Seyunchin Kata

[bushido_man96]

Gotcha. Thanks, PAL. The form looked similar to me. What was made up in it?

[P.A.L]

Gotcha. Thanks, PAL. The form looked similar to me. What was made up in it?

the pattern of the kata is almost same as the original , hand techniques are altered as well but the main problem is foot work . Goju ryu like any other style has a specific way of stepping, sliding or turning, I can't change these fundamentals and still call it Goju ryu.

[bushido_man96]

Gotcha. Thanks, PAL. The form looked similar to me. What was made up in it?

the pattern of the kata is almost same as the original , hand techniques are altered as well but the main problem is foot work . Goju ryu like any other style has a specific way of stepping, sliding or turning, I can't change these fundamentals and still call it Goju ryu.

I see. That makes sense. I have seen many variations of the forms that I do in my TKD style as well. The differences range anywhere from stances to slightly altered interpretations of hand techniques.

[P.A.L]

you may be familiar with this form, it's Bassai Dai (or as we call it Itosu no passai or passai sho), in in this dojo as you can see , knife hand blocks starts from a wroung foot and to make it right they have to do 4 kinfe hand instead of 3.

http://www.afkka.com/videos02/afkka_movie0215.htm

this is a standard version

[bushido_man96]

Thanks, PAL. The links are great. I have seen that form a few times, but I will have to watch them a few more times to become really familiar with it. We really don't have a TKD equivalent to it.

[bbk2132]

http://www.spokanekarate.com/kata/index.php

This is my Sensei. We do traditional Okinawan Goju-Ryu and he trained under Higona Sensei. So it's the real deal.

[bushido_man96]

http://www.spokanekarate.com/kata/index.php

This is my Sensei. We do traditional Okinawan Goju-Ryu and he trained under Higona Sensei. So it's the real deal.

I think I have seen this one before. It is well done.

[username8697]

Check this out Junior is a belgian karate champion he is only person i know who was world chamion in kata and kumite the same year no less.

Enjoy

http://www.jutsko.com/fr/Windowsmedia.asp?idVideo=469&idSubCat=102&idCat=17

[Patrick]

Hello,

We removed a post from this thread in error. It is below. I apologize for the confusion. Thanks.

this is the Okinawan version the way Mario Higaona does:

http://www.spokanekarate.com/kata/index.php

I thought this one looked good.

this is a nighmare version

By a "nightmare" version, do you mean that you did not like it? I thought it looked ok, but I am no expert in karate kata, by any stretch.

the karateka who performes it , is OK . the version he is doing is made up. the refrence is the first one or the third link.

Wow i just checked that vid of the seienchin kata, i understand when u think its a nightmare kata and i agree when the version he is doing is made up. But thats not the offical "version" of the goju kata. They way ive learned it off many different gojuryu karate - ka ( okinawan and Japanese) are more peaceful. i quite enjoy it as many do.

But yes totally agree with you!