Peter Urban is the Patriarch of Goju-Ryu in America. A student of Yamaguchi Sansei, he brought Goju to New York in 1959. Teaching out of the famous “Chinatown Dojo”, he was responsible for a considerable percentage of the growth of Martial Arts on the East Coast. Author of “The Karate Dojo”, and “The Karate White Belt”
His organization, USA Goju-Ryu remains strong in the United States. He brought the following katas into the system: American Empi-Ha, Taikyoku-Taikyoku, and Chinese Kururunfa. Grandmaster Urban’s book “The Karate Dojo” contains many Dojo Stories (the Martial Arts equivalent of “sea stories”.) They make nice reading, and contain a large piece of karate’s oral tradition.