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Hanshi Seiichi Fujiwara and Shihan Pounds --
Wakayama, Japan
The head instructor of
Heijoshin Karate-do is James Pounds, Shihan. Mr. Pounds is ranked 7th degree
black belt (Nanadan), Goju-Ryu Karate-do Seiwa Kai and 5th degree
black belt (Godan) Japan Karate Federation Goju Kai. He also
holds past Yudansha ranking in both Okinawan Goju Ryu - Jundokan
International and
Shito-Ryu-Motobu-ha..
Mr. Pounds has been
training karate since 1973. In 2004 he moved the Heijoshin Dojo into the Japan Karate
Federation (JKF) Gojukai, becoming the Texas representative for the USA Goju Ryu Seiwakai
Organization in 2006. He
serves as Secretary of the USA Goju-Ryu Seiwakai organization and is Seiwakai
head instructor for the State of Texas. He was awarded his Kyoshi license
by Fujiwara Hanshi in 2012. He also holds Renshi license from the
JKF Gojukai. Mr. Pounds continues to train in Japan under
Seiichi Fujiwara Hanshi as well as senior instructors of the JKF Gojukai.
Pounds Sensei is also a certified Kundalini Yoga
Instructor and has incorporated many of the benefits
of stretching and breath control of yoga into martial arts warm-ups and training,
believing that yoga and karate-do compliment one another and can lead to a synergistic,
injury-free practice beneficial to the health and longevity of our
practitioners.
Sensei Theresa Herrera-Pounds, Yondan -
Seiwakai (Johnson City)
Sensei Alfred Molina, Sandan - Seiwa Kai, Nidan - JKF
Gojukai (Austin)
Sempai Samantha
Parsons, Nidan - Seiwakai and JKF Goju-kai (Austin)
Senior Sempai Instructors are Aaron
Luckevich, Shodan; Judie Le, Shodan (Austin)
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