Master Morio Higaonna, black belt 10-dan, is recognized as one of the top Sensei and the best representatives of Goju-Ryu in the world for the past 25 years. Training has always been a central theme of his life. He never sought fame in the martial arts, and his worldwide fame is a result of his superb skills and mastery of skill that goes beyond just his genuine modesty and humility. Master Higaonna traveled to Tokyo, the capital of Japan, for their homeland, Okinawa, in 1961. He was 22. He has studied Goju-ryu over 14 years with such fierce tenacity, which is rare even among the great masters. Therefore, in 1922 he was already completed a master of martial arts. Due to his apparent boldness, and despite his youth, he was invited to a teaching job in the Dojo in the heart of Tokyo. His lessons, though very severe, have become very popular, and soon thereafter he became an instructor at the full rate. At this time in Tokyo, many foreigners were coming to study martial arts. They usually come to such world-famous dojo as yak and Kyokushinkai. However, once in Tokyo, their curiosity led them to other dojo Tokyo. When they arrived at Yoyogi dojo and saw a small but dynamic sensei, many of them are simply staggering superb technique and incredible power of the master Higaonna. They immediately threw that were studied, and began to train with this inspiring teacher. They affect not only karate master Higaonna, but also its behavior and the behavior of his students. At a time when foreigners in many dojo in Japan, considered only as a bag to beat, this dojo was like a breath of fresh air. In all lessons master Higaonna high demands, and tested the endurance limit, but they were always honest and true spirit of Budo, the military way. For twenty-one mentoring master Higaonna in Yoyogi Dojo thousands of followers of karate have benefited from its unique form of karate. His lessons were so popular that he gave to four lessons a day, teaching in 1000 and more students every day. In the master Higaonna had many foreign followers, and this led to the formation in 1979 of the International Federation of Okinawan Goju-Ryu Karate-Do, IOGKF, with Master Higaonna headed IOGKF now operates in 45 countries and employs more than 50,000 members worldwide. In September 1987, Master Higaonna moved to the U.S.. 1 November 1987, he opened the Institute of Traditional Karate (World Headquarters IOGKF) in San Marcos. Master Higaonna hopes that by its presence here, he may attach a greater number of individuals to a deep study of philosophy and the Grand Master Chojun Miyagi, the founder of Goju-Ryu Karate-Do.

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