Shorin Ryu Rohai Kata

[mariachigonzalez1030]

very good !

[Tigerpaws9097826]

It's interesting to compare this to T'ai Chi Chuan (with which I'm more familiar). There are some similarities in style, though the performance here is less fluid, but more intense, than T'ai Chi movements.  The martial applications are more easily apparent in Rohai than in T'ai Chi, yet I suspect T'ai Chi may be better at actually flowing chi for health purposes. Each style, I think, has its merits.

[uminchu7th]

What a joke, I don't think he knows what he's doing.

[vinloremrv]

@farhan3d - Actually, when comparing Okinawan katas from Shuri & Tomari to their Japanese counterparts you will find that the Japanese stances are predominantly lower as there are fewer "walking stances" (aka short forward stances). Additionally, the cat stances in the original Okinawan katas were changed to a back stance in almost all the associated Japanese katas. I do not believe that direct comparisons of Oki/Jap kata versions support the comment about being more/less circular.

[Ebureto]

Comments on kata performance notwithstanding, this is NOT the Matsumura Kenpo version of Rohai as taught by the late Kuda Yuichi-O'sensei or his son, Tomosada-sensei.

[rijnjlj]

@Ebureto I agree, I studied under Kuda for a few years and he never used the fist/punch positions and especially the foot movements. But I do not believe that this post pertains specifically to Kuda's performance of the kata. It maybe very well executed based on the instruction given.

[ashleywilliamjohnson]

wow, no fucus. no hips, no hara. his body mechanics are all bad. who is this guy anyway?? and hes doing the kata wrong. and why does his kia have that grunt on the end

[ShorinRyuRonin]

I dont like this interpertation of Rohai nor the way he performs it with no power, he is not rooted, no snap or hips.

[MuskokaLad]

This is Shorin Ryu?

[SuperUnbeliever]

almost impossible to.......?

[jiggahippo]

looks more japanese than okinawan

[DrVoltage1]

@jiggahippo umm....okinawa is in japan fyi

[jiggahippo]

@DrVoltage1 ummm NO ITS NOT! Okinawa is or was a country all to its self! The Okinawans never liked and still do not like the main land japan. Read a book.

[DrVoltage1]

@jiggahippo Why would I read a book instead of looking at an atlas or globe? ; P yeah I really thought Okinawa was part of Japan's islands. Theres a technical name for the group of islands Japan owns but I cant remember right now. :(

[jiggahippo]

@DrVoltage1 Why read a book? damn , ok.... Its called the RyuKyu Ilands. They were under the power of King Shoshin the japans didnt own, if u will, the ilands until the 1700's. Te, their fighting system in the ilands, were around much longer than that. China saw them as an independant nation and traded with the Okinawans and china sent over hundreds of farmers, artist, doctors, and yes Masters of the Martial Arts to share and learn from each other. Japan was not even in the picture at that time.

[DrVoltage1]

@jiggahippo hehe just kiddin that first part. Thanks for the info, I wont make that mistake twice. *tips hat to jiggahippo*

[Kaisertoji]

@DrVoltage1 its the Ryukyu Islands

[farhan3d]

@jiggahippo Just for my information, what's the difference between japanese and okinawan style kata/karate?

[jiggahippo]

@farhan3d Well in short the okinawa arts are FOR THE MOST PART, more compact and circular. The Japanese have higher stances as well as there blocks. And the Okis were more Kung Fuish, if u will, not so straight and ridged.

[IEKUKATAKA]

@jiggahippo What is an Oki?

[jiggahippo]

@IEKUKATAKA ... short for okinawa

[IEKUKATAKA]

@farhan3d Okinawans developed karate, it is their cultural flower. The Japanese generations that first learned karate for the most part were nationalistic and ethnically bigoted, they were the WWII generations. They were steeped with samurai traditions and "knew" others to be inferior. So, they learned karate from a distained minority, changed it to suit their purposes and much of it became a sport, especially the JKA. Traditional schools in Japan are few, just as in the west. see post 2

[IEKUKATAKA]

@farhan3d Post 2. I studied Karate in Japan as a Marine. As I grew older I began to question things such as tactics, attack methods etc. I found that Okinawan karate, the only true karate, is simpler, to the point, combat oriented and a no nonsense martial art. I now train only in Okinawan karate and would not go back for the world. It is so complete that the United States Marine Corps Martial Arts Program has a very similar syllabus patterned after ko ryu ho karate jutsu.

[MorteWulfe]

@IEKUKATAKA I studied for years at a Shorin Ryu dojo, but even there we were smart enough to incorporate good tactics from other styles. I was training there when the first UFC match happened and Gracie was an eye opener. My whole dojo had gathered to watch it. We started looking into some of the jiu jitsu tactics and began incorporating them with the striking.

[Kaisertoji]

@IEKUKATAKA  Osu Semper Fi Yank marine

[IEKUKATAKA]

@Kaisertoji Semper Fi and best wishes for the new year.

[ccthedragon]

short but good.thnx