Shorin-Ryu Karate Championship

[1750will]

i am also in shorin ryu (Blue belt) but haven't gone to tournaments

[Sanchyu92]

i don't know anything about karate but i want to learn it absolutly !! but... in some video we can see that the karateka can't hit the head and here, he can... can you tell me why? sorry for my english :/ i'm french if anyone can answer me in french ;)

[shobayashi]

It depends on the style of karate and form of the competition... In Shorin-Ryu you can hit the head, but you can't hurt your opponent. You must control your technique... you can find informations of Shorin-Ryu here: oshukai.fr (in french:) )

[Sanchyu92]

@shobayashi thanks for the website in french ;) !

in my city I have the choice between 2 style of karate: shotokan karate and shorin ryu karate . I don't know wich choose.... I like kata but I think I really prefer fight ! :) So I don't know which one is the best for combat :/

and when you say that you must control your technique... it means that you can't really hit your opponent?

thanks for your help and again: sorry for my english ^^'

[shobayashi]

@Sanchyu92 Sometimes it really doesn't depends from style of karate.... Teacher is most important:)-You should go and try both schools:) And about control - I said about competition - and it depends of the rules....In Shorin-Ryu competition you can't "really" (means hard) hit your oponent in the head.Legs and corpse is not so dangerous so you can punch it really hard...

[Sanchyu92]

@shobayashi ok thanks for all I will see with the professors =) thank you very much for your advice and your video which is beautiful ! =)

[Derukugi2]

@Sanchyu92

My experience is that shorin ryu puts more emphasis on sparring than shotokan, but maybe that depends on the teacher.

You should go to both places a couple of time and watch to make up your mind.

Both are well-known styles anyway.

[brinnonvallere]

@Sanchyu92

I was trained in jka-iskf shotokan karate.....if you do it right, get a solid basic foundation, shotokan is a great first style to study.

[tigga1723]

I study Kobayashi Shorin Ryu. My Renshi is a student of one of Hansi Campbells students. Hanshi Campbell was one of Shiguro Nakazato's students

[PeterSteele111]

Also forgot to mention we are a full contact dojo as well.

[PeterSteele111]

This looks neat. I study under Sensei Jose Juan Cruz here in Chuluota, Florida and we use alot of elbow and knee techniques. We don't do many competitions but we aren't training for that. We train to pass on the techniques taught to our sensei on to us. Would be neat to do a competition though at least once.

[007Mechanix]

@PeterSteele111 That's really cool. I actually want to learn karate or some form of martial art, but I'm a little chubby so I don't know right now. I'm actually just working out right now to get in better shape.

[PeterSteele111]

@007Mechanix Hey I am not on the light side either. It is a lot of hard work but well worth it. I am 5'1-" at 240 pounds so I am no where near fit lol. We also study Kobayashi Shorin Ryu. My Sensei learned from Sensei Nohara from Okinawa Japan.

[007Mechanix]

@PeterSteele111

Oh, that's really cool. I don't really know about martial arts, but I check on Sensei Nohara

[gostekk]

Cool :)

[Calsonic66]

No I don't think so

[veshkeat]

I do not mean to insult any practitioners of this art by being wrong, but is this what was evolved into modern shotokan? I read it somewhere, but i don't see any resemblence, really..

[ronin752]

@veshkeat

You are looking at sport karate. Shorin is the forerunner of Shotokan. How is Shotokan evolved?

That logic is the logic that says that jujutsu is a more refined art than karate altogether.

[sammaggard]

@ronin752 shotokan and many other karate forms got away from the ancient style because of points karate... alot of schools trained only for competition which took away knee and elbow strikes. Machida has gone back to the ancient shotokan style adding the knees and elbows back in

[ronin752]

@sammaggard

Sort of. I really like Machida as a fighter, and mma demands knees and elbows, but MMA and Machida's fighting style are still different from koryu karate. Different strategy and flow, and also different purposes.

[sammaggard]

Yes they call it machida karate. its just very old shotokan adapted to MMA

[mikeshorin]

representing Pat Haley, Hanshi Shigoro Nagazato

[transformerfreak123]

how to spell

[redsoxfanatic2007]

I study under Butch Marino's Karate Institutes.

[transformerfreak123]

i do shorin ryo. i study under shehaun nishoka

[Shinkyu42]

You need to learn how to spell.

[Assassin824]

shehaun? do you know what you are talking about or do you not know how to spell?

[izzy515]

♥ninian is also in shorin-ryu karate-do and she is now 5th kyu or yellow belt with 3 green stripes...shes now 11♥

♥mj fan♥

♥love you michael jackson♥

[bigrobnz]

Good hard stuff, the last technique was brilliant!!

[07ATF]

They are very, very good and they practice true Shorin-Ryu. On the other hand I dislike very much Tadashi Yamashita Shorin-Ryu very commercialized and it's all about money and contracts with this organization and what the heck is suikendo that tadashi invented. Can anyone explain.

[budo08]

Sure, I can explain it!

[Goemon80]

non-contact? shorin-ryu is the full-conact with protectors in japan.

[SammelR85]

The dojo that I attend is full contact and all we wear are mouth guards, chest protectors (female) and groin guards (male). I prefer it over non-contact styles (I've tried and joined a few before settling on full contact)

[Odacon]

Very robust, I like it!