returning_wave Posted April 16, 2004 Posted April 16, 2004 Does anyone know anything about the seido style or has anyone done it? Im lookign for a new karate dojo within my area and this looks promising. But I know next to nothing about it. any ideas? org's website is: http://www.seido.org.uk/ 3rd Kyu - Variant ShotokanTaijutsu"We staunt traditionalists know that technique is nowhere near as important as having your pleats straight when you die."
Knockdown Posted April 17, 2004 Posted April 17, 2004 Kyokushin Derivative. Traditional Kata, but they (for the most part) have removed the Knockdown kumite. The link you posted is pretty comprehensive.
EvilTed Posted April 21, 2004 Posted April 21, 2004 A Kyokushin derivative only in that it's founder, Tadashi Nakamura, was once a prominent Kyokushin exponent - at one time the youngest to get a black belt at 19 and also one of the first to do the 100 man kumite. After Nakamura broke from Kyokushin and pissed off Mas Oyama and was gunned down in a Brooklyn parking lot he went soft. He got all Zen and said the reason he quit Kyokushin was due to the brutality of the training and little care or thought for students health or well-being in the organisation. Well, it didn't seem to bother him too much before now, did it? There is very little contact in Seido Juku until after green belt and then it is light and they only ever compete in semi-knockdown. They are pretty far removed from the original Kyokushin ideals. If you are looking for 'real' Kyokushin in the UK, you should search for schools affiliated with Steve Arneil. Steve is the head of the International Karate Federation, was adopted by Mas Oyama and was the very first' to do the 100 man Kumite, which he did in one day. http://www.australiankyokushin.com/kumite.shtml He apparently took meticulous notes while he was training with Mas Oyama and stays true to the original Kyokushin ideals. The only thing Kyokushin left in Seido Juku IMHO is they say 'OSU' all the time ET
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