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Goju-Ryu Karate is a traditional martial art that stems over 100 years from Okinawa and later found its way to Japan. Goju-Ryu is characterized by a combination of circular, hard “Go” and soft “Ju” components. The Japanese art, called Goju-Kai Karate, was formed by Sensei Gogen Yamaguchi, Hanshi, and his senior students in the early 1950's. This Japanese style of Karate is an extended version of Okinawan Goju art of both the External (Hard) and the Internal (Soft) development of the individual. The CHINESE GOJU SYSTEM was originally founded in 1971 by Shidoshi Ronald Van Clief. In 2021 the Chinese Goju System reached a major milestone by celebrating it's 50th anniversary of its formation. The relationship of Chinese Goju-Ryu Karate to other forms of Karate Fundamentally, all martial arts share the same nature; the human body moves the same way in China, Japan, Okinawa, or the United States, and the nature of human violence and self-defense is pretty much constant. However, to understand the training methods of a specific school, a historical perspective can be useful. The roots of Chinese Goju-Ryu Karate can be traced back through the Chinese Goju System of Grand Master Ron Van Clief, Peter Urban (and back to Master Gogen Yamaguchi’s Japanese Goju-Kai) and to the Shotokan school of Master Gichin Funakoshi. Chinese Goju-Ryu Karate incorporates kata (forms) from each of these lineages, as well as forms developed by Shidoshi Van Clief. 'Chinese Goju-Ryu Karate' attempts to blend Eastern and Western martial arts philosophies with American ingenuity. This modern American martial art is rooted in a philosophy of self-improvement, discipline, and hard training. The style is still considered 'Hard & Soft' and influenced by the circular hand movements of various Chinese arts along with the grace and power of Okinawan and Japanese Goju-Ryu Karate. The concepts of this art involves linear and circular foot movements, often blocking and striking at the same time, the blocks are usually executed with open palms, focused strikes, fast, powerful and precise. The movements are executed strategically in and out and circular side patterns, in contrast to many traditional hard style karate, where the movements are linear, straight forward and back. Chinese Goju-Ryu teaches fluidity and flexibility of the mind and body for human development and through the introspective perception developed within the martial arts criteria. Advanced students are constantly being pushed out of the their comfort zone, to the full range of their human potential; with the implementation of Chinese Goju-Ryu philosophy, the student understands Goju ideology, hard and soft in concept and technique. Each student's training regimen is based on his/her individual abilities and their needs. Through focused training in the art of Chinese Goju-Ryu Karate we encourage the student to build the mental and physical foundations necessary to acclimate to the ever changing environment in which we live, work and play. Practitioners of Chinese Goju-Ryu are taught that change is constant in life as it is in their training. The martial arts we practice continually evolves as we do and allow us to adapt as we continue to age and mature into our senior years. In 1986, Perry became the youngest Chief Instructor in the Chinese Goju System, and promoted to the rank of 6th dan by Sensei Peter Urban and Sensei Van Clief that same year. Years later, in 1999, Mr. Perry was given the title of 'Soke' and Headmaster of the Chinese Goju System and served as the system's Headmaster for over 30 years, In 2017, with his teacher’s encouragement and approval, Soke Glenn Perry, 10th Dan, formed the art of “Chinese Goju-Ryu Karate” (“Capabilities of the Hard & Soft”) which is considered an extended branch of the original Chinese Goju System. It is Mr. Perry's interpretation of the arts taught to him while training five decades directly under Shidoshi Ron Van Clief. In essence, Chinese Goju-Ryu Karate is, in itself, an extended branch of the Chinese Goju System, founded in 1971 by Shidoshi Ron Van Clief and Obo'san Owen Watson. 
IN 2021 WE CELEBRATED 50 YEARS OF CHINESE GOJU-RYU KARATE & BLACK DRAGON AIKI-JUTSU.
WORLD MAP OF CHINESE GOJU-RYU KARATE - BLACK DRAGON AIKI-JUTSU
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