July 17, 201412 yr Hello all!I've actually come to this site sporadically over the past few years and finally decided to become an active participant in the numerous, engaging conversations.I have recently returned to my childhood dojo after 12 years and have been back for 5 months now. I am a 3rd kyu chairo obi in Okinawan Shorei-Ryu and am currently in training for a promotion at the end of September. This transition back to the dojo after such a long time (with a very out of shape and different body) has been quite the experience. I have a lot of questions that I am hoping to get some insight on, and this seems like a good place to start.
July 17, 201412 yr Welcome back to the forum, and karate!Which "Okinawan Shorei-Ryu" do you practice? There is Shorei-Ryu that is headquartered in Okinawa, that I am aware of, and there is the "Okinawan Shorei-Ryu" that came from Robert Trias, before he changed the name to "Shuri-Ryu." KishimotoDi | 2014-Present | Sensei: Ulf Karlsson Shorin-Ryu/Shinkoten Karate | 2010-Present: Yondan, Renshi | Sensei: Richard Poage (RIP), Jeff Allred (RIP) Shuri-Ryu | 2006-2010: Sankyu | Sensei: Joey Johnston, Joe Walker (RIP) Judo | 2007-2010: Gokyu | Sensei: Joe Walker (RIP), Ramon Rivera (RIP), Adrian Rivera Illinois Practical Karate | International Neoclassical Karate Kobudo Society
July 17, 201412 yr Author Thanks for the welcome!You hit the nail on the head there. Our style descended from Master Trias to Master Pachivas to our current Hanshi, Leo Kozloski, and so on. The main dojo where Hanshi teaches is out of GA and my dojo is out of Boston MA. We are the only Shorei-Ryu dojo in New England from what my research tells me. Our dojo is really a hidden gem, no one knows its there or really knows what we do. We don't really recruit students, its all by word of mouth. Its pretty exclusive but on the flip side its super hard to find resources to study when outside the dojo.Though there are various similarities between the Shuri and Shorei styles there are definitely some noticeable differences (e.g. extremely deep stance work, never moving backwards at the zero degrees, etc).I also plan on starting some BJJ training next year, so we'll see how that goes!
July 17, 201412 yr Hello and welcome to the forum. If you believe in an ideal. You don't own it ; it owns you.
July 18, 201412 yr Author Thanks Archimoto! I am already finding everyone so nice and insightful here! What a great group.
July 18, 201412 yr Welcome to our part of the internet 28+ years of training - and knowing the more I learn, the less I actually know...
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