Kata CHINTO (Old style) - Okinawa Kôkôsei Taikai 2009

[Trevoke]

I'm not a big fan of tournament performances, but her skill is incredible. I'd love to see a video of her simply doing the form.

[thoughtcrimerecords]

This is a very close to the Shobayashi version.　松林? Oh, by the way, the bickering below shows how little exposure you have to life. The "this is/is not the way I learned it" argument is testimony to the ignorance of the recognition that the only constant in life is change. All these students of Kyan formed their own styles, but they all had the same Sensei!!!

So! The truth is that the only authentic style is tempered in the spirit. Otherwise, this is the banter of semantics that fuels war.

[ikkaindia]

Great kata, thanks for sharing

[JoeyFifty2]

This isn't a style I'm familiar with, but it is executed beautifully!!

[radamateur]

Not the Chinto kata I'm familiar with, but a nicely executed jumping snap kick.

[ronin752]

It is amazing to me that the karate at the Okinawan World Tournament no longer looks, ....  Okinawan.

[ronin752]

This is a beautiful kata. The oldest pattern of Chinto, but still modern in style. Definitely not koryu, however.

[thehornsofbaphomet]

Lovely Kata, seeing some elements of my own style with lots of others there. One I would love to learn

[OrangeDwarf83]

bronskibronek, I agree.

[harleygbg]

Nothing like the Chinto we have in Shorinji Rye Renshinkan Kempo, that is the original Kempostyle from Okinawa. Big changes after the sons started there own schools...

[bronskibronek]

briliant tzn..zajobocha:)



[ryukuykenpo74]

Great performance ,The kata is chinto ,I think it's tomari te version in the w.k.f style but not matsubayashi okinawa shorinryu .Still a good kata but i wish the w.k.f would stop changing the old kata's just for performance sake.Kara te is for so much more than the look of a kata. It's not the old verison at all.

[jiggahippo]

@ryukuykenpo74 I disagree. This is Matsubayashi Ryu, it is just performed at a modified rate of speed and Kime but the techniques are all Mastu! I have been in Matsu and tarined with Nagamine both father and son for 33 years and have seen many school use the kata's but change timming and speed.

[ryukuykenpo74]

@jiggahippo You can disagree if you wish ,But this is not the way you would learn this kata in the dojo , Only if you are entering W.K.F comp's would you do this version , Nagamine sensei didn't show you this way in his dojo.  Technique has been Modified for comp's,That's what i was pointing out, Thanks for your comment

[jiggahippo]

@ryukuykenpo74 THEN we agree! As I already stated it is Matsu but with modifications.

[RaiKing17]

She is a Sexy Beast

[shftyswtchblade2]

This is nothing like the Chinto kata we study in our form of Shorin-ryu (Reihokan). Very different indeed.

[confortitraining]

this is the shorin ryu chinto performed by a shito ryu athlete. great performance but there's nothing about "old style" karate.

Marco Conforti, 5° dan Matsubayashi shorin ryu karatedo

[MissFrizz33]

This definitely isn't the same version we are taught in our Shorin-Ryu dojo, but it is beautiful!

[Oldschooldan1]

That was inspirational, a true thing of beauty!

[NewEnglandBudo]

Actually this is the Kyan version of Chinto. We do a similar version in our dojo. (see suggestions on right (Kyan ha Chinto).

Also check out youtu(DOT)be/loCyQB8Eenk

The Chotoku Kyan version of Chinto. Originally from Kokasu Matsumura Tomari. Unique in the 45 degree embusen and techniques. Performed by Zenpo Shimabukuro of the Seibukan.

[SithV1]

That's a very cool version of Chinto Kata.

[TheWashimekai]

I agree on the caption "Old Version"... fine-tuned to suit the competitive aspect (sport).. Its more of the "Shorin-ji Ryu" system evidenced by the embusen - peformed in DIAGONAL (zigzag) pattern... The conventional Shorinryu/Shurite version direction is frontal...

[bigrobnz]

great version of this kata, she performs it very well!!

[glamiss]

wow. she's really really good. awesome combination of fast and slow.

[Nerubio]

@lt5933: I train Shito-ryu, and that is not Shito-ryu. The Shito-ryu version of Chinto is a lot simpler! Thank god for that :P

[lt5933]

not Matsubayashi ryu

[ranta70]

Excellent performance! Thanks for posting.

BTW would you know what "style"/who her teacher is? Thanks.

[KARATEbyJesse]

@ranta70

Sorry, all I know is that she's from the Shuri High School Karate Club, and practises Shorin-ryu

[jiggahippo]

@ranta70 This is the Matsubayashi Ryu style that was modified by performance NOT technique! Very well performed and executed!

[Hanagushiku]

I'm not sure what is meant by standardized version of Matsubayashi Ryu Chinto.Sport kata this is.Similarities yes but this is a vastly different kata in appearence.

[shikiyanaka]

Standardized version of Matsubayashi-ryu Chinto. Sakumoto is classifying all of Okinawan Karate. Finally. making it Japanese, and making it Olympic. ;O)))))))

[ShimodaSensei]

This is very nice. I am a Karate-Ka in the style of Shotokan... but I can see and appreciate beauty when I see it. This was very nice. Where was this exactly?...

[MGmartialarts]

Nice chinto kata very similar of the version Jyoshinmon Shorin Ryu Chinto

[redaruba]

I agree with babydru: in Shotokan it is Gankaku Sho. In Shorin-ryu Kyudokan we use the other version (search on YouTube : 'Makiko Midorikawa Chinto').

BTW: Jesse, thank you for a wonderful blog!

[KARATEbyJesse]

@redaruba Thanks!

[NewEnglandBudo]

I teach this version of Chinto but it flows a lot faster and has a bit more hip torque and rotation when moving. No posing or stopping, fun kata to perform.

[logpos]

Woah, good leg work!

[isshinryu33]

Very good Kata, its very close to the Isshin ryu verision!!

[asd748wsx]

judging by the video tags, i'm guessing this is shorinji-ryu?

[KARATEbyJesse]

Or Shorin, they both use Chinto.

[asd748wsx]

hmmm. with that nekoashi, it doesn't look like shorin. might be shito, but i'm not sure, as i've never seen the shito-ryu chinto

[KARATEbyJesse]

Well, it's modified to fit the competition format, that's why the stance is more "modern". As are the shuto-uchi etc.

But it's not Shito-ryu, this isn't the Itosu-version (which is the one they do in Shito-ryu).

[yamadojo81]

Awesome kata and execution!

Oss!