Leopard claw

Thanks for the food for thought!

Rohai is cool, short, but very flowing. Also like Wansu!

And if so what and how long should I wait before going?

For some Shorei-ryu katas, type in Kondo No Shokai on google and take a look at the links too. UW Parkside Shorei-ryu has some great kata vids.

Valley is from the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles county. Took off in the 80's, but was around long before that. The movies pushed it way beyond what it was.

For hard rock, Van Halen. Metal, Metallica/Megadeth.

I speak Valley fluently, like totaly dude!

I have two old Fender strats (my main axes) both have one semour duncan invader pickups and flyod rose tremols. Also have a Gibson explorer and a flying V. Play out of two old marshall half stacks and a few effects. A Fender steel string acoustic and a Yamaha classical. Into hard rock and metal. Van Halen all the way, that dude shreads.

I play guitar, have for many years. Into hard rock and metal. Can play bass too!

Thanks Shogeri for the information.

We have sanchin in my style, though i'm not at that leval yet! What does this kata inclued? Thanks.

Shorei-ryu Karate is an old martial art with roots in India and China, it's a hard style. Shorei-ryu Karate means encouragement style of empty hand. The style does use weapons and the five animals. Leopard, tiger, dragon, snake and crane. For the home page go to https://www.geocities/kondo no shokai. There are some good links there too.

We prctice leopard, tiger, dragon, snake and crane. Love leopard and tiger. Leopard is very fast, cunning with rapid in and out attacks. While the tiger is brute force, head on to destroy all that stands in it's way. Both are very violent, they show no mercy. Though there is much to lean from them all.

Could be, but they come later in our style as we do have bassai and kankusho in our style. Right now I am working on rohai kata, wansu kata and ippon kumite kata for my blue belt and blue/black stripe belt.

Anyone use animals styles and if so what's your favorite/favorites?

I have two. One is for punching, elbow strikes, tiger claw, hammer fist, leopard paw, etc and med kicks. The second is lower for, lower kicks, sweeps, etc. Both are made from 4x4s with straw and rope. Use them every day. also practice weaponds on them. They are flexable and give, but nothing like a bag. Next I want to build a Mook dummy.

For me it's Shorei-Ryu

To me it would be Grandmaster Robert A. Trias, father of American Karate. 10th dan, opened the first Karate school in America in 1946, Founded the United States Karate association in 1948.

We did Gekisai for our yellow belt test. Style Shorei-ryu

Guys against guys, women again women, kids against adults, guys against women. It all goes and I think it's a big ego bui;der. No matter what the age or size.

We have Naihanchi in my style, Shorei-ryu, an Okinawa style.

Right now working on Wansu kata and Ippon kata for my blue belt, Very cool kata's.

Yes I study Shorei-Ryu under my Sensei, Terry Sanders. He is also Style Head(Kaicho) of Shorei-Ryu.