I just started an American style of Karate with roots from Japanese GoJu. We have some of the normal katas that are in Japanese and even Okinawan Goju ryu but they are called different things.
(I.E.)
Our GEKI SAI ICHI and GEKI SAI NI looks just Geki Sai Dai Ichi and Geki Sai Dai Ni except both have an outside forearm block instead of an up block.
We have Saho but it is the exact same as Saifa
We also have a kata called BASIC that is anything but basic.
And a black belt kata call Sho-dan No Kata. all of the research I have done on itsuggest that it is a bo kata.
We do Sanchin and Seiyunchin the same way.
It is not a big deal my true rank and love is in Isshinryu. This school is just a lot closer and the instructor is far more humble that anyone I have ever meet in Isshinryu, plus no politic in this school. With is really hard to find in this lineage of Isshinryu.
Guess I was venting about the politics. Can anyone shead some light on the katas.
Have you ever seen them spelled that way.
Also has anyone ever seen the empty hand verson of Sho Dan No Kata.
Thanks for your help.
(I.E.)
Our GEKI SAI ICHI and GEKI SAI NI looks just Geki Sai Dai Ichi and Geki Sai Dai Ni except both have an outside forearm block instead of an up block.
We have Saho but it is the exact same as Saifa
We also have a kata called BASIC that is anything but basic.
And a black belt kata call Sho-dan No Kata. all of the research I have done on itsuggest that it is a bo kata.
We do Sanchin and Seiyunchin the same way.
It is not a big deal my true rank and love is in Isshinryu. This school is just a lot closer and the instructor is far more humble that anyone I have ever meet in Isshinryu, plus no politic in this school. With is really hard to find in this lineage of Isshinryu.
Guess I was venting about the politics. Can anyone shead some light on the katas.
Have you ever seen them spelled that way.
Also has anyone ever seen the empty hand verson of Sho Dan No Kata.
Thanks for your help.
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