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Okinawan Shorinjiryu Karate


strangepair03

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Does anyone out there know of a dojo, preferable in northern New Jersey that teaches Okinawan Shorinjiryu karate from the Joen Nakazato lineage. Having been exposed to it once before, I really want to learn the art.

Thanks :karate:

A punch should stay like a treasure in the sleeve. It should not be used indiscrimately.

Kyan Chotoku Sensei

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I can ask, since I'm not too far away and Sensei knows a lot of different people.

"Karate is NOT about the colour of belt you wear it is about the person you become;...to be a good blackbelt is to be humble and respectful amongst other things." -Dobbersky

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intresting, is that lineage very different in technique, kata, or ideology from other lines?

Karate is like hot water, if not given continual heat it will go cold.

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intresting, is that lineage very different in technique, kata, or ideology from other lines?

No, it's a typical style from Kyan Chotoku lineage. No Pinan-kata, first kata Seisan, "highest" kata Kusanku.

Jussi Häkkinen

Okinawan Shorin-Ryu Seibukan Karate-Do (Kyan Chotoku lineage)

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I can ask - I am from northern NJ and my sensei might know someone.

Did you train in Isshinryu in NJ?

Yes, I still do. Isshin Ryu will always be #1 with me, I am just interested in the Shorinjiryu because I understand it to be "pure" from Kyan Chotoku....no additions or subtractions.

Figured if I can learn some of the "root" systems that were combined to form Isshin Ryu, it will make my understanding better.

Where do you train and under whom...If you don't mind me asking?

A punch should stay like a treasure in the sleeve. It should not be used indiscrimately.

Kyan Chotoku Sensei

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intresting, is that lineage very different in technique, kata, or ideology from other lines?

Nakazato created the style out of respect for Kyan, and vowed to teach kata and other technique as Kyan did, completely unchanged. It perhaps is the Okinawan style most loyal to Kyan and the lineage of Sakugawa, Sokon Matsumura, and Itosu.

With respect,

Sohan

"If I cannot become one of extraordinary accomplishment, I will not walk the earth." Zen Master Nakahara Nantenbo


"A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action." Samuarai maxim


"Knowing others is wisdom; knowing yourself is Enlightenment." Lao-Tzu

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