Training at the Japan Karate Do College Paul Starling

gogen yamaguchi paul starling, sydney, 1970.

whilst in japan , attending prestigious japan karate college, starling had stayed gogen yamaguchi in home, , had acted in secretarial capacity i.k.g.a. (international karate gojukai association). in role had become closely aligned yamaguchi family in japan, , has since returned on dozen different occasions large groups of students train both gogen yamaguchi prior death in 1989, , later goshi yamaguchi, gosen yamaguchi, , wakako yamaguchi.

whilst @ japan karate college (nihon karate senmon gakko) starling trained full-time 1 year in 1973, taught gogen yamaguchi (goju kai), hironori otsuka (wado ryu), iwata manzao (shito ryu), motokatsu inoue (ryukyu kobujitsu hozon shinko kai). trained goshi yamaguchi , several other japanese shihan of time.

when in tokyo 3 years during 1970 whilst representing australia in team kumite event @ inaugural karate world championships, gogen yamaguchi suggested name of sydney goju kan starling s own dojo, , school has been in operation ever since. along macquarie university karate club (established 1970) sydney goju kai members of paul starling trained with, , competed against melbourne goju kai colleagues. in 1989 paul starling became chief instructor of goju kai karate australia until retiring position 15 years later in 2004 due sudden illness.