Seigokan (正剛館) is the Goju-Ryu Karate-do organization founded in 1945 by

Seigo Tada Seigo Tada (多田正剛, Kyoto, Japan, 1922–1997) (8th Dan) was the founder of Goju-Ryu Seigokan Karatedo. Biography Tada was born on February 18, 1922, in Kyoto, Japan. In 1937 he learned the internal Chinese martial arts (Chinese Kempo ...

(1922-1997) Hanshi (8th Dan). With its Hombu Dojo (headquarters) in

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, the ''Seigokan All Japan Karate-do Association'' (SAJKA) — its official name — has branches in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China (including Hong Kong and Macau), India, Italy, the Philippines, Portugal, Sri Lanka, the United States, England, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia and Venezuela. Master Seigo Tada was a pupil of Chojun Miyagi and the head of the

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Club at Ritsumeikan University. In the 1960s, Seigokan was considered the most important Goju-Ryu Association (Kai-Ha) in

, with more than 200,000 members. Seigokan includes two unique kata created by Seigo Tada — Kihon-Tsuki-no kata and Kihon-Uke-no kata — in addition to the traditional Goju-ryu kata Sanchin, Tensho, Gekisai Dai Ichi, Gekisai Dai Ni, Saifa, Seienchin, Seipai, Shisochin, Sanseru, Seisan, Kururunfa and Suparinpei. The Seigokan curriculum also includes Yakusoku

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(set sparring techniques) in the variants 1 to 7 of Zenkutsu and 1 to 7 of Shikodachi, as well as seven Torite (grappling and striking techniques). Today, SAJKA is directed by Sandaime Kancho — or Soke Seigo Tada III — who succeeded Mrs. Okamoto Michiko (Seigo Tada II), the widow of

Hanshi. The most well-known Seigokan member is Ms.

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, four-time WKF Women's Kata World Champion. Two senior members of Seigokan took important roles in continental and world karate affairs. The late Jose Martins Achiam 7th Dan (1944-2008) was an Executive Committee Member of

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(WKF) and Secretary General of

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(AKF). Bill K.S. Mok (7th Dan) was an Executive Committee Member of World Karate Federation 2004-2010 and Secretary General of Asian Karatedo Federation 2008-2010. The European Seigokan Chief Instructor is José Manuel Guerreiro Santana (7th Dan), twice World Seigokan Kumite Champion in 1998 and 2004, from

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Seigokan. The Italian Seigokan Chief Instructor is Shihan Francesco Cuzzocrea (6th Dan), from

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) The Indonesian Seigokan Chief Instructor is Shihan Dody Rochadi (6th Dan), from

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References

- "'
Yoki´s Karate Errantry in America
''" by Yukiaki Yoki (2001); ''Betty D.Greenberg Edition'' - "'
História da Seigokan em Portugal
''" by Eduardo Cunha Lopes (2015); 340 pages (Portuguese) - "Seigokan Golden Book" by JKS; ''Limited Edition of Japan Karatedo Seigokan (Out of Print)'' - "Karate-Do Seigokan em Macau" by Regional Government of Macao (1991); ''(Reprint in press)''

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