BlueDragon1981
Brown Belt
This is the cheif style that I study. It has a big controversy about its background that of course was not disputed until the creator of it died, but anyway for those of you wondering this is what the art has in it.
Many moves are adapted from shotokan (at least the strikes)
Most katas are adaptef from shotokan (a few chinese katas are taught to teach flow etc) In fact the style only uses strong kicks that are low. There are a couple high ones but not a whole bunch above the waste and even less above the chest.
Sparring is very controlled at lower levels but gets pretty intense in higher ranks.
It has a lot of aiki-jutsu adapted into it. Most of the locks come from aiki-jutsu and aikido styles.
The best thing about it is that most of the instructors are open to adding new things. Mostly the incorparation of grappling. Most instructors don't frown on adding new things and aren't afraid to change a technique they don't see working.
Another great thing is if something that doesn't work for you is taught to you then they will allow you to adapt it to what does work. (still have remember the original technique though for testing purposes) That way of think helps in self defense because you don't have long to think. Specially things like is this technique correct, etc.
One thing that I don't like is that we do not do a lot with weapons (we do a lot more against weapons for self defense than we do with using weapons). Not even kata. You can't even use a weapon in many cases till purple belt.
The cirle i'm in does not contain to many black belts. This particular circle has less than 1 percent of students enrolled make it to black belt. However like any other style there are some making a living off of teaching and they seem to have a lot more black belts. (I'm not even going to get into this right here)
The belt rankings go like this in most dojos
white
yellow
orange
green
purple
brown 1st
brown 2nd
brown 3rd
black
I have seen it different than that. Stripes on the white belt may take the place of the yellow and orange belts. (saves money on purchasing a new belt)
I don't care much about the contrevousy. It works for me, I like the style, it teaches me a lot and that is all I have to say about that part. Their is one guy who looks for goshing threads to dispute its legitamacy. He usually uses the name BORZOI. So if he shows up on this forum it is probably because of this post dealing with Goshin. Just wanted to give a heads up.
Here are a couple sites
http://www.goshinjutsu.org
http://www.defendwithhonor.com
http://www.goshinjutsukarate.com
Many moves are adapted from shotokan (at least the strikes)
Most katas are adaptef from shotokan (a few chinese katas are taught to teach flow etc) In fact the style only uses strong kicks that are low. There are a couple high ones but not a whole bunch above the waste and even less above the chest.
Sparring is very controlled at lower levels but gets pretty intense in higher ranks.
It has a lot of aiki-jutsu adapted into it. Most of the locks come from aiki-jutsu and aikido styles.
The best thing about it is that most of the instructors are open to adding new things. Mostly the incorparation of grappling. Most instructors don't frown on adding new things and aren't afraid to change a technique they don't see working.
Another great thing is if something that doesn't work for you is taught to you then they will allow you to adapt it to what does work. (still have remember the original technique though for testing purposes) That way of think helps in self defense because you don't have long to think. Specially things like is this technique correct, etc.
One thing that I don't like is that we do not do a lot with weapons (we do a lot more against weapons for self defense than we do with using weapons). Not even kata. You can't even use a weapon in many cases till purple belt.
The cirle i'm in does not contain to many black belts. This particular circle has less than 1 percent of students enrolled make it to black belt. However like any other style there are some making a living off of teaching and they seem to have a lot more black belts. (I'm not even going to get into this right here)
The belt rankings go like this in most dojos
white
yellow
orange
green
purple
brown 1st
brown 2nd
brown 3rd
black
I have seen it different than that. Stripes on the white belt may take the place of the yellow and orange belts. (saves money on purchasing a new belt)
I don't care much about the contrevousy. It works for me, I like the style, it teaches me a lot and that is all I have to say about that part. Their is one guy who looks for goshing threads to dispute its legitamacy. He usually uses the name BORZOI. So if he shows up on this forum it is probably because of this post dealing with Goshin. Just wanted to give a heads up.
Here are a couple sites
http://www.goshinjutsu.org
http://www.defendwithhonor.com
http://www.goshinjutsukarate.com