The Chief Instructors Gasshaku’s have developed over these many years more like an extended Family gathering than an Instructor’s Seminar and workshop. Don’t get me wrong, the training is still as intense as ever and we still sweat and in some cases bleed a bit too. What I meant is that the camaraderie and friendship I have made over the past 35 years in the IOGKF has been forged by our training together and brought about a fierce pride in keeping the traditional values and training as our teacher Shihan Morio Higaonna has taught us...