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Hi I practice shorin-ryu ,when I decided to learn a goju-ryu kata naturally I chose Sonchin as a base kata later I read some articles about the danger of practicing sonchin because of dynamic tension breathing I ‘d like to know your opinion as a goju-ryu practitioners about following lines: Mark Bishop in his book “Okinawan karate” : “in order to harden the buttocks during the sanchin exercise , forceful closing of the anal sphincter is practiced .this ,I was assured will result in haemorrhoids after only two or three years of regular practice.” , in my copy of the book it says “haemorrhoids” which I think is “hemorrhoids” Thanks

you may see some. like shi-zuki(all fingers and tumb together) in gojushiho or fukubu geri( kick with tip of toes) in chinto can be use for kyusho but it mostly depend on sensei , some have the knowledge of kyusho so they add it to the waza(s).

in our school of Kobayashi shorin-ryu we learn Kihon katas I-VI Naihanchi shodan,Nidan,Sandan Pinan I-V Passai Sho,Dai Chinto Gojoshiho Kusanku sho,Dai short list. huh.

aefibird, thanks for the answer, once i was watching some shotokan katas and I realized the bassai dai in shotokan is almost same as passai sho in shorin-ryu(kobayashi) of course the nekuashi-dachi changed to front stance. and there was no bassai sho in the tape. so is this something simillar to pinnan shodan/Heian Nidan story here about bassai and passai? passai dai in our style starts by 2 steps then 4 high blocks/back fist strik in 3 direction. do you have any link to a bassai-sho video clip.

Hi I love chinto from kobayashi-ryu also passai from matsubayashi-ryu . i have a question for shotokan stylist, how many passai(bassai) katas are there. in shorin-ryu , sho starts with left step in, and dai starts with right then left(2 steps). also check this site and this kata "Anan" it's a very nice kata. https://www.wonder-okinawa.jp if you have problem downloading use this free software Net transport it let you to download the actual file, mms://media.wonder-okinawa.jp/023/b_001e.wmv have a good weekend.