hey PAL, thanks for the welcome. i think a few visiting senpais in our dojo are shorin-ryu. i've just started practicing bassai dai, getting it to competition level, although it was never really specified which variation we were practicing (itosu, matsumura, etc) we practice a version very similar if not identical to the bassai kata practiced in shito-ryu, since our styles match are relatively similar. i had the privelege of meeting sakumoto-sensei when he came to california a few summers back. if i can get half as good as he is, i'd be extremely content. haha.
