drunkenmonkey blackbelt Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Well I was talking to my Sensie (who is a 3rd Dan Shotokan Instructer) said that she was only a purple belt in Akido style Karate and was wandering what how many styles are there what are they and what is their ranking in comparison to each other. So could any one explain this to me. Thanks. Water is the softest thing in the world. But it's hard enough to cut through rock. It can take any shape or form. You put water in a cup it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle, you put water in teapot it becomes the teapot.Now water, it can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend. -Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Häkkinen Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Akido? Not Aikido?Aikido is not karate. It's a whole different martial art. However, if we limit the discussion to Okinawan/Japanese karate and its spinoffs, we're talking about a couple of hundred (hmm, maybe 200) styles.Belt and rank systems vary a lot and are very hard to compare. Jussi HäkkinenOkinawan Shorin-Ryu Seibukan Karate-Do (Kyan Chotoku lineage)TurkuFinland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Fisher Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Let me give you a startJapanese / Okinawan Karate-DoShuri RyuShorei RyuShorin Ryu (Kobayashi, Matsubayashi and Shobayashi Ryu, Matsumura Seito)Goju RyuGoju KaiShotokanShotokaiShito RyuChito RyuWado RyuWado KaiOkinawa Te (some still practice it)Kajukenpo or KajukenboRyukyu KempoMatsumura KempoUechi RyuSeibukanKyokushinkaiPangai Noon Isshin RyuShudokanGosoku RyuPlus many more. I didn't list mine but it is under my name. Brandon FisherSeijitsu Shin Do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkerlineage Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 There are probably as many styles of karate as there have ever been masters or people who deemed themselves masters. American Kenpo, a sixty something year old art, has so many branches and substyles, you'd think it was ancient. How much more so with other styles! American Kenpo Karate- First Degree Black Belt"He who hesitates, meditates in a horizontal position."Ed Parker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran-Lilith Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 I don't think there's ever been an official count in recent years...if ever....And as for how the ranks stack up against each other, that's a whole 'nother realm, because that doesn't go by style. That goes by individual schools. I mean, in my little town in the middle of nowhere, I think we have at least five schools, if not more. Multiply that by almost every town in America....we're talking there's no way you could ever tell how many schools there are, and no way you could measure BBs against each other unless you saw them together in person. That's how big the variances could be. After all, you could have this little 7 year old BB from the McDojo down the road measured against the BB who has trained since they were 7 and are 70 now....and they could even be from the same town.Although, you have an awesome question. I wish I knew the answer. He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful Lao-tsu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOM Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 There are no "styles" of Karate. Karate is Karate. There are, however, many styles of Martial Arts, but technically, there are no styles of "Karate". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushido_man96 Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Wow, Fisher. Thems a lot of spin-offs. https://www.haysgym.comhttp://www.sunyis.com/https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Fisher Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 There are no "styles" of Karate. Karate is Karate. There are, however, many styles of Martial Arts, but technically, there are no styles of "Karate".True the Ryu is nothing more then the school it is taught in.Wow, Fisher. Thems a lot of spin-offs.Yeah there are a lot of spinoffs. Brandon FisherSeijitsu Shin Do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShotokanKid Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Brandon Fisher-Just curious about your style- does it have grappling as well? "What we do in life, echoes in eternity.""We must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Fisher Posted July 13, 2006 Share Posted July 13, 2006 Brandon Fisher-Just curious about your style- does it have grappling as well?Yes it does in the Nidan and up ranks mainly. We do some work with grappling for the kyu ranks just on basic movement and defense. The system actually incorporates Trad. Karate, Trad. & Modern Ju Jitsu (more modern), and kobudo kata and training drills mainly unique to us. Brandon FisherSeijitsu Shin Do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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