allofthekatas
White Belt
I recently took up wado ryu karate and haven't been able to really find anyone else who studies it. Any practitioners on here? I've been studying for about 6 months.
Wado ryu karate
- Thread starter allofthekatas
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I did it for about ten years before the club I was at closed down and I had to change styles.
allofthekatas
White Belt
I could have sworn they're sending it ninjas to kill the practitioners off! xD
I studied it very briefly in Lakewood, Colorado in the late 1980s. I did not continue or earn any belts, and I basically forgot about it until 4 years ago when I started studying Isshin-Ryu in Michigan. I recall it being a very good art; I wish I had continued training at the time, but I did not. My fault entirely.
Really? It's a fairly common style in the UK and Europe I've found. Are you sure the Ninjas aren't from Wado and just hiding from you?
kitkatninja
Blue Belt
Agreed... For example, there are 4 associations that teach Wado-Ryu karate within 15 mins of where I live.
allofthekatas
White Belt
I guess it's just where I live. Outside of my school I haven't found many others who practice it online and such.
kitkatninja
Blue Belt
I hope that you're enjoying it. Would have signed up, however at the time (and still now), class schedules that are offered aren't compatible with my work and Uni studies.
Sojobo
Green Belt
Hi allofthekatas,
I have trained Wado for 26 years and taught it for the last 14.
It's a great martial art (naturally I'm bias) and one that you can take with you through life IMO.
Where do you train? When it boils down to it, the Wado family is quite small so I may know of your group.
Gary
I have trained Wado for 26 years and taught it for the last 14.
It's a great martial art (naturally I'm bias) and one that you can take with you through life IMO.
Where do you train? When it boils down to it, the Wado family is quite small so I may know of your group.
Gary
What is Wado-Ryu Karate?
Wado-Ryu Karate is a Japanese martial art founded by Hironori Ohtsuka Sensei in 1934. Ohtsuka Sensei developed Wado-Ryu after studying the Samurai martial art of Jiu-jitsu, and Shotokan (another style of Karate). This combination, according to Ohstuka Sensei, is a softer, more natural means of self-protection.
The full name of the style is Wado-Ryu Karate-Do. The term Wado-Ryu means "way of peace" or "way of harmony", indicating Ohtsuka Sensei's original intention to use training in Wado-Ryu as a means of solving problems in a non-violent way. Karate-Do means "way of the empty hand", as Karate is, for the most part, studied without the use of weapons.
Sounds interesting, copied off line.
Wado-Ryu Karate is a Japanese martial art founded by Hironori Ohtsuka Sensei in 1934. Ohtsuka Sensei developed Wado-Ryu after studying the Samurai martial art of Jiu-jitsu, and Shotokan (another style of Karate). This combination, according to Ohstuka Sensei, is a softer, more natural means of self-protection.
The full name of the style is Wado-Ryu Karate-Do. The term Wado-Ryu means "way of peace" or "way of harmony", indicating Ohtsuka Sensei's original intention to use training in Wado-Ryu as a means of solving problems in a non-violent way. Karate-Do means "way of the empty hand", as Karate is, for the most part, studied without the use of weapons.
Sounds interesting, copied off line.
Sojobo
Green Belt
Hmmm. There really is a load of rubish about Wado on the net.
Most of it is regurgitated.
The best source of info is here:
www.wadoworld.com
Sojobo
Thanks, always good to be set on tract.
And, with Tez3 interjecting a "thanks for this useful post", it gets my attention even more.
Ooooh, thank you kind sir! But then could you ever see me doing something 'gentle' and non violent rofl.
My mom is 94 years young, and I comment on this only because mom's ARE always right, "cold hands warm heart, warm hands cold heart".
Now, I take this to mean, if someone is a bit harsh on the outside, beware, because they are protecting a vulnerable, but good heart.
But, if in fact, someone is overly gushy and ever so accommodating, there could be lurking something somewhere deep down in their cold heart
a vengeance waiting.
If the heart fits, wear it.................
Sojobo
Green Belt
Thanks, always good to be set on tract.
And, with Tez3 interjecting a "thanks for this useful post", it gets my attention even more.
No problem.
Sojobo
Green Belt
Thanks, always good to be set on tract.
And, with Tez3 interjecting a "thanks for this useful post", it gets my attention even more.
.... and if its more on the history side of things, Shongo Ohgami's website is a very good place to start:
http://www.wadokai.se/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=10&Itemid=10
Sojobo
I studied a hybrid Wado system for 5 years. What kind of questions do you have about Wado Ryu? We do have a fair number of Wado practitioners here.
Sojobo
Green Belt
That's weird - I can't see the Edit button - getting old - its "Shingo Ohgami" - sorry.
The edit goes away after a little time, not sure how long. Makes me wince when I realise a while afterwards my spelling mistakes are there for posterity!
Sojobo
Green Belt
Not wishing to seek contention here - but I struggle with the concept of "Wado-based" / "Wado Hybrid"!
You either do Wado or you don't imo.
Once you change something, it ceases to be what it was in the first place.
Not saying that's a bad thing of course - but ime (in the UK anyway) many use the "wado based" label because the "omote" (or surface level) of Wado is easily copied (monkey see monkey do), but actually connecting the dots in order to make it work is very, very hard.
Takes some mental weightlifting - as my sensei would say.
Sojobo.
