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I looked at the site you mentioned. Only one newsletter in the PDF archive contains a part of Aragaki Unsu in figures. However at the following link I found the complete kata Aragaki Unsu in figures. http://www.isok.org/pdf/aunsu.pdf It looks indeed quite different than Shotokan Unsu. I don't know how much it resembels Shito-ryu Unsu, because I don't know that kata. Correct me if I'm wrong, I thougth that nowadays Unsu is only practised in Shotokan and Shito-ryu.

That's very interesting. I have read that the kata Seiryu was developed by Yasuhiro Konishi (founder of Shindo Jinen-ryu karate) and Kenwa Mabuni (founder of Shito-ryu karate). According to the story Konishi was asked by the commanding general of the Japanese Army to develop women's self-defense techniques. So Konishi asked Mabuni to help him with this. Together they developed a kata and shared it with Morihei Uyeshiba (founder of Aikido), who advised some changes. They called the kata Seiryu, which is sometimes also called Aoyagi. I did a search on the internet and found the following site : http://www.jinmukan.com/sv/index.shtml On this site are the kata Seiryu and the Tai-sabaki kata's you talk about. It gave me a good impression what Shindo Jinen-ryu karate looks like.

I have read something about the history of Shindo Jinen-ryu Karate, but it didn't show what it looked like. Could you tell us something more about it. Which kata's do you practise? I looked at https://www.imdb.com for a movie about Gogen Yamaguchi, but I couldn't find any. So If we have a movie about Masutatsu Oyama and Gogen Yamaguchi, I wonder why there isn't a movie about Gichin Funakoshi? I'm sure he had an interesting life, since he is much more known and is generally considered as the father of modern karate-do.

Correction, Sho Kosugi studied Shindo Jinen-ryu Karate, which looks like Shito-ryu karate. He futher studied Kendo, Judo, Iaido, Kobudo. Yes, it starred Sonny Chiba as Masutatsu Oyama. The title of the movie is Kyokuskin kenka karate burai ken.

Sonny Chiba, I have heard of him. He has played in Kill Bill 1. Doing a search on the internet, I found out that he also has played in lots of ninja and samurai movies. I looked at his pictures and I can say he indeed makes a sick impression. Another martial arts actor that studied Karate is Sho Kosugi. He studied Shito-ryu Karate and Kobudo. But he has mostly played in ninja movies, never in a recognizable Karate movie. Futhermore you could address some movies about Chuck Norris as Karate movies, because in the movie it is said that he practises Karate. For example in the movie "Breaker, Breaker". But Chuck Norris originally studied Tang Soo Do and not Karate. I think that the main reason why there are so few Karate movies is that karate isn't a flashy and spectaculair martial art. Generally Karate has less acrobatics and acrobatics is just what people like in a martial art movie. The same can be said of Ju Jitsu and Judo. These martial arts are also world wide known, but there isn't a movie about them.

In our Shotokan dojo the following kicks are taught: mae geri keage (front snap kick) mae geri kekomi (front thrust kick) yoko geri keage (side snap kick) yoko geri kekomi (side thrust kick) mawashi geri (roundhouse kick) ura mawashi geri (reverse roundhouse kick) ushiro geri (back kick) ushiro ura mawashi geri (backspinning reverse roundhouse kick) kizami geri (cresent kick) ushiro kizami geri (back cresent kick) fumikomi (side stomp kick) fumikiri (back stomp kick) tobi mae geri (jumping font kick) tobi yoko geri (jumping side kick) randem tobi mae geri (jumping double font kick)

Hi there, I wonder does anyone know a movie about karate? What I mean is that the martial art in the movie is strictly karate, not kung fu, taekwondo or some other style. The only movies I can think of are the Karate Kid movies. There are so many movies about kung fu, but so few movies about karate. This is strange, since karate is one of the most known martial ats in the world. Perhaps even more known than kung fu.

American Ninja 3 was a bad movie. It had bad acting, silly plot and was overall a boring movie. Part 1 and 2 of American Ninja however are good.

At my Shotokan school the stance of the fourth move in Heian Shodan is a zenkutsu dachi. Other Shotokan schools use a teiji dachi (T-stance) or a renoji dachi (L-stance) for this move. But from what I know it is definately not intended to be a neko ashi dachi in Shotokan. My school does however use a neko ashi dachi in the kata Heian Godan just before the jump. Again other Shotokan schools use either a teiji dachi or a renoji dachi. In Shotokan the neko ashi dachi has been completely banned out of low grade kata, mostly in favour of kokutsu dachi. The neko ashi dachi only appears in the higher black belt kata's. Although the neko ashi dachi is known in Shotokan I wouldn't call this stance a typical Shotokan stance. We don't even practice this stance in kihon training. The same thing also applies to sanchin dachi. It appears in the higher kata's of Shotokan but I wouldn't call it a typical Shotokan stance.

My Shotokan school uses the following belts: white (8th kyu) yellow (7th kyu) orange (6th kyu) green (5th kyu) blue (4th kyu) brown (3rd kyu) brown (2nd kyu) brown (1st kyu) black (1st dan)

I would say Yuen Biao and Yuen Wah. These two have appeared in numerous kung fu movies as stuntmen. They were used when more acrobatic stuff was needed. Yuen Wah served as Bruce Lee's double in "Enter the Dragon". Do you remember the famous backflip scene when Bruce Lee fought Bob Wall (O' Hara)? Well, it was done by Yuen Wah. Yuen Biao and Yuen Wah are also friends with Jacky Chan and Sammo Hung and were educated together with them at the same Beijing Opera School of Master Jim Yuen.

Check out the following link: https://www.jkanl.com This is the site of JKA the Netherlands. This site is part in English and part in Dutch. On this site you will find links to other JKA dojo's in Holland who are members of JKA the Netherlands.

Isshin-ryu's crane stance looks like a stance in Shotokan called kosa dachi. However as far as I know kosa dachi has no connection to the crane style.

I have to disagree on this one. Bruce Lee does use the roundhouse kick a lot in his movies. He usually uses it in combination with a backturning roundhouse kick. When well executed a roundhouse kick to the head can do a lot of damage and even knock the opponent down. Hardly anyone can sustain this kick. Also very damaging is the low kick from muay thai, which in fact is a roundhouse kick performed low. It doesn't always let the opponent fall on the ground but it hurts a lot.

Is this possible? Then I suggest you delete "Big Boss" because this hasn't been chosen yet. I myself voted for Way of the Dragon, because it contains the awesome fight between Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris. This movie has the most comedy of them all. I like the music of the movie too.

There is something wrong with this poll. "Fists of Fury" and "The Big Boss" are the same movie. There are aliases. Do not confuse this with "The Chinese Connection" which is sometimes also called "Fist of Fury". In short terms : Fists of Fury = The Big Boss Fist of Fury = The Chinese Connection

Tang Soo Do would also suit well. This is the martial art style where moviestar Chuck Norris originally was trained in.

I don't know much about kyusho jitsu being present in Shotokan. But I can tell you that a seminair will be held near the place where I live and in this seminair the kyusho jitsu of the Heian kata's will be taught. So I guess that kyusho jitsu is present in the Heian kata's. Usually in Shotokan you don't learn anything about kyusho jitsu. It isn't part of it. The teacher just must happen to know it. I for example used to go to a Shotokan school where some teachers also practised jiu jitsu and they sometimes taught a few kyusho points to us.

Honestly, I don't like the tiger being a symbol of Shotokan. There is hardly any connection between Shotokan and a tiger. They should have chosen a waving pine tree instead. That would make better sense than a tiger.

Not only are there a lot more MA's to choose from nowadays. People are also more familiar with other martial arts than Karate. For example when Taekwondo was first introduced to western countries, Taekwondo teachers profiled their martial art as Karate. If they would use the name Taekwondo they wouldn't get any students, because in those days nobody knew what Taekwondo was.

Sorry my mistake. I mean 1st and 3rd off course. You see, English is not my native language, so sometimes I can make mistakes. I have read somewhere that Sean Connery was given an honorary dan grade from Oyama while he was filming the James Bond movie "You only Live Twice", as you will see many Kyokushinkai students in that movie. I don't know if Sean Connery received any training in Kyokushinkai then. But since the grade was honorary, I don't think this was the case.

You must see the movie "When Taekwondo Strikes" in which Angela Mao plays the main role. Also appearring in this movie are Sammo Hung, Jhoon Rhee, Ing-Sik Whang, Carter Wong and Biao Yuen. I haven't seen the movie myself but with a cast like this it sure wouldn't be dissapointing to see the movie. I have heard it's the only movie ever in which Jhoon Rhee, the father of american taekwondo, played in.

Dolph Lundgren, Sean Connery and Nelson Mandela are all black belts in Kyokushin Karate. Sean Connery, a very famous movie star, was given an honorary 1th dan. Dolph Lundgren, a movie star, has the 3th dan and is a former Australian heavyweight champion. Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa, was given an honorary 8th Dan by the kyokushin Organization on June 01, 1995. However Nelson Mandela never accepted this belt. Some believe that the reason for this is because Kyokushin in South Africa supported the Apartheid Regime.

I forget to mention Bassai Dai. If I practise this kata a lot I get a pain in my lower back. Recently my teacher said that although Bassai Dai looks as if it must be performed strongly (like Sochin and Hangetsu), it must be performed light. Perhaps if I perform it light my back pains will decrease.

I don't really have a least favorite kata. I find only certain movements in kata's difficult to perform and that's why you could say I don't like them. For example: - Beginning of Empi. - The fumikomi's and empi uke's in Heian Sandan. - The sweeps in Bassai Sho