Sensei Joetsu Narita (成田丈悦) is Vice-Director of Seigokan Brasil and holds a 5th Dan in Goju-ryu Karate-Do from the Brazilian Karate Confederation, for which he is also a national referee.
Born in Aomori, Japan, he has lived in Curitiba for decades. He began Goju-ryu with Shihan Leonardo Carion in Rio de Janeiro in the mid-1980s and later deepened his training in Japan with Shihan Shinsaku Murata, a disciple of Seigo Tada, and with Seigo Tada himself, the founder of Seigokan.
Since 2016 he has led the Gairinkai dojo (外輪会) in downtown Curitiba, teaching Seigokan Goju-ryu to children, adults and beginners. He is also an acupuncturist and Seitai master, arts inherited from his father, Mitsuaki Narita.
His full biography and articles are at joetsunarita.com.
