Tetsudo is a martial art that has its roots in Asia. The late great Master Tambo Tetsura was born in Tibet but it is known that he traveled extensively and studied all aspects of martial arts such was his interest in them. He studied Karate (Japan), Tai-Chi (China) and Ghatkhan (India - stick fighting). Master Tetsura noticed that most of the martial systems tried to make students conform to the pattern of the "style" and not for the needs of the individual. In the late 1950's he arrived in England and, as mentioned, was well versed in all aspects of martial arts but found that none incorporated a philosophy for the individual person.

It was in 1960 that he met a young person called Balbinder Singh Dhaliwal in the Wolverhampton Library. It was at this time that the whole core of the Artform we now call Tetsudo (The Way of Tetsura) came into being. This young person became the sole heir and possessor of the knowledge that Master Tetsura had of martial arts. Master Tetsura died in 1966 leaving Balbinder Singh Dhaliwal his sole student to be the flag bearer of his method of martial art. At first Balbinder Singh Dhaliwal named this method Goyararu, but it was 23rd July 1994 that became Foundation Day for the Artform of Tetsudo - The Way of Tetsura.