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Introduction

Readers of my blog will be familiar with my previous discussion concerning what have become known as cluster “H” and cluster “M” goju-ryu kata (see my article The origins of goju-ryu kata: Part 1).

Cluster “H” consists of Higaonna Kanryo sanchin, sanseiru, seisan and suparinpei.

Cluster “M” consists of the remainder.

Katas in both clusters follow a general design pattern as follows:

A — an opening sequence
B — the body of the... Read More

There are one or 2 moves in goju kata where I “reverse” the direction of stepping/movement while performing bunkai (applications). I’ve often wondered
whether —

(1) the kata were deliberately designed that way “as a code” (something I think is a bit overstated nowadays); or
(2) the kata were deliberately designed that way for an application I haven’t seen; or
(3) the kata were deliberately designed that way for training or symbolic purposes (eg. stepping forward on... Read More

[Note that this is a continuation of Part 1 of this article.]

One of the chief differences that has been pointed out to me about the way I was taught to do sanseiru and most other dojo is that in the second shiko dachi a jodan uke / age uke is used instead of the sokumen awase uke discussed previously.

In this variation (as demonstrated by Teruo Chinen and perhaps the most common and regarded as the standard) the feet in the shiko are angled 90 degrees but the body is turned 45 deg... Read More

Further to my article about sokumen awase uke in sanseiru, I promised to write another blog about the "other" sokumen awase uke in karate.  Here it is.  For the sake of convenience I have referred to it as "sokumen te awase uke" - since it involves more of the palm and less of the forearm.  I considered calling it "sokumen nagashi uke" however I use "nagashi" for different purposes (sweeping sideways).

Here is a video about the block.  Sorry about the sound quality - b... Read More

For those who are curious, I use the term "sokumen awase uke" differently from the standard karate use of that term.

I use it to describe the deflections discussed in my previous post relating to the variations in Sanseiru (see also the specific video below).



Usually in (shorin) karate the term is (I think erroneously) used to describe a 2 handed circular block.Consider these screen captures of Kanazawa sensei performing the block usually referred to by that name in the kat... Read More

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