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Newsletter #3 September 2014
Hi everyone. Newsletter #3. Please share it around on facebook and whatever. It would be nice to expand our reach a bit, though we're at 160+ subscribers now,
In this issue:
- The Kenkyukai Board: why? who?
- Sensei profiles
- Bryson Keenan, Asia/Pacific Shibucho and Board Member
- Brian Loterbauer, Iowa Shibucho and Board Member
- Upcoming Events
This one, like every one, should have come out sooner. Many things on the boil. The New York seminar is happening right now, and it looks like there is great support fro Sensei Chuck Nuccio. Next up after New York is New Zealand (clearly we have a theme going there) and the Brisbane with Sensei Sinn Chew.
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The Kenkyukai Board of Directors
from the Minutes of a meeting of Kenkyukai Shibu, Okinawa, 2013
This is an administrative post rather than representing any hierarchy. Taira Sensei has selected the directors. The aim is to facilitate communication with Okinawa; enquiries should be directed towards the Shibu heads or the board member representing that particular area rather than directly to Glenn McIlvride
The members do not run their particular regions.
- Western Europe-Ken Erridge
- Eastern Europe-Aivaras Engelaitis
- Eastern USA-Glenn Cunningham
- Central USA and Canada-Brian Loterbauer
- Western USA-Paul Enfield
- South East Asia and Australia-Bryson Keenan
- New Zealand & South Pacific-Brendan Murray
Enquiries from countries not covered under the above (eg Dominican Republic, India) should be passed to the director for the nearest region.
This was agreed with all the Shibucho present, ratified by Taira Sensei, and circulated to all Shibucho.
It has been amended so that Brian speaks for Canada, Bryson for the sub-continent.
It should be noted that if you need to contact someone who speaks your language, not English, or the plethora of languages that Aivaras or Paul speak, deal with a Shibucho who will then go to the nearest Director.
I will do a profile for each Director over the next issues. I've already done one for Glenn Cunningham. I'll probably have to do myself when none of them send me anything.
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Sensei Brian Loterbauer started training under sensei kazou (sonny) Onoo in 1978. He was teaching more of a Goju Kai system...in between that time and my return to training with sensei Onoo..I did some boxing..Kobudo (nunchaku) only was trained on metal nunchaku filled with lead..and some taekwon do...returning in 1989 with sensei Onoo...sensei left for the wcw wrestling world in 1994.. And his black belts made a board of directors to continue the training...in 1995 I and dr. Beck reached out to sensei merriman,, who on his first visit dismantled the board...it wasn't working ,,somebody has to make the tough decisions ....and put me in charge...I met and trained with taira sensei in 1997 at merriman senseis home dojo and then visited Okinawa in 1999 where I got to train with Miyazato sensei every day for 18 days...I was told later that Miyazato sensei got out of the hospital for our visit ( mostly because of merriman sensei wedding and visit) that was October of 99 and sensei died in December of 99... I remained a faithful students of merriman sensei for 17 years...and because of certain reasons decided I and my dojo would go the direction of following the teachings of taira sensei...I was lucky to be a long time shibu of the jundokan, a student of merriman sensei,, got to train with gima, kinjo sensei of the jundokan....but now I am on board with Goju Ryu kenkyukai...awarded nana dan by taira sensei In 2013...I have a small dojo in mason city Iowa...and will be celebrating my dojos 20 year anniversary in May of 2015 where taira sensei will be teaching for the weekend....
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Sensei Paul Enfield began studying the martial arts in Oxford, England in 1979 with Paul Coleman Kyoshi. He obtained his black belt in 1984 and shortly afterwards journeyed to Okinawa, the birthplace of karate, to study karate full-time. He remained in Okinawa and Japan for three years and became uchi-deshi (live in student) under Higaonna Morio Hanshi. While in Asia he traveled to Korea, Taiwan and China to further his research into the martial arts. At the end of 1987 he came to the United States where he has taught karate ever since. Sensei Enfield has translated three martial arts books from Japanese to English, and has written numerous martial arts related articles that have been published in the United States and the United Kingdom. The dynamic art of Goju-ryu karate is Sensei Enfield’s main area of study however he has also studied Tai Chi Chuan, Lau Gar Gung Fu, and Brazilian Jiujitsu. In December 1997, Sensei Enfield returned to Okinawa to study Goju-ryu karate under World Headmaster for the style, the Late Miyazato Eiichi Hanshi, at this time Goju karate Center was appointed the rare honor of San Diego area shibu dojo (branch school) for the Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate-do Association. Currently Sensei Enfield is a seventh degree black belt and head instructor at the Goju Karate Center, and West Coast representative for the Okinawa Goju-ryu Kenkyukai (Headquarters in Okinawa, Japan).
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