GIBO GIYU Hanshi

GIBO GIYU Hanshi – 10th dan Kobayashi Shorin Ryu – was born in 1938 into a martial arts family of Urasoe City, Okinawa.

He started karate training in 1957. Through his martial arts career, Master Gibo has received karate lessons from many of the karate masters in Okinawan history Grand Master Nagamine and Nakahara. Master Giyu Gibo served in the position as Chief Advisor for the Federation Okinawa karate Shorin Ryu Shorinkan South Asia. Currently, Hanshi Gibo is the head of the Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Shobu-Kan Association.