The Chojun Miyagi Society is an honor society of the World Gojuryu Karate Alliance, our hall of fame. Membership is awarded based on the inductees contributions to the art of Gojuryu Karate-do and unlike other hall of fames induction will not cost the inductee any money.
The Chojun Miyagi Society was established by the first president of the WGKA (Steven Berkowitz). Due to his untimely passing and Covid, the inductions he planned to make did not see fruition. He left behind a list of people that he had approved for induction. With Mike Jones Hanshi being appointed 4th president he commissioned the executive board to rectify those previous awards and then nominations were made and accepted to induct new members to the society.
Original Burkowitz Inductions
Chuck Merriman
C. Michial Jones
Eugene Kitney
Thomas R Stanifer
William Valdes
2022 Inductees
Paul Enfield
Anthony Mirakian
John Roseberry
Johnpaul Williams
Gosei Yamaguchi
2023 Inductees
Michael Mancuso
2024 Inductees
No Inductions Made
2025 Inductees
Morio Higaonna
Tetsuhiro Hokama
Hiroshi Ganaha
Paul Starling
Bakkies Laubscher
Rony Kluger
John Porta