The Goshinkan is a dojo training in Ogasawara-Ha Shorinji Ryu, a traditional style of Japanese karatedo. Shorinji Ryu teaches methods of personal protection through striking, grappling, and throwing, as well as the use of kobudo, utilizing weapons such as the bo, sai, tonfa, nunchaku and other traditional Okinawan implements. Goshinkan operates youth and adult training programs. The youth program
is divided by age into 2 groups, Shonen and Yonen. Shonen students (ages 11 and below) train on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Yonen students (12 an older) train at the same time but stay until 6:30 pm. Adult classes follow the Youth classes beginning at 6:45 pm. Nominal fees are charged for building usage, testing and annual membership registration. The head instructor of Ogasawara-Ha Shorinji Ryu in the United States and other countries outside of Japan is Thomas Cauley, hachidan (8th degree), based in Selmer, Tennessee. Cauley Hanshi has trained in karatedo since 1957, including four Air Force tours served in Japan. In addition to his extensive studies of karatedo, Cauley Sensei became a priest of the Konkyo-ko (Kongo) Zen sect in 1967 at Rokunohe monastery in Aomori-ken, Japan. Through Cauley Sensei, the rankings of Budokai members are recognized by the Zen Tohoku Karatedo Kempo Kumiai (All Northern Japan Karatedo and Kempo Union), a kaiha of the Japan Karatedo Federation. George Lincoln is Chief Instructor, Goshinkan Dojo, 6th Degree Black belt Kyoshi, Director Middle USA Region, Ogasawara Ha, Sakugawa Koshiki Shorinji Ryu Karatedo. He has been a student of Thomas Cauley since 1970, where he began training with Cauley Sensei in Shorinji-Ryu Okinawa Karatedo at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Lincoln Sensei began his karate training in Hawaii in 1958.
