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I've begun learning Pinan Yondan and its by far my favourite kata. I love the Chinese influence in the circular motions and open hand techniques (though it could be debated whether these stem more from the Shindo Yoshin Ryu origins of Wado). One of our senior instructors likes to teach with a heavy ...

I'm currently a green belt and have no problems with taking my time to get to black belt. There's so much to learn and I want to learn it well. A friend of mine does Goju and in less than 2 years is already up to his brown belt. I find this puzzling. I know with our curriculum there's no way in hell...

For those forum members who dont practice these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9_SqsZjPr4 shep Okay this video demo makes more sense. We are taught to catch or intercept the lunge punch at the wrist or forearm but That trajectory seems to make it impossible to strike the attacker- its more like a ...

Thought I'd put my observations down - going back to the original thread title specifically relating to Sanabon Jodan Uke 3 would it be fair to say that there is a different dynamic going on anyway as opposed to nagashi zuki in kihon waza up and down the dojo from shizentai. For a start your right ...

Not that I put a lot of emphasis on watching videos since I go to Wado twice per week and I'm upping that to three times this Fall, but are there any really GOOD examples of these and more Wado techniques on say, YouTube? I've seen ones of Ohstuka and Suzuki sensei so I'm assuming they are pretty go...

HI David, can you please clarify " Doing drills of shifting lunge punch up and down the gymnasium" for me please.. The technique is a little bit too obscure to sort out. Thanks oneya For snapping and shifting lunge punch, we tend to move forward with the repeated shifting lunge punches, t...

Sorry guys, I really didn't want to start any arguments here! I know the topic of this thread has kind of gotten lost. Obviously at my level it would be best to demonstrate what I'm trying to articulate (obviously very poorly!). Please don't quarrel on account of my limited Wado vernacular. I have t...

HI David, can you please clarify " Doing drills of shifting lunge punch up and down the gymnasium" for me please.. The technique is a little bit too obscure to sort out. Thanks oneya For snapping and shifting lunge punch, we tend to move forward with the repeated shifting lunge punches, t...

WadoAJ wrote:

majin29 wrote:Thanks kato! There's one segment of his seminar on YouTube that looks really compelling so I'm really excited about this opportunity.

Majin, you must mean this one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQCeMNuQ54M

Yes, that's the one.

Thanks kato! There's one segment of his seminar on YouTube that looks really compelling so I'm really excited about this opportunity.