President Africa - Hanshi Peter Brandon

Vice President IKGA

President of All Africa Karate Goju Kai

About Hanshi Peter Brandon

Peter Brandon Shihan read about Gogen Yamaguchi and resolved to study under him. He did this in Japan, promising that he would ensure that Goju Kai would be taught in South Africa in its traditional form adhering to the original Japanese precepts.

Hanshi Peter Brandon was nominated as the President of All Africa Karate Goju Kai by Gogen Yamaguchi Hanshi in 1985.

Message from Hanshi Peter Brandon

From the time I started teaching in 1967 at Zolani Centre in Nyanga, his lifelong passion has been the upliftment of people and their communities through Goju Kai Karate. I am pleased to see that it is playing such an enormous role in the lives of so many people.

Over the years, I have observed karate to be holistic vehicle, which provides students with the tools to make a differenc in each of their own lives. In order to achieve this, a pact of commitment is forged between the karateka and their instructors. This commitment is very often supported and upheld by an extended structure including family, friends and health professionals. So the sacrifices and efforts that are made, are mutual and disseminated. This leads me to encourage all of us, as members of this extended Goju Kai family to aim to effect a change in the pattern that exists in a person's life through karate. Regardless of how small or large that change may be, you will be supporting our vision of the upliftment of all people.

Peter Brandon