Yoseikan Ryu Karate in Australia
The origins of Yoseikan Karate in Australia began in aikido in 1968. In that year, Phillipe Boiron began teaching Yoseikan Aikido for Jan de Jong in Perth, Western Australia. This led de Jong to travel to Japan in 1969 to train directly under Minoru Mochizuki. In 1974, on an official request from de Jong, Mochizuki sent Yoshiaki Unno to Perth to teach Yoseikan Aikido. He also taught iaido, kobudo, and karate. One of Unno's early students was Branco Bratich, currently ranked 8th dan. Bratich, now under Teruo Sano's Yoseikan Ryu Karate International, became responsible for the spread of Yoseikan Karate across Australia, starting with his first club in 1978.
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