Shihoken

[SahBumNimRush]

Can anyone tell me about the form taught by Ki Whang Kim, called Shihoken. I've heard that it was taught to him by Kanken Toyama, and that it may be a version of Shisochin (a Goju Ryu kata). I remember seeing it performed at tournaments years ago. I saw this video the other day on youtube and it got me thinking about this form.

 

[J. Pickard]

I mean, either way she's pretty good.

 

[SahBumNimRush]

I mean, either way she's pretty good.

Yeah, she's got some serious skill. The cadence of her forms are interesting. Different than how I perform Ship Soo and Rohai, but very crisp and deliberate.

 

[slindsey15]

Yeah, she's got some serious skill. The cadence of her forms are interesting. Different than how I perform Ship Soo and Rohai, but very crisp and deliberate.

My instructor has lineage to Ki Whang Kim.
What do you want to know about the form? I can ask.

In doing my own search into the form, I did come across this.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ae4f72d36099b34d8f82747/t/5b0c1ddb2b6a288855b2890e/1527520731973/40-SABANG-KWON+HYUNG+-+MASTER+KIM+KI-WHANGS+LEGACY.pdf

 

[SahBumNimRush]

My instructor has lineage to Ki Whang Kim.
What do you want to know about the form? I can ask.

In doing my own search into the form, I did come across this.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ae4f72d36099b34d8f82747/t/5b0c1ddb2b6a288855b2890e/1527520731973/40-SABANG-KWON+HYUNG+-+MASTER+KIM+KI-WHANGS+LEGACY.pdf

I have never seen any other style practice this form, so I was just curious if this was a form that Ki Whang Kim created or if it was an older Okinawan form that may have a different name in other styles. If Sa Bang Kwon and Shihoken are names for the same form, that is helpful. Particularly since the article you referenced sites it as an Okinawan form. Do you know the name of the form in okinawan? or how it is written in Hangul?