Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate, IOGKF
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We train at the St James Presbyterian Church Hall
393 King Edward Street
South Dunedin
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We are a family friendly club and encourage the participation of children. Not all children develop at the same rate and if you have questions about whether training would suit your child feel free to contact Sensei John Marrable (details on the ‘Contact Us’ page, under ‘Menu’ at the top of this page).
We hold formal classes during the four school terms.
Club Training Times
Juniors (All four school terms)
Tuesdays: 6:00 – 7:00pm
Thursdays: 6:00 – 7:00pm
Seniors (School Terms 1 & 4)
Tuesdays: 6:00 – 8:00pm
Thursdays: 6:00 – 8:00pm
Seniors (School Terms 2 & 3)
Tuesdays: 6:00 – 7:30pm
Thursdays: 6:00 – 7:30pm
Black Belts Only
Wednesdays: 6:00 – 7:00pm
Why does the image of two individuals engaging in combat appear on our materials?
The name Goju Ryu comes from Chojun Miyagi Sensei who thought long and hard about the name of his karate style, informally known as Naha Te. Within the famous martial arts text, the Bubishi, is a poem called the Kenpo Haku (the eight poems of the fist) and Chojun Sensei was quite fond of it.
The third poem is called ‘Ho Goju donto’ which translates as ‘The way of inhaling and exhaling is hardness and softness’ and it is this poem that Chojun Sensei took the name Goju (Hard and Soft) Ryu (School) from.
The picture is a version of one of the drawings that are depicted in the original Bubishi and is used as our dojo logo to recognise the source of the name of our style.