Kenyukan Goju Ryu Karate Kobudo School

Sensei Alexander de Araya, Hanshi 8th Dan Goju Ryu karate, 6th Dan Kobudo, and 3rd Dan Aikijutsu, founded the Kenyukan Goju Ryu Karate School in 1973 in Sydney, Australia. In addition to studying Tig-wa (the earliest form of Goju Ryu) by Shifu Ming Kau Lai in 2000, Sensei began his martial arts training in 1964 with Goju Kai Karate Do, IOGKF. Sensei has had the honor and humility to study with several of the most senior Sensei in the Goju Ryu community over the period of 56 years, including M. Higaona, G. Yamaguchi, M. Nakayima, K. Kuniyuki, K. Tomoe, and H. Kawakami, as well as his buddy and mentor Hanshi K. Nakahoto 10th dan.