The Official World site for the Okinawa Butoryu GohokaN Hozon kai!
Kokoro 心 "Heart Within"
Learn Real, Original,Authentic, Traditional Okinawa Butozan (Konan Budo) Tsuruken as taught on Okinawa! The original teachings of Yabiku Takaya~Sensei.
About Us
From China, Taiwan to Okinawa & beyond!
A closer connection to our ancestral warrior lineage. Hakutsuruken as originally taught by Yabiku Takaya Sensei & Katsuo Kishimoto Sensei of Okinawa!
The home of Original Butozan Butoryu GohokanOkinawan White Crane!
We offer Okinawan Hakutsuru training, understanding, and kata, which people can access via membership to us!!!
Soken Kan Karatedo:
The Karatedo of Hohan Soken Sensei!
Okinawa Tsuruken
Original, Authentic Okinawan Crane-Fist Yabiku-Ha Style!
Ryukyu Kobudo:
Ryukyu Kobudo of the Katsuo Kishimoto Lineage!
The best choice for martial arts training!
World-President: Ron Goninon
紳士 Shinshii
- 会長 Kaicho: Okinawa Butoryu Gohokan
- World President/ Technical Advisor
Your best source for martial arts knowledge!
The Okinawa Butoryu Gohokan Hozon Kai houses the twin lineages & Teachings of the Butozan of China & the Butoryu Gohokan of Okinawa. We are the only school in the world that can bring you these time-honored traditions!
OBGK WORLD VICE-PRESIDENT: ALBERTO CRUZ KYOSHI
SOKEN KAN KARATEDO HOZON KAI WORLD PRESIDENT/ADVISOR: JUAN GALVA HANSHI
Inheritor of Machimura-di Hakutsuru from David Lukasiak who was a direct inheritor from Soken Hohan Sensei and Nishihira Kosei Sensei.
OBGHK OKINAWA BUTORYU GOHOKAN RYUKYU KOBUDO / SOKEN KAN KOBUDO DIRECTOR: GARY SASS KYOSHI
OBGHK NAHA-TE / GOJU ARTS DIRECTOR: DEAN CHAPMAN HANSHI
OBGHK SHURI-TE / SHORIN RYU KARATEDO DIVISION DIRECTOR: DANITA CLARKE HANSHI
OBGHK TECHNICAL ADVISOR: RON GONINON ~ SENSEI
Okinawa Butoryu Gohokan Butozan direct inheritor from Yabiku Takaya~Sensei.
To enquire about our various Divisions, please email okinawabutoryugohokan@gmail.com