plainwhitets Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 anyone know anything about Okinawan karate styles, i've been looking online and at first I found out that there were two main styles, shorei-ryu and shorin-ryu, then i went to another site that said there were four main styloes, goju-ryu, shorei-ryu, shorin-ryu and uetchi-ryu (or something like that, I forget). I'm sort of confused. I would like to learn Okinawan Karate and just want to learn more. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.A.L Posted August 2, 2004 Share Posted August 2, 2004 if you are interested in Okinawan Karate I refer you to "Mark Bishop" book, on the net ,look for 3 major source of Karate based on Location 1- shuri(TE) 2- Naha(TE) or Shorei(TE) 3- Tomari(TE) Shorin-ryu styles come from Shuri, GoJo-ryu , Uechi-ryu, Ryuei-ryu comes from Naha-te I don't know about pure Tomari-te schools but every time I am confused about a kata I try to see the Tomari version since it's one of the original versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MawashiGeri60 Posted August 3, 2004 Share Posted August 3, 2004 well the style i take is okinawan Goju Ryu . its by far the best style ive took so far . very intresting . They concentrate in close fighting . and the development of the mind , body and spirit through the training of sanchin kata . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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