Seiwakai Canada

Seiwakai International

Seiwa Kai is an international association of Goju Ryu Karate practitioners which was established in Japan in 1971 by Hanshi Shuji Tasaki (8th dan). Tasaki was the senior student of Hanshi Gogen Yamaguchi, the founder of the Goju Ryu branch of the Japan Karate Federation, known as the JKF Goju Kai. There are now 56 branches of Goju-ryu Seiwa Kai throughout the world, including Japan, Hong Kong, England, Canada, United States, Australia, Italy and Germany. Sei means “truth, honesty, sincerity” and wa means “harmony and peace”. These are the principles on which Seiwa Kai Goju-ryu karate were founded.

Seiwakai Canada

Shihan Isao Yabunaka (7th Dan) is head of Seiwa Kai Canada and North America. As a direct student of Hanshi Gogen Yamaguchi and under the leadership of his senior, Hanshi Shuji Tasaki he established Goju-ryu Seiwa Kai in Canada in 1972 at the Renfrew Community Centre in Vancouver, B.C. In 1989 he moved to Ingersoll, Ontario, where he established the dojo at the Cami Recreational Centre in Ingersoll. Since then he has trained numerous champions, in British Columbia as well as Ontario. The family of Seiwa Kai clubs in Canada is growing, with clubs in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. Seiwa Kai dojos are certified members of official provincial governing bodies and the NKA (National Karate Association of Canada).