Sho-ju Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 Anyone know if there is an online video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasori_Te Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 I'm just curious.... Are you supposed to be taking a traditional Shotokan style? Saifa is also a part of the Naha Te/ Goju Ryu lineage and not a part of the Shuri Te/ Shotokan lineage. I'm not knocking your style I'm just curious. I saw you have your style labeled as Shotokan Ryu. A block is a strike is a lock is a throw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho-ju Posted September 26, 2003 Author Share Posted September 26, 2003 I'm just curious.... Are you supposed to be taking a traditional Shotokan style? Saifa is also a part of the Naha Te/ Goju Ryu lineage and not a part of the Shuri Te/ Shotokan lineage. I'm not knocking your style I'm just curious. I saw you have your style labeled as Shotokan Ryu. Shotokan is my style but have also taken Meibukan Goju Ryu and have learned both sanchin and saifa. I was looking into it as a personal study, outside of the normal shotokan syllabus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Practise is the Key Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Go to google and go to web type saifa than just click on a few sites and you will see a photo of saifa video easy to lern mate. I am still training however, having dabbled in Shotokan and Shotokai Karate. I am please to report that Kenshukai is one of the strongest and most disciplined styles ( i did not write this) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho-ju Posted September 26, 2003 Author Share Posted September 26, 2003 P.S. I have seen other groups of shotokan return to their roots and include saifa, etc. SKI is big on this. They use saifa because the stances are easlier on the body then empi, kanku. I also know of shorin sub styles that use more naha te kata as well. IYO, do you think this is a good thing? IMO, I find it very useful and learning other kata improved my kumite overall. Mas Oyama's kyokushin includes both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darce Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 Eeer... Excuse my stuoidity, but what is saifa? Is it a combo or something? Shukokai Karate, Orange belt ( 7. kyu) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho-ju Posted September 26, 2003 Author Share Posted September 26, 2003 Eeer... Excuse my stuoidity, but what is saifa? Is it a combo or something? No such thing as a stupid question... Saifa is a kata that means 'to smash and tear.' Nice huh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasori_Te Posted September 26, 2003 Share Posted September 26, 2003 IMO it is never bad to know any kata as long as it is an authentic kata that has been passed down and not someone's musical kata for a tournament. I do have a bit of a problem with a style that has more than 15 kata on the syllabus for the style. Even at this number you will never be able to understand the intricacies of the kata properly. I've come to understand why some of the old guys only knew 3 or 4 katas at most as masters of their style. There's a lot of things that are inside of traditional ( I hate that term ) kata if it's being taught correctly. A block is a strike is a lock is a throw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darce Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Ok, thanks bud. Shukokai Karate, Orange belt ( 7. kyu) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrrrArg Posted September 27, 2003 Share Posted September 27, 2003 Saifa is probably my second favourite of the Goju katas that I "know" (two at the moment...) so have fun learning it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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