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    Hi Danny For what you are saying, you may be...

    Hi Danny

    For what you are saying, you may be studying shorin ryu right now, am I correct? In any case, regarding your question, shorin ryu, ruey ryu, goju ryu and other Okinawan ryuha are very...
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    That is one plausible way to see it. The second...

    That is one plausible way to see it. The second half of the 19th century was a period of civil unrest, civil wars and wars against foreign countries, and there was huge destruction in Fuzhien and a...
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    The excerpt from the Goju-kai site is wrong....

    The excerpt from the Goju-kai site is wrong. Yamaguchi's goju ryu is not the last period of goju ryu evolution! It is just a mainland Japan offspring of Miyagi's goju ryu. Even in Okinawa, at least...
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    Sticky: Ok. it is done. I just didn't know how to add a...

    Ok. it is done. I just didn't know how to add a permanent signature to my posts.
  5. Thread: Kata Bunkai

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    I think that is the whole issue: We can only make...

    I think that is the whole issue: We can only make a catalog of what people consider karate, and then we can state what kind we practiced: with or without tournaments; with or without kata, with or...
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    Sticky: What if the moderator is a troll in disguise???

    What if the moderator is a troll in disguise???
  7. Thread: Kata Bunkai

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    You are right. Even inside the IOGKF we change...

    You are right. Even inside the IOGKF we change from time to time the kihon bunkai for different reasons, one of them: kids safety. Sometimes, one particular instructor do that in his own classes....
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    Well, I think it is ok people do not practice...

    Well, I think it is ok people do not practice real Okinawan karate. It doesn't bother me as long as I get what I want. It also doesn't bother me the public perception about karate, tkd or MMA as long...
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