mikelw Posted March 22, 2003 Posted March 22, 2003 It would be interesting if anyone knows it or practise Hayashi-ha Shito-ryu there WOOHOO! Yeah, i do that style, and i Do it at MINAKAMI KARATE DOJO in Lake City, Washington. There's also one in Bellevue, and Sweden. Shihan Minakami is a great teacher, and internationally recognized. But yeah, i train there. I'm a 4th kyu greenbelt. MKD (minakami karate dojo) does a pretty good amount of kata. Most of the training comes from Kata, practice of basics, footwork practice, partner drills (lots of this) and kumite. When we spar, it's usually free sparring, and usually not point sparring. We only point spar before tournaments to get used to it.
mikelw Posted March 22, 2003 Posted March 22, 2003 It would be interesting if anyone knows it or practise Hayashi-ha Shito-ryu there Hey martialgirl, Do you plan on coming in to check it out (a better question is, do you live in the seattle area). i'm there basically 5 days a week.
mArTiAl_GiRl Posted March 22, 2003 Author Posted March 22, 2003 Thank you, SaiFightsMS for the information mikelw, really??? You practise there?? WOW, that's soooo cool. 'Cause I have practised in Sweden, at MKD. And the Sensei's name there is: Per Ola Olsson. He is a very good Sensei and I use to visit his Dojo. Right now I live in Estonia and shito-ryu doesn't exist here and I practise at another karate Dojo. I really miss MKD But I have brought the style to Estonia now and even Peo (Per Ola Olsson) knows about it. I have heard, that Peo visited MKD in USA and he really liked that. So he came to Sweden and made his own MKD When I'll get a bit older, then I'll go back to MKD in Sweden and I'll probably visit it in USA too Kill is love
BKJ1216 Posted March 22, 2003 Posted March 22, 2003 Well although I have no clue about this style(makes me kinda sad really) https://www.usadojo.com might have a listing of dojos in the US. White Belt- Shudokan Karate
brickman Posted March 25, 2003 Posted March 25, 2003 shito-ryu started in Okinawa....but to my knowledge the system you refer to is dominated by Japanese guys. One of the coaches of the US team is Shito-ryu. I know Minakami sensei. He was pretty good at fighting and is still in great shape. What questions do you have about kata or what not? If you ask, perhaps we can help.
hobbitbob Posted March 26, 2003 Posted March 26, 2003 Trained at WKA, which is Mr. Thiry's org., also Hayashi ha in Seattle for five years. Not sure, but my understanding is He and Minakami Sensei ahd a falling out about twenty years ago, hence two Hayashi ha orgs in the Seattle area. There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm!
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