Upcoming World Tournaments
The next world tournament will be held in Tokyo Japan in August 2025
This tournament was supposed to happen in 2021 but has been postponed due to the pandemic.
World Tournaments
Our world tournaments occur every 4 years, each time on a different continent.
The first tournament was held in 1993 in Chiba, Japan.
After that 1997, San Paolo, Brazil
2001 Perth, Australia
2005 Rotterdam, Holland
2009, Cape Town South Africa
2013 Mumbai, India
And in 2017 Vancouver, Canada
The next world tournament will be held in Tokyo Japan in 2023.
These events are vital in bringing our global family together, Goju Kai students celebrate of all shapes and sizes different colours and different religions, bound by a set of ideals and beliefs structured around ritual and training are all held together by a living hierarchy more than a Century old.
This is the magic made from such events.
44th South African Goju Kai Championships
9 – 11 August 2024 | Bloemfontein
More than 700 karateka gathered from around the Country to celebrate our Goju Kai family by showcasing our beautiful art and in turn solidifying relationships through this wonderful event.
There were participants from:
Western Province
Eastern Province
Gauteng
Free State
Border
Overberg
Boland
Eden
and
Kwazulu Natal
This years National Tournament was very special as it also acts as the final trials and selection for our National Team to compete in the next World championship to be held in Chiba Japan in early August next year.
Our President Saiko Shihan Goshi Yamaguchi, the son of our founder Gogen Yamaguchi will be 82 years old and it is our aim to pay tribute to him by supporting this event in his home country.
Thanks must go to my events team that worked tirelessly to make this event a success.
We are also blessed to have a strong leader that has devoted over a half century to grow Goju Kai as the family that it is today, thank you to our President Peter Brandon Hanshi.
