This Gasshuku had a special feel about it from
the moment the idea was conceived, a feeling
born of historic prestige and achievement. 40
years is worth celebrating for any organisation
but for the EGKA the journey has been very
special, a journey inspired and led by some of
the finest martial artists past and present.
A total of 462 individual Karate-ka registered for
the Gasshuku Including representatives from
Denmark, Spain, Iceland, Scotland, France &
Belgium.
On the English Goju-Ryu Karate Association
(EGKA) webpage set up for the Gasshuku
Sensei Ernie voiced his thoughts It seems a life time ago when Sensei James
Rousseau formed what was to become the
EGKA in1973, and it is