New Printing Gogen Yamaguchi; Goju Ryu
Karate Do Kyohan [Paperback]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/\
191> $45.00
The hardcover book is officially sold out [offered at $100.00] however
now available is a full sized paperback version. The exact same material
and information for less than half the price of the hard cover printing.
If you have a training lineage in relationship to Yamaguchi Sensei, this
is a 'must have'.

Dojo in the spotlight.
For the March 'Dojo in the month,' comes [put on your Da dunta daa's]
CHUCK MERRIMAN'S KARATE INTERNATIONAL <http://www.cmkarate.com/> . As
many of us in the general Karate community know, Chuck Merriman Sensei
has long been a corner-stone for Goju Ryu and Karate in general since
the 1960's and it's time to pay tribute. Today Chuck Merriman, his son
Chad and their clubs and dojo are an official overseas member of the
"Okinawa Gojuryu Karate-do So Honbu Jundokan" and are held in the
highest respects. Mr. Chuck Merriman Sensei, Thank your for your past
and continued leadership by example !!!

Gojuryu.net Dojo Database going strong.
For Gojuryu Dojo only. We've retrieved most of the old Dojo listings
back online and it wasn't easy so this is where your input comes in.
Existing members, go to your user profile and fill in all of the blank
spaces. The Dojo Database and the user profiles are one and the same. If
you already have a user profile and want your Dojo listed separately
then keep your user profile [for use in the forums] and create a new one
for your Dojo. The Gojuryu.net Dojo database in full operation with an
expanded mode and the user profile is fully index searchable via the
search page. The Dojo Database and the user profiles are one and the
same. If you already have a user profile and want your Dojo listed
separately simply keep your user profile and create a new one for your
Dojo.

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Knowledge and tradition.
In Japan, on March 20th 2007, comes Shunbun no Hi [or] Higan no
Chu-Nichi; which, in English, is the day we call '1st day of Spring'
however not the same practices exist everywhere. Many Japanese visit
their family tombs on this day in the middle of the week of Higan to pay
their respects to their ancestors. People weed their family tombs, and
leave flowers, incense and ohagi (sweet rice balls covered with red bean
paste). It is tradition that ancestors' spirits prefer round food!
Japanese consider this period the changing of the season, because it is
usually around Higan that the cold front hanging over the Japanese
islands weakens, and the weather changes to spring. Thus we have a
saying "Atsusa samusa mo Higan made" ("Heat and cold last until Higan").

Next news letter - Golden Week!!!! Wooo hoooooooooo
[Morio Higaonna; 6 DVD Set IOGKF Goju Ryu Kata Technical Series]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=higaonna&x=0&y=0> [Eiichi Miyazato; Book & Jundokan DVD]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=jundokan&x=0&y=0> [Kamidana Shomen Kamiza 5 Rooms 3 Roofs]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=kamiza&x=0&y=0> [Sanjuniken Hoshi Kabuto H15-7 Helmet]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=16\
> [Teruo Hayashi; Hayashi Ha Shito Ryu Volumes 1, 2 and 3]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=hayashi&x=0&y=0>
Aditional site updates:
It's now been a while since we've started the php experiment [previously
with MS Front-page for our site programming] and are happy to say it is
serving us well. We can call it permanent now. PHP servers are serving
us well [uhhhhh]. So as of the sending of this months news letter we
have 2,625 free online members <http://www.gojuryu.net/members.php>
and a whopping 4,021 free email users
<http://gojuryunet.mail.everyone.net/> , not to mention
approximately3,883,782 unique visitors [not click throughs] since we've
been reliable at keeping track. Yowza... them some big numbers.

Power to the Forums
The forums have been phenomenal producing answers to virtually every
question you could possibly think of concerning Traditional Karate do,
Goju Ryu specific topics, Sport Karate and even just plain fun and games
in the Hilarious section. With over 2,000 active members and over 15,000
posts thus far we have truly created a responsible community that
nurtures many brands of Karate. Leaps and bounds ahead of our Goju_ryu
eGroup at Yahoo. Let us know if you have any additional suggestions.
[Richard Kim; 20th Century Samurai - Special Collector's Edition]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?ke\
ywords=richard&x=0&y=0> New Gladiators DVD $29.99
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/\
102>
Hirokazu Kanazawa; Mastering Karate 9 DVD Set
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/product_info.php/manufacturer\
s_id/11/products_id/59>
American Masters and Champions of the Martial Arts
<http://www.gojuryu.net/osCommerce/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/\
91>
Calendar and events.

* March 24th - Yamanni-ryu kobujutsu seminar by Oshiro Toshihiro
Shihan
<http://www.gojuryu.net/infusions/calendar_of_events_panel/view_event.ph\
p?id=2>
* March 31st - Tim Shiomi Shihan will be doing a seminar on the Kata
Tomari No Passai, & Chatan Yara No Kushanku.
<http://www.gojuryu.net/infusions/calendar_of_events_panel/view_event.ph\
p?id=2974>
* April 6th to 8th - 2007 USA-NKF Junior Olympics Las Vegas Nevada]
<http://www.gojuryu.net/infusions/calendar_of_events_panel/view_event.ph\
p?id=10>
* April 6th to 8th - Ozawa Cup 2008 [Las Vegas Nevada]
<http://www.ozawa-tournament.com/>
Just about everywhere in the world you can find something to do with
Gojuryu or Karatedo. Take a look and let us know what ya think.

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