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    I heard of a fellow teaching a seminar focusing on one kata (Sanchin) and analyzing it from 4 points of view. The terms are not familiar to me and I could only find brief reference to one when I did a search.

    The terms are: Kiko (this was the one I found a mention of. It is a Qi Gong type of practice apparently.
    Taiko
    Shinko
    Kageko

    Any insights would be a big help. Thanks.

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    Dont do any open hand arts but if I recall correctly the 'san' in sanchin means the three aspects mind/body/spirit or shin/tai/ki - no idea what kage (shadow?) is in this sense.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rmcfee View Post
    I heard of a fellow teaching a seminar focusing on one kata (Sanchin) and analyzing it from 4 points of view. The terms are not familiar to me and I could only find brief reference to one when I did a search.

    The terms are: Kiko (this was the one I found a mention of. It is a Qi Gong type of practice apparently.
    Taiko
    Shinko
    Kageko

    Any insights would be a big help. Thanks.
    It would be interesting to know what branch of the tree this is coming from? Goju?, Uechi? etc.....

    Who is teaching this?
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    The teacher is a Goju Ryu sesnei named Stephen Boardway from Bangor, Maine. I am unable to attend unfortunately, but since I found the terms unfamiliar I wanted to try to find out what it was all about.
    He states that he is Kancho of Nippon Seibukan International. His teacher is Kobayashi Hiroyuki sensei.

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    I am not familiar with him or the use of that particular vocabulary in that way.

    That don't mean much. I am Goju Ryu but there is a lot of things I don't know.

    Plus Kanji would help a lot, maybe. The homophones in Japanese are terrible to deal with. Romanji could mean a bunch of things.
    Ed Boyd

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    Thanks. I am very curious....

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    Here's a link to his (the instructor's) website:

    http://kishintaikan.com/
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    Thanks for the link, unfortunately there is no info there concerning those terms.

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    I'm not a Goju guy, but I do know Sensei Boardway. He is a talented teacher who has certainly put his time in traditional karate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rmcfee View Post
    I heard of a fellow teaching a seminar focusing on one kata (Sanchin) and analyzing it from 4 points of view. The terms are not familiar to me and I could only find brief reference to one when I did a search.

    The terms are: Kiko (this was the one I found a mention of. It is a Qi Gong type of practice apparently.
    Taiko
    Shinko
    Kageko

    Any insights would be a big help. Thanks.
    Kiko is the Japanese pronounciation of qigong.

    Taiko *may* be "body" gong or exercise...

    Shinko *may* be "mind" gong or exercise...

    and so on...

    But without kanji or an explanation that's a stab in the dark.

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    shin could be truth or true or something similar... kyoku shin = ultimate truth
    kage is the term used in Kyokushin for hook (kage tsuki = hook punch), this changes to kake for stance or kick... kake dachi or kake geri
    Tai could be grand... Taikyoku = Grand Ultimate

    not sure if that helps... as said above, the kanji would be good to see

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