All Wado Karate Forum

That's what makes these Koryu "Sogo Bujutsu" [edit] Not saying of course that Wado is a Sogo Bujutsu in this respect. Just my thoughts Gary Wado may not be a Sogobudo in that respect; but to my way of thinking it is a karate sogobujutsu or perhaps kenpo sogobujutsu. Karate per se is the e...

I have to wonder though, why would you do it if it smacks of fabrication and lacks the wisdom that the dojo experience with a sensei will bring with it. oneya Ha ha !!! I wouldn't !!!!!! But mainly because I only practice 15 kata and I have known them forever. But I think a person with a good grasp...

I don't know if learning a kata, especially if you have knowledge of that kata family, from a digital source is all that improbable. I think I could do it.

Some people have even suggested practicing the weak side over (more than) the dominant side. I think it makes both physiological and practical sense to practice both sides--even if not equally.

kyudo wrote:What's the reason for practising KK on both sides?

To practice the left and right sides of the body equally.

Thank you. I went to the old site and read the very long discussion. I suppose we will never see the kata as Otsuka sensei taught it. In the absence of a really authoritative version, all that is left is Shitoryu, since it is certain that Otsuka sensei did not learn the Goju version. And if I wanted...

Well, I simply mean that given its scope and range and its clear elements of jujitsu and iaido as well as karate, and western boxing, and even its connection to certain healing arts, that Wado might have evolved into an art that sees itself as comprhensive---a free standing comprehensive new martial...

These are all pretty enriching resonses. There is a lot of collective understanding and experience here. I actually neither know nor practice Suparenpei. It does, however, feel "right" to me to have at least one somewhat authentic naha te kata in a syllabus. The nine core kata constitute m...

Mr. Otsuka was the one who initially put it in the syllabus, and he did teach it, even if he dropped it later. Also I think it is possible to over-state wadoryu's uniqueness in terms of kata. The kata do have some very attractive features but remain in the general range of shurie te karate.

The reason, I suppose, to include it, is that there is no true Naha te kata in the syllabus. Seishan is Hangetsu which is far removed from naha te Seisan. I have never seen a coherent Wado version. The Shito ryu kata is nice but I do not know it. Strangely it was listed in the original syllabus but ...