okinawa karate and kumite

[sensei8]

Another instructor I met didnt like his students spar outside practicioners of other styles but his own.

Imho, there's no better way of testing oneself than by going outside of ones own style. Curious!

[BDPulver]

yup, i thought it was a bit close minded myself but I didnt want to argue with him.

[Dobbersky]

I saw this kata and I thought how close it is to Jissen based karate kata, your thoughts

Kanshiwa Kata

Bow,

Left foot moves away from right foot into neutral stance arms in guard position.

Step into right sanchin stance.

Turn left 90 degrees, left circle block, right full fist punch.

Turn right 180 degrees, right circle block, left full fist punch.

Turn left 90 degrees, left circle block, right full fist punch.

Step into a right sanchin stance, right circle block, right side snap kick.

Step into a left sanchin stance, left circle block, left side snap kick.

Step into right shiko-dachi, left circle block, right elbow strike, right backfist.

Turn left 180 degrees, into left sanchin stance.

Slide into left sanchin stance, left circle block, double arm thrust.

Step into right sanchin stance, right circle block, double arm thrust.

Step into left sanchin stance, left circle block, double arm thrust.

Step into right sanchin stance, left circle block, right chop, right backfist.

Turn left 180 degrees, left circle block, left front kick.

Slide into left sanchin stance, left circle block, push down with the left hand, right shoken strike.

Slide back into left sanchin stance and place back of right shoken fist on top of left shoken fist.

Step back into neutral stance with hands as above.

Bring the left foot to the right foot, and bring hands down to the sides.

Bow.

[sensei8]

I saw this kata and I thought how close it is to Jissen based karate kata, your thoughts

Kanshiwa Kata

Bow,

Left foot moves away from right foot into neutral stance arms in guard position.

Step into right sanchin stance.

Turn left 90 degrees, left circle block, right full fist punch.

Turn right 180 degrees, right circle block, left full fist punch.

Turn left 90 degrees, left circle block, right full fist punch.

Step into a right sanchin stance, right circle block, right side snap kick.

Step into a left sanchin stance, left circle block, left side snap kick.

Step into right shiko-dachi, left circle block, right elbow strike, right backfist.

Turn left 180 degrees, into left sanchin stance.

Slide into left sanchin stance, left circle block, double arm thrust.

Step into right sanchin stance, right circle block, double arm thrust.

Step into left sanchin stance, left circle block, double arm thrust.

Step into right sanchin stance, left circle block, right chop, right backfist.

Turn left 180 degrees, left circle block, left front kick.

Slide into left sanchin stance, left circle block, push down with the left hand, right shoken strike.

Slide back into left sanchin stance and place back of right shoken fist on top of left shoken fist.

Step back into neutral stance with hands as above.

Bring the left foot to the right foot, and bring hands down to the sides.

Bow.

How close? There's so close, I'd say they're one and the same!

[Sokusen]

Kanshiwa is a Uechi-ryu kata that was developed as a basic/ bridging kata for students to help them learn Seisan Kata. Kanshiwa is a combination of the first kanji in Kanbun's ( founder of Uechi-ryu) name, and the last two kanji, if written in Chinese order, of Shu Shiwa's (Kanbuns teacher) name. The Kata was developed after Kanbun past away. The Kata is a nice basic kata and incorporates alot of the same elements seen in Seisan. Not sure what Jissen based Karate is so I can't comment on why they look the same. One possible reason is that Okinawa is a small island and I'm sure alot of the teachers trained with one another and took elements they liked from what ever style they saw.

[TheKarateKid]

we do full contact for black and brown belts only!