Goshin Jutsu Club Name

We wanted a new club name that reflected our roots in years of Japanese martial training which we have now have blended with modern combat systems to fit into our western lifestyle requirements and attitude to self preservation.
 
From direct teaching, seminars and courses over many years,  we have absorbed from experts and styles from all around the world to integrate and build on our core basics. We can not lay claim to any heritage or direct line of teaching from 'the east', but appreciate and use our existing martial arts framework to retain the discipline and structure for training. 
 
To position ourselves honestly, and in respect for all the years we have spent in oriental studies, we have chosen a generic japanese description title for our club name and style. Japanese characters can have several meanings so here is the break down of characters, confirmed by Charles Tuttle's "A Guide to Reading and Writing Japanese" and internet reference directories such as http://www.japanese.about.com

Western style, protection of body art, school
yoshiki Western style	yo   (ocean) - Western as in 'yoma' for Western (style) room, or 'yofuku' for Western (style) clothes.   shiki ceremony, form, model. When used as a '~shiki ' suffix it indicates '~style' or '~type' as in 'kyushiki', old-style.
goshin protection of body	go to protect, to defend shin mi, body
jutsu art	jutsu art, artifice, means, magic, skills as in 'gijutsu' for techniques.
ryû   school	ryû   school, method, manner

Distance, time, and dilution between continents, cultures and languages, has produced the rest of the multitude of interpretations of the arts that we see up and down the country. The quality and direction of these will  depend on the influences and instruction passed down.

We have taken the stance that the art we wish to teach should have no direct sporting connection, must take the principles and most efficient skills in body protection influenced mainly by the old Japanese martial arena, and blend them in with modern western influences to suit the European way of learning in a busy lifestyle.

See more on this train of thought on other web pages on this site

 A blending of Japanese and Western styles


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