WadoRyu Kata: Wanshu

Masahiro Maruyama, Wado Ryu Renmei member
This video was shot at the JKF 38th Tokyo Karate Athlete Championships 2008. Maruyama placed Best 16 out of 93.
His first two rounds he won with Chinto, but lost this round with Wanshu. Although very sharp, I think the judges thought the pacing was too far from the standard Wado Wanshu.
See his Chinto on KenzenJapan.

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• Wanshu
• JKF
• Karate
• WadoRyu
• Wadokai
• Japan

[vW666r]

I'm not realy sure that this kata is the wado wanshu...I learnd the kata from Shingo Ogami sensei, an 8 dan graduated grandmaster from the wado karate Japan....and this is definitly not wado...

[kenzenjapan]

Yes, this is definitely Wado.

[TheMonkRS]

@kenzenjapan It is Wado, but have some diferences, and some techniques are really not accurate...

[bushidobonce]

Its a good version which ever school you come from and yes this is Wado, from my years of Wado I know that there is a lot of leeway with how you perform Kata after Chinto. ... Lets face it for competition all Kata is made to look more dynamic, its the only way Wado stands a chance against other styles. I posed that question to the EKF Chief Kata ref and he is Wado but when he used to compete he did Shotokan Kata just so he stood a chance, its the way it is,

[PLAYER1NYC]

Shotokan empi

[AcornsAndAntlers]

@manlykperry no this is for sure wanshu.

both my 4th dan instructors do it all of the time

[billybobongames]

@eehFoerFan Karate is Japanese is it not?

[AcornsAndAntlers]

@billybobongames not really.

his stance is comfortable for him.

[UltraRebels]

@vW666r Då har vi tränat i samma klubb :)

[godag45]

@kenzenjapan I do Wado Kai, it's almost the same, there are only some slight changes, but this is how i've learned the kata too.

[billybobongames]

His stance is really long he could get swiped easily :D

[KATHANACHARYA2008]

Hey guys this is Defiantly wado i m a wado practitioner 3rd dan...there r 3 type of wadoryu available , WADO KAI , KYU KISHIN WADO AND WADO INTERNATIONAL KARATE FADRATION (WIKF) and this is WADO KAI....