In 1978 when I became a Shodan Ho, Con Sensei “allocated” (instructed me to buy!) a copy of the original edition Goju Kensha manual. As he no doubt intended, over the years it has continued to serve as a major technical and historical resource on GojuRyu. With hundreds of systematically organized pictures, and annotated in Japanese; these 13 volumes continued to provide great breadth and depth of information concerning the Goju Ryu curriculum.

I have often been asked by my Goju siblings from other schools whether this treasure trove was to be found in English, and my standard reply was “No.. but the pictures are". At long last, someone has expended the intellectual effort and spent the time to produce an English translation to accompany this important document. I extend my profound thanks to Frank Louis, Sensei for his contribution to our shared ryuha. I thoroughly recommend this English translation – accompanying the Goju Kensha Manual – to all serious students of Goju Ryu.

Regarding the available text translation by Frank Louis of the 13 Volumes of the Otsuka Tadahiko Hanshi training manuals, it is my esteem pleasure to recommend this wonderful and informative English version of the technical data contained within. Frank Louis Sensei, made an enormous effort to carefully and diligently translate the text over a period of months. I must say that in my minuscule way, I assisted with some proofreading and consider the explanations of the technical data contained.

Well done Frank Sensei! I strongly recommend all to couple this translated text to the Ohtsuka Hanshi Japanese volumes so that the information contained in the writings can be a new discovery as not all information is held in the photos. My most sincere thanks Frank Louis Sensei for the opportunity to have this set of informative volumes.