The USA branch of the Seigokan All Japan Karate-Do Association
Karate for the San Francisco Bay Area
Karate for San Francisco
Karate for San Mateo, Foster City, Burlingame, Millbrae, Belmont, San Carlos and Redwood City
Karate for Mountain View
GROUP CLASSES
SEIGOKAN SAN MATEO/FOSTER CITY
FOSTER CITY ATHLETIC CLUB
1159 Chess Drive, Foster City, CA 94404 Meets Fri 7:00 - 8:50 pm
Free to Foster City Athletic Club members. Non-members $10 at the door. Click for more info about the Foster City Athletic Club
SAN MATEO AREA KID'S CLASSES
Semi-private classes (in San Mateo) by appointment only. Classes meet Wed 6:30 - 7:30 pm
Sat 9:00 - 10:00 am
For info email sfbaykarate@yahoo.com or call (650) 270-6712.
SEIGOKAN MOUNTAIN VIEW
EL CAMINO YMCA
2400 Grant Rd., Mt. View, CA 94040 Meets Fridays 6:35 - 7:35 pm Click for more info about the El Camino YMCA or call Shaun or Catherine at (650) 670-0779
SEIGOKAN SAN FRANCISCO
Salvation Army Chinatown Branch
1450 Powell St., San Francisco, CA Meets Tues and Thurs 6:15 - 8:30 pm Click for more info about Seigokan SF or call Angela at (415) 385-4466
Founded in 1945 by Master Seigo Tada, Seigokan Goju-ryu karate-do has dojos in Japan (its headquarters), the U.S., Brazil, Hong Kong, Macau, Portugal, India, and other countries around the world. Seigokan Goju-Ryu karate-do has been taught in the San Francisco Bay Area for more than 30 years.
Goju-Ryu karate-do is a martial art developed in Okinawa in the early 1900s. It was influenced by Chinese martial arts such as Shaolin White Crane, Monk Fist, and Tiger Boxing as well as native Okinawan fighting arts such as Okinawan kempo (“fist-method”).
Before the 1930s, the precursor to Goju-Ryu karate was known as Naha-Te or simply Te (Naha being the city in Okinawa where it was developed and Te meaning “hand.”) Kanryo Higaonna is the earliest known Naha-Te master. The term Goju-Ryu (“hard/soft way”) was coined in the 1930s by Chojun Miyagi – a disciple of Higaonna’s – to describe this style of karate, which contains both hard and soft or yielding movements. In Seigokan Goju-Ryu, you’ll learn kicks, strikes, and blocks; self-defense combinations; kata (forms); and kumite (sparring) techniques. Classes emphasize conditioning for strength, flexibility, and balance.
Instructor
Marcos Collaco, 5th Dan, has taught Goju-Ryu in the Bay Area for more than 25 years.
Featured Performances at the 2006 Seigokan Friendship Tournament in Japan.
Gekisai Dai Ichi
Kururunfa
Tensho
Youth kata competition. Fine performances of Gekki Sai Dai Ni and Seiyunchin.
Sensei Higaonna featured on "Human Weapon."
More Goju-Ryu Karate Videos
Top-Rated Video from the Seigokan Goju-ryu Karate-do Network
An inspirational story of Sensei Yoshiichi Kawano, who teaches karate-do from his wheelchair.
The great Shotokan master Hidetaka Nishiyama (author of Karate: The Art of Empty-hand Fighting) appears in this fascinating historical footage. At the beginning of the video you can see the similarity with Seigokan's yakusoku kumite (preset sparring combinations).
Sensei R. Takeshi Fukuchi of Brazil Seigokan performs Master Seigo Tada's Kihon kata.
Sensei R. Takeshi Fukuchi of Brazil Seigokan Goju-ryu karate perform's Master Seigo Tada's Uke-no kata.
