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In 1989, Shihan Yabunaka moved to Ingersoll, Ontario and established the dojo at Cami Recreational Centre, where he still teaches. In 1997 he achieved the rank of Kyoshi (7th Dan).
In 1998, he established Seiwa Kai North America; he oversees all
dojos across Canada and the United States on behalf of Tazaki Hanshi. There are Seiwa Kai dojos in Vancouver, Squamish and Whiterock in B.C.; Calagary, Alberta; Stockton, California; St. Louis, Missouri; Ingersoll,
Hamilton and Woodstock in Ontario. Kyoshi Isao Yabunaka also works on the Technical Committe of Karate Ontario to develop standards of excellence in karate.
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, who had brought Chojun Miyagi over from Okinawa to establish Goju Ryu karate in Japan. Yabunaka was also a student of
Hanshi Shuji Tazaki 
, who founded Goju-ryu Seiwa Kai in 1971.
