{"id":449,"date":"2018-11-27T09:17:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T09:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonkarateclub.com\/?page_id=449"},"modified":"2025-12-24T13:31:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T18:31:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/londonkarateclub.com\/?page_id=449","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"449\" class=\"elementor elementor-449\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-40b8fa52 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"40b8fa52\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-narrow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b2e2ea9\" data-id=\"2b2e2ea9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c164a94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c164a94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>\u00a0<\/h1><h1>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/h1><p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0MEIBIKAN\u00a0 GOJU-RYU Timeline<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 1392\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thirty-six families from China immigrate to Kume village Naha, Okinawa. Chinese Boxing is practiced.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1477\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The three kingdoms of Okinawa are unified, and the ruler King Shosh bans the use of weapons all of Okinawa.\u00a0 Development of unarmed combat increases.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1881\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Higaonna Kanry\u014d returned from China, where he studied under Master Ryu Ryu Ko, and founded Naha-te, the precursor to karate.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1916\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Grand Master Higaonna Kanryo dies with student Chojun Miyagi at his side.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1930\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Master Chojun Miyagi names the Goju Ryu style.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1933\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Master Chojun Miyagi&#8217;s Goju-Ryu was accepted as part of Japan&#8217;s martial arts in the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1952 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sensei Meitoku Yagi becomes the only student of Master Chojun Miyagi to be given permission to open a dojo.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1953\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On October 8th, Grand Master Chojun Miyagi passes away.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1963\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The family of Grand Master Chojun Miyagi officially appoints Sensei Meitoku Yagi as successor of Okinawan Goju-Ryu. Dai Sensei is given Master Miyagi\u2019s Gi and Obi.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2003 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 On Febuary 7th Master Meitoku Yagi passes away. Dai Sensei\u2019s eldest son, Meitatsu Yagi, assumes leadership of the International Meibukan Goju-Ryu Karate-do Association and his second son, Meitetsu Yagi, becomes the head of the Hombu Dojo in Okinawa and its international affiliates.<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbca2f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bbca2f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0MEIBIKAN\u00a0 GOJU-RYU Timeline \u00a0 \u00a0 1392\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thirty-six families from China immigrate to Kume village Naha, Okinawa. 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