Shorin-Ryu

[Dianna]

My first class is on Sept 3. I am picking up terms as I watch my kids at class 3 days a week but i want to learn more of the terms, more of the history and so forth. Does anyone have any good sites they can recommend, good videos?

[Wastelander]

Hi Dianna,

Hanshi Doug Perry's website has some historical information on our style that might be beneficial to you:

http://shorinryushorinkan.com/

There are some videos on YouTube of Shorinkan kata being performed, but I can't think of any off the top of my head that go over terminology. Much of the terminology is going to be similar to other styles, but sometimes terminology is different depending on who is teaching it.

[Nidan Melbourne]

Hi Diana,

Most schools that have websites usually have a history about how Shorin-Ryu came about and how their school was founded

[Phalanx]

Hey Dianna,

I've been training in Shorin Ryu for around 6 months give or take. Up until actually taking the class the only reference that I had had was in a book called Shotokan Myths. It referenced the founder Kyan Cotoku and some of his exploits or at least supposed exploits. I took the leap, and thanks to my early years training in various other Chinese and Korean martial arts I'm progressing rather quickly and finding movements long lost coming back effortlessly.

I find this system to be the most grounded and practical that I have personally taken in my martial arts experience. It's not the most beautiful when looking at face value, but when you see the subtlety of the movements and how economical they are, it shines. The more you learn the more you can appreciate.

I'll reference an article written in a periodical about the forefather of my system Zetokukai which is Seibukan dojo.

http://www.zentokukai.com/history.html

Follow the link and download the pdf

Any further questions feel free to pm me.

[Dianna]

Hey Dianna,

I've been training in Shorin Ryu for around 6 months give or take. Up until actually taking the class the only reference that I had had was in a book called Shotokan Myths. It referenced the founder Kyan Cotoku and some of his exploits or at least supposed exploits. I took the leap, and thanks to my early years training in various other Chinese and Korean martial arts I'm progressing rather quickly and finding movements long lost coming back effortlessly.

I find this system to be the most grounded and practical that I have personally taken in my martial arts experience. It's not the most beautiful when looking at face value, but when you see the subtlety of the movements and how economical they are, it shines. The more you learn the more you can appreciate.

I'll reference an article written in a periodical about the forefather of my system Zetokukai which is Seibukan dojo.

http://www.zentokukai.com/history.html

Follow the link and download the pdf

Any further questions feel free to pm me.

Thank you for the link. I have been able to read bits and pieces here on history and was happy when a book you can buy at the Dojo was put in pdf on the Dojo site for the students for free...awesome. So of course that has everything from history to terminology and just about everything else. Really helpful.