Technique and application

[NinTai]

To clear a few things up.

"There are four main styles as most know

Shito-Ryu, goju-ryu, Shatokan, and Wado-ryu"

Actually Okinawan styles are basicaly divided into three main camps:

Shuri-te, Naha-te and Other (Chinese styles such as Uechi-Ryu that have

almost no Okinawan influence)

Shito-Ryu and Shotokan come from the Shuri-te lineage, while Wado-Ryu

was developed in 1934 in Japan combining ju-jitsu and Shotokan.

( http://www.wado-ryu.org/wadoryu/wadohist.asp )

"Japan then conquers Korea and outlaws any kind of tradition,

including martial arts and destroys tons of history and legacy then forces Koreans

to join Japan’s military. While in the military they learn Shotokan, after returning they take

Shotokan and split up into like 7 different fractions. One of which was Tae Kwon Do. "

Actualy I belive the "founders" of Tae Kwon Do studied Sotokan while

in Japan attending University during the early 1900's some under Funakoshi himself.

(More information can be found in Dragon Time Vol. 23 "Taekwondo-

An Historical Appraisal by Robert Donrenwend Ph.D)

I hope this helps.

[SANCHIN31]

And I too agreet with both of your posts, (thanks for the reply by the way)

It just seems that TKD is always the target of ridicule and more often than not justly so I just wanted to make the point that not ALL TKD is the same.

My Goju instructor teaches the Pinan kata and Naihanchi to me to bridge the gap between TKD and traditional Karate I beleive he said He learned those kata from the Shorin.

Does he still teach the taikyoku series too? I like the learning of naihanchi,I think it should have been included in goju.Alot of the moves in the pinan kata can be found in other goju kata.

[FETKD]

Yeah Naihanchi has alot of neat applications in it

Yeah he does still teach the taikyoku series.

He brings alot of stuff into his teaching that isn't typically "just" goju, and to me that makes him a much more effecive teacher.

Edited June 10, 2005 by FETKD

[FETKD]

I fixed it.. never mind

Edited June 10, 2005 by FETKD

[SANCHIN31]

FYI you can click on edit to fix your posts.

Our school is not what some would call traditional either.We practice ground techniques as well.

[Adonis]

Ninja nurse has some good points. I seen alot of other instructors in diffrent styles do the belt factory deal. few exceptions were people like Joe Lewis who got his in a year but he was a gifted athlete who picked up the info and made it work.

If some one can do that in a a year or two then great they deserve a black belt. Just like some one who can do a four year degree in 3 years or 2 1/2 deserve the degree just as much as some one who took 4 years or longer to achieve.

but mcdojo belt factory places just gives indviduals fase since of security and really is sad for the student to go to another school and get owned by begging and intermediate students.