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Goyararu is martial art of Tibetan origin, incorporating a blend of combat skills and artistic movement based on the teachings of Maha Ustad Tetsura. The art form is chiefly practised in the United Kingdom and governed by the Goyararu Martial Arts Association [www.goyararu.com]

History
The concepts on which Goyararu is based were developed by Maha Ustad Tetsura throughout his lifetime, studying numerous martial arts and physical activities. He identified common threads across a number of these activities, three of which were deemed to be especially significant. Goyararu – the path from physical body to mind – are represented by the three characters which form the Association's logo.

In 1960, Tetsura met 9 year old Balbinder Singh Dhaliwal in a Library in Wolverhampton. Noticing that he was reading a book on the Martial Arts, Tetsura questioned the boy about his interest in the subject, and invited Dhaliwal to become his student. [2]

When Tetsura died in 1966, Dhaliwal had been his sole student and carried his ideas forward as the art of Goyararu.

However, in 1994, after a disagreement between senior instructors in the artform, a divergent branch of the artform became the Martial Art Tetsudo. Goyararu continues to be practised across the United Kindgon and has particularly strong following in Merseyside and The Midlands.