twendkata71
Black Belt
After watching a demonstration of Gankaku sho this morning, I realized that this kata is probably the Chinto kata of Matsubayashi Shorin ryu that Kanazawa Hanshi learned while continueing his studies fo his Okinawan roots of karate. He was actually shunned by many in the JKA at the time for going to Okinawa to study the older forms of Okinawan karate. His Gankaku sho looks very similar to the Chinto kata learned in Matsubayashi, with of course the deeper stances and changed movements to make it "More Shotokan". He also did this with Seipai, Suparimpei, and Seienchin(changing the kata and names to make them Shotokan-or his type of shotokan if you will). The JKA didn't like this at all. so, I am sure this had something to do with his slit with the JKA and creating the SKIF.
What do you all think? Sound viable??
What do you all think? Sound viable??