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What style do you train in? I don't even know anymore, i thought it was Karate-do, but we are doing more jujitsu it seems...all of it is fun though so i don't care what i'm learning. Some Katas, some weapons training, ground works, lots of everything. What rank are you? White Belt (noob , 3rd month) How many day and times a day do you train? 3 - Mon/Thu/Sat, i never miss a class and if it was up to me, it would be every day, I love it. but the wife won't have it, lol.

I have karate tonight, I will ask him tonight about the history. The thing with me, still being new, is that I Cannot remember any Japanese names, makes it hard for me to remember things right now. Edit: Ok so after asking him the question, i got a 15min answer on the history of it all and now i don't remember anything. I know that what we do is called more Karate-Jitsu, the katas(if you want to call them that) that we learn are not really katas, he called them.. waza i think, and they are based on a 2 person drill. he said to look at http://www.koryu-uchinadi.com/ for more info.

One we are practicing, or did practice was, while holding the other partner chest to chest, you roll down and do a backroll, he does a front roll and you land over him...I was never able to land on top, always end up on the side. Little scary to do,

Email sent thanks!

OK, i got this from my sensei " These are the Koryu Uchinadi kata you will see at the dojo. Concentrate on Tai Sabaki - as explained, we have condensed all 6 of the TS kata into 1 so visual the other 5 uke when you view the kata." i have 2 PDFs with the movements(not sure how to upload them), so i guess this Kata is not one that would be wide spread known like the others?

i looked at those videos and it's not any of those at all... my search continues....

ok, So i asked my sensei this evening the name of the kata is: no idea how to spell it, it's two words, and sounds exactly like this: TIE CA BAK he said there was 6 version of this and they were all the same just with different blocks, and this one was basically all of them into one. Ring a bell for anyone?

It's very possible he changed it or something. The bits that i do remember, are that at some point one of the movement consist of spinning (360) and extending your leg (can't remember if it's a low kick or more like a trip motion). and there is definitely a motion (sorry i don't know any names) where both hands extend on each side in a circular motion (application: remove someone's hold on you with both hands) and circle back and clap (application: you would be hitting target on each ear/on the side of the head). during the kata, he yells out the names, but in english to help us remember, i don't know if they are the direct translation or not, but there is a 'tiger claw' and another movement with elbows back and forth that he refers to as "mother rocking baby in arms" or is it something about a 'lady crying on the shoulder.' hope i don't sound (or make him sound) crazy, lol. wow, so describing stuff is not that easy when you don;t know the names.

I will ask him Thursday(next class) we have different sensie and they all teach us this Kata, well more the application so far then the actually Kata. I even obtained a DVD with all the katas on it from the class but that one was not. He is in no way a shotokan sensei though, he seems to have knowledge of so much though, weapons, grounds, jujitsu, last week was Brazilian jujitsu, this week weapons and more ground grappling...hard to keep up, but the variety is fun. anyways, i'll find out and let you guys know Thursday

Looked it up and it's not that one...still searching

Hello everyone, New to this forum, I recently started Karate again (used to do Shotokan a few years back) forgot how much i loved this sport. In any case, I saw my sensei do this Kata a few times, it's a very nice one, but I cannot for the life of me find it, i've search all kata names and youtube their videos but still no luck. I"m terrible at remembering names, especially if they aren't English/french. From what I can remember the Kata name sounded something like ... Tassan Bara the spelling is probably WAY off, but sounded like that. The beginning of the Kata started off with the symbol of sun/moon (closed fist into open palm), however I'm not sure if that is standard or just for our class/course. I'm looking for the video of it so i can learn it. I wish i had more information to give but that's really all I have, Thanks