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Hi

 

I am a student of Baji Quan and wish to learn more about Karate especially Shotokan. I would like to listen to want you guys think if we match up Baji Quan with Shotokan? Thank you.

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To make your research easier for you, Baji Quan is called Hakkyoku-Ken in Japanese.

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If you are a video game player then your research will be a lot easier. Baji Quan at least to myself was made famous by the Sega fighting game called Vitura Fighters. The main character of Vitura Fighter Akira Yuki uses Baji Quan. I decided to learn Baji Quan because of the strong moves of Akira when I first played this game many years ago, here's some information I can give you.

 

"The chinese word for Hakkyoku-ken is BaJiQuan, or Eight-Extremity Fist. It is a

 

Northern chinese style of martial art that stresses knocking down the opponent

 

in a single blow. The practioner has a philosophy of "never afraid of a thousand

 

techniques, but do afraid of one." The art stresses "Bear Step, Tiger Form" style

 

of attacking; break the opponent's defense like a bear, then give a short quick

 

blow like a tiger. It uses eight parts of the body to attack; hands, elbows,

 

shoulders, knees, feet, head, hips, and buttocks. Releasing of internal strength

 

is also common practice in Hakkyoku-ken; practitioners will stomp their feet in

 

order to add power to their strikes."

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Yeah there are alot of places you can find info on Shotokan Karate, just type that in on Google or something

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out of curiosity why shotokan?

Phil

Ryu Kyu Christian Karate Federation


"Do not be dependent on others for your improvement. Pay respect to God and Buddha

but do not reley on them." Musashi

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