Dear Panther, sir, You wrote: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ They don't match with the movements that I learned as the Goju-ryu Suparinpei (I know two slightly different variations- only practice one, but the form is the same and it's not this Fuzhou version... ) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...

Hello all, Kusanku wrote: > Oh, Hey, Hi Joe!Feeling is mutual, guess you get around too, glad to see you on here, my friend.Your research and information are always priceless. Glad to see you on board. Everyone, Joe is a real good guy, and has some really good information.Best I've ever seen. < Than...

Hello all, Sorry I haven't been posting recently... Interesting, this. With regards to "Pangai-noon" as brought up by "Kusanku" (hey, nice to see you here too!), please read the following article by my good friend and colleague Mario McKenna: http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Be...

Hello all, I just have a question to the Uechiryu people on their Sanchin, just out of curiosity. In an older Isshinryu book, there is a diagram drawn by Shimabuku Kichiro Sensei, about proper order for tensing the muscles in Sanchin. Now, I do not have that diagram in front of me, and do not recall...

Hi all, Just a bit of common sense advice that I recently heard from a mentor of mine, Murakami Katsumi (Hanshi 9-dan, direct student of Chibana Choshin, Kyoda Juhatsu, Inoue Motokatsu, Shimabuku Taro, Toyama Kanken etc etc etc) on this very subject. "A body in motion is very light, one must le...

Hi Billy B. I'm not Bill G. Sensei, but my own two yen. [QUOTE]Originally posted by BILLY B: What evidence do you know of that Kanbun Uechi studied Goju-ryu? There is none, at least not that I know of! http://www.xpres.net/~gmattson/ubbs/smile.gif This is why Bill G. said something like "I'm no...

Hi Victor-san, Great post,and this is something that I also have noticed in the Seisan... as Bill-san stated, is this "inadvertant plagiarism" or reinforcement of common, important themes, OR indeed, that they all came from a common source? Much more research is needed, but personally I te...