山口 剛正
(1935- )
Japanese-American
Karate Instructor and author. Founder of Goju-Kai Karate-Do, U.S.A., Norimi Gosei
Yamaguchi is the eldest son of Gogen Yamguchi. Under his father's tutelage he
studied Japanese Goju-Ryu, and earned a Judo black belt from the Kodokan. Yamaguchi
came to the U.S. in 1964 to replace his brother, Gosen, as director of the Goju-Karate
club at San Francisco State College. In 1967 he became one of the first martial arts
instructors to serve on the faculty at an American college.
Yamaguchi
is noted for his teaching of the phisically and mentally handicapped. In 1972 he was
chosen to the Black Belt Hall of Fame; in 1975 he became a member of Who's Who in the
Martial Arts. He is the author of two books: Fundamentals of Goju-Ryu Karate and
Goju-Ryu Karate II.
Yamaguchi
promoted number of tournaments in the San Francisco area, among them 1966 California
Goju-Kai Karate-Do Championships, 1967 North-South California Karate Tournament, 1967 All
Goju-Kai Karate-Do Championship, 1968 and 1970 National Goju-Kai Karate-Do Championships,
and 1972 AAU National Invitational Karate-Do Championships.
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from MARTIAL ARTS:TRADITIONS, HISTORY, PEOPL p. 396
