Joecooke007 Posted December 28, 2001 Author Share Posted December 28, 2001 Sanchin is about mental, physical and spiritual preparation. The movements may come easily but you will not truly understand until you mind is clear and you focus your chi. Boards don't hit back. -Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronryu Posted December 30, 2001 Share Posted December 30, 2001 yes sanchin is a very complex kata when you break it down . it means 3 balltes or conflicts . that could mean mind body and spirt , or head torso and leggs (if you look at the dynamics of the kata , leggs tight breathing correct head straight ) I enjoy this kata very much even thought im toatly spent after running it . Karate is not a sport , it is a way of life .Sandan Motobu ha Shi-to ryu karate Katsu ryu kempo Ryukyu kobudo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaiFightsMS Posted December 31, 2001 Share Posted December 31, 2001 Thanks everyone and I have started learning the kata. You know Ronryu I think when a kata is properly done that is how we are supposed to feel. I have been doing a lot of work with Tekki shodan and nidan and when I really work that is how I feel. Anytime I do kata and really put all I have into it that is how I feel afterward. It is a good feeling. And I think a bit addictive. Sai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPhantasmatic Posted December 31, 2001 Share Posted December 31, 2001 In my style, there are both ways, open hand and closed hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joecooke007 Posted December 31, 2001 Author Share Posted December 31, 2001 Interesting. Very interesting. Boards don't hit back. -Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronryu Posted December 31, 2001 Share Posted December 31, 2001 Yes that is the way i feel when i run kata as well you want to reach a type of moveing meditation . However it is not an easy thing to do sometimes i will still catch myself if im angery running the kata really powerful but not proper . But i will get there one day . Karate is not a sport , it is a way of life .Sandan Motobu ha Shi-to ryu karate Katsu ryu kempo Ryukyu kobudo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaiFightsMS Posted January 1, 2002 Share Posted January 1, 2002 I like to practice kata in different ways. Sometimes I do them slowly concentrating on the stance and the precision of the hand/arm movements. Sometimes I will pick one apart and do segments over and over and over. Particularly usefull for problem areas. Sometimes I do them as fast as I can. Usually though my form is not the best then. Sometimes I try to do them with as much power as I can - that is when they look the best. I really like to visualize too. And a few times I have tried to do kata blindfolded. That really shows up how precise your turns are or aren't when you end up facing the wrong direction at the end of the kata. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Posted January 14, 2002 Share Posted January 14, 2002 On second thoughts don't ask Angus what he thinks of Goju Ryu Karate, cos he'll tell u that it's the weakest fighting art known to mankind. He'll also tell u how he studied under a 7th dan master for 6 months and how he ended up getting into a verbal brawl with one of the senseis. He'll then burst in an uncontrollable fit of anger and start smashing things against his head. Angus Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaratekaAikidoist Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Simply put, I take goju ryu, I test for black belt in 5 days. I'd like to talk to anybody thats interested.Thank You! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmy77 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Good Luck, Buddy. "Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft." - Pres. Theodore Roosevelt "You don't have to like it, you just have to do it." - Captain Richard Marcinko, USN, Ret."Do more than what is required of you." - General George S. Patton"If you have to step on someone else to stand tall, then you truely are a small person." - ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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