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Yes, his sister is Marsha. I met her for the first time this morning. And I second Oneya's remarks about Goju-ryu; the principles of Wado-ryu and Goju-ryu are as different as a Windows PC and a Mac--sure they're both computers on the outside, but the same operating system? Some people use a Mac and ...

@majin29

I just trained with Sensei Ham and his sister here in sunny ol' Myrtle Beach. (Even on vacation, he practices!) I couldn't recommend a better teacher.

James Coleman is in Washington; he's a member of Wado-ryu Bushinkai, Sensei Sakura's organization. He's not on here (I think), but his facebook page is: http://facebook.com/james.s.coleman2. If you don't hVE n account, just pm me and I'll send his email.

Wado-ryu Bushinkai also practices sanbon gumite, but I honestly don't know whether it's only here in the states. My teacher studies under Suzuki Sensei when he's here, so it might come from him. Our embu kata is all Suzuki except Bassai, which Sakura Sensei used for demonstrations a lot.