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This kata is almost exactly like the hakutsuru kata presented by George Alexander in his video "Hakutsuru: The Secrets of the White Crane."

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Do you mean, possibly: kururunfu or perhaps: hakutsuru?

I, too, know John Touchthon and have trained under him some. My sensei is his uchi deshi (senior student). I also train with kshilke's senseis from time to time.

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Well, I can certainly sympathize with you, my L5 disc is herniated, compressing on to my S1 nerve pathway, so says the MRI.

This tendency of folks to leave @ BB rank has gone on in our school as well. When I achieved my 1st kyu rank, there were several BBs who had just been promoted ahead of me, within the space of a yr or less, they were all gone. Now, several yrs later, I and one other (who came along about 2-3 yrs later) are the only BBs that have remained with our head instructor. As to why the several BBs left, most did not say, but the ones that did cite life circumstances mainly related to jobs and such. Only one of these BBs still trains in any MA. Reflecting on this tendency is kind of sad, but it seems to happen.

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"Karate is kata, kata is karate" I heard once somewhere. I do kata because I feel the essence of the style is contained therein. I can feel the ki build and flow when I am doing kata. Mostly, I do kata because I enjoy it.

I study this style, close to 13 yrs now.

Welcome to the forums! Lots of good reading to be found here.

Do you know if it's a valid system? Or if it died out with the birth of Goju. Also do you know the kata's associated with Naha Te? John Naha-te was certainly a valid system just as was Tomari-te and Shuri-te. These systems formed the basis of what is much of karate today. In the case of Naha-te, it came to be known as Shorei-ryu and became the basis for the present day styles of Goju-ryu and Uechi-ryu. Naha-te kata: sanchin, saifa, shisochin, seisan, seipai, sanseiru, seiunchin, kururunfa, suparenpei, hakutsuru These katas were developed in China and brought to Okinawa by Higashionna, Kanryo in the late 1800s. tensho This kata was developed by Miyagi, Chojun. There are 3 other katas associated with Naha-te: sochin, unshu, niseishi. These katas were developed in China and brought to Okinawa by Bushi Sakiyama (ca 1860). Arakaki, Kamadeunchu also taught these 3 katas.

Naha-Te was the art practiced in and around the city of Naha. Kanryo Higashionna was a master of Naha-Te. Higashionna combined the art of Naha-Te with a form of Chinese boxing, thus forming a type of goju school. Chojun Miyagi was one of Higashionna's most prominent students. He took his master's teachings, reformed it & in the 1920s named it Goju-Ryu after he had studied Chinese Kempo.

According to information that I have hakutsuru was originally a part of Naha-te and later Goju-ryu. Then, it stopped appearing in Goju-ryu curriculums. In my style, we have relearned this kata from Shorin-ryu sources and teach it as a part of our system.

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