https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s45Nfadpba0&fbclid=IwAR25wCIZ6WiS39HpRyKS67hSJNH9ksAwXSpNdRvVMEU38BSqWLqHrwHCPtI

Goju Ryu History: This is the only film footage of Goju Ryu Karate-Do prior to the 1950’s! There are also very few books covering Goju Ryu from the pre-war period. And most of these are text descriptions, with very few illustrations.

The clip covers conditioning exercises - Hojo or Kigu Undo. Parts of Kururunfa Kata and Tensho Kata. Then lastly a brief glimpse of a group performance of Seiunchin Kata.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3QdLn0Un-A

In The Kingdom Of The Blind, The One Eyed Man Is King.
Terry Dukes , also known as Nagaboshi Tomio.
Sensei Christian mentioned yesterday the time he spent being conned by this charlatan, the founder of the fake Karate style 'Mushindo'. Sensei Christian was a 'Mushindo' instructor for a few years in the late 1960's. The thing was, Dukes has a level of skill in the martial arts. We believe he had been a student of Kyokushinkai Karate, so unlike most martial arts conmen of the early decades of Karate etc, he had a demonstrable ability, which helped masked the lies he was telling. As I say at the start, : In the kingdon of the blind, the one eyed man is king. Dukes setup 'Mushindo' to be a cult....and conned and abused a great many people in the 1960's and 70's.
Here's a BBC documentary from 1974. Several years after Sensei Christian .had left.
More later.

Goju Gathering 2019

Goju Gathering October 2019
A few of the many photos I took during today's course held at The Deanery High School, Wigan. Hosted by Tony Christian and the Academies of Goju Ryu Karate-Do.
More info on what we did later.

SATURDAY 5th OCTOBER 2019 : 1.30pm TO 3.30PM

SATURDAY 5th OCTOBER 2019 : 1.30pm TO 3.30PM

Sensei Tony Christian is hosting a course at....

THE DEANERY HIGH SCHOOL

FROG LANE

WIGAN

WN1 1HQ

Just Outside Wigan Town Center

"Sat 5th Oct master class the Deanery Wigan the purpose of old Masters is not to compete with the young but to help them understand the Martial Arts and Budo my knowledge comes from a lifetime of research and study I never wanted to be a self opinionated fool so I learnt from those that had gone before ." 

Tony Christian 9th Dan Goju Ryu Karate-Do

The Shevington Dojo

I didn't realise or remember I had this. It's just at the end of a video tape. I'd found my old camcorder and transferred the video tapes to digital on the computer and came across this. 

Photos From The 1980's and The 'Shevy' Dojo

Just a few photgraphs of Sensei Christian in the 1980's and in his natural home.....his Dojo in Shevington, Wigan. This was one of the first full-time, dedicated Karate Dojo's in the notrh of England.