Thank you George. I am known for my ability to break thing but not usually in this way.

Hey Jim always a concern when we agree :wink: I love quotes, its like a cheat sheet , all that thought with none of the work I think the real message is dig into it if you really want the answers But looking at the origins of karate and the practical always inspires and reminds me why I love it. Th...

nice Jim 8) But we must stick to the tradition !!!! :D To search for the old is to understand the new. The old, the new, this is a matter of time. In all things man must have a clear mind. The Way: Who will pass it on straight and well? Gichen Funakoshi Stryke!!! Bill !!! Been a while my friends!! ...

Van Canna wrote:Great post, my friend.

Thank-you Van, Jesse is a rather youngish person with the old soul of a warrior. Been training since he was a child and has spent a lot of time on Okinawa.

Kiken, Kitsui and Kitanai - The Three "K's" of Old School Traditional Karate http://www.karatebyjesse.com/3-k-of-traditional-okinawan-karate/ by: Jesse Enkamp Do you know what a koan is? No? A koan is a story, dialogue, question or statement which is used in Zen-practice to provoke the “g...

Max, who are you referring to? Not me. I practice the 12 original Goju ryu kata, 22 Okinawan Shorin Ryu Kyudokan kata, and probably another 10 or so kata from other versions of Shorin ryu & Shito ryu. I have been posting on this forum many years. You might want to wait there a second, Jim. I to...

Bill, That guy is not a Uechi practioner ,I have actually talked with him years ago ,he as researched various sanchin's etc,one of his main katas was naihanchi ,in his style there is three kata ;Sanchin/ nai-hanchi /rokokudan Max, who are you referring to? Not me. I practice the 12 original Goju ry...

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! George, did you see this? It is why I want to jump up and down and scream when the vast majority of Uechika speed through those 3 thrust-and-squeeze motions before the three circle blocks. No dynamic tension in the squeeze is like doing the thrust-lift-turn motion...

Hi Bill, yes I am that Goju guy 8O plus I train in Okinawan Shorin ryu and recently have been named 'Jun Shibucho' for Minoro Higa Sensei's Kyudokan. I have been practicing both styles for years and have made a decision to lean more towards my Shorin roots b/c the Goju ryu kata stress my body more a...

http://youtu.be/KsDgvBJxJdE

Very Interesting theory:

Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Dr. Nathan Johnson explains how the fundamental use of the Sai was encoded into the oldest form of Sanchin kata

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Hey Victor-san, Finally back: "The version we do is a variation of McCarthy Sensei's. I too have placed mine in a box and haven't dusted it off in a while. Thus Patrick Donahue's performance on my channel I believe that I may have been at that seminar where Tom did Sali's version of Hakutsuru n...

Many of you may be aware that I have a version of Hakutsuru on my youtubbies page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu5JXe08ghU Recently, I was visited by a 23 y.o karate-ka (migueyannette) who said that I had left a response on his Sensei's u-tube video of Hakutusuru that he did not agree with: http:/...

Chibana no Passai http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCfT5wnAy2E There are three Passai/Patsai/Bassai kata in Miyahira Sensei's Shidokan: Passai Sho, Passai Dai and Koryu Passai. Chibana Sensei kept a version of Matsumura no Passsai following Itosu Sensei's advice, which he called Passai Dai; Itosu no ...

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