Shorin Ryu Rohai Kata

Video of Rohai being performed by Toshiaki Gillespie. Shorin Ryu Karate

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Sports

Tags:

• Kata
• Karate
• Rohai
• Kuda
• Matsumura
• Kenpo
• Seito
• Shorin
• Ryu

[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.

[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.

[Kaisertoji]

@DrVoltage1 its the Ryukyu Islands

[jiggahippo]

@IEKUKATAKA ... short for okinawa

[IEKUKATAKA]

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

[IEKUKATAKA]

@jiggahippo What is an Oki?

[Kaisertoji]

@IEKUKATAKA Osu Semper Fi Yank marine

[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.