Masami Tsuruoka Its foundation is in Chito-Ryu and Shotokan and it blends in effective techniques from many martial arts. Masami Tsuruoka , was a Japanese Canadian karate instructor and practitioner recognized as "The Father of Canadian Karate" by Black Belt Magazine. Although mainly responsible for establishing the Chito-ryu style in Canada, Tsuruoka is also known as founder of his own karate style known as Tsuruoka Ryu. Masami Tsuruoka kept Chito-ryu karate before the Canadian public from 1958 to 1968 through newspaper articles, magazine articles, and frequent public appearances, demonstrations and exhibitions across Canada. He formed the National Karate Association of Canada (presently
Dōjō kun styles, with alterations according to the general precepts of that style. Depending on your variant of Goju Ryu there are alternative Dojo Kun. For the Okinawan Goju Ryu of Eiichi_Miyazato or Teruo Chinen, as published on the walls of their dojo, the Dojo Kun consists of eight rules and are (in English) as follows: The translation above is from Teruo Chinen's dojo, the Miyazato version is slightly different. For other variants, including IOGKF, there are six rules and are (in English) as follows: The dojo kun Ryu-te are, in Japanese, the same as those used in Shotokan. The English translation