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Our Goju-Ryu Bubishi Lineage

Masashi Sudo and Kenshu Watanabe with a portrait of Sosui Ichikawa
Masashi Sudo and Kenshu Watanabe with a portrait of Sosui Ichikawa

Our Bubishi lineage starts with the Founder of Goju-Ryu, Chojun Miyagi and passed down through a tradition from master to devoted and trusted student, to signify their progression to a master themselves. Each person in this lineage did not simply train with their teacher for a period of time, but they dedicated their entire lives to learning under this master until death.

Chojun Miyagi
Chojun Miyagi (1888 to 1953)
Founder of Goju-Ryu
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Seiko Higa
Seiko Higa (1898 to 1966)
1st receipient of Bubishi Masters degree
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Kanki Izumikawa
Kanki Izumikawa (1909 to 1967)
2nd receipient of Bubishi Masters degree
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Sosui Ichikawa
Sosui Ichikawa (1924 to 2005)
3rd receipient of Bubishi Masters degree
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Masashi Sudo
Masashi Sudo (1940 to Present)
4th receipient of Bubishi Masters degree
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Kenshu Watanabe
Kenshu Watanabe (1946 to Present)
5th receipient of Bubishi Masters degree
Founder of Goju-Ryu Karate-Do Mission International