Hello this is Denny agian!

Thank your for Roger St. Arneault and Billy to answer
the post!

Sensie Haryo will agree a lot with Roger, he is also
trying to learn from other styl as much as he can. He
is good with Goju Kata as well. But, like Roger, in
the Karate world his love is Wado, learning other
style's Kata and movements is only to broaden his
experience. If you talk to him about Kata, he will go
down to the tatami and perform many types of Kata for
you, whether it is Okinawan, Shitoryu, or Gojuryu. But
he does not forget his Wado, he still moves with Wado
movements when peforming Wado Kata.

To Billy, I think it is a loss if we as Wado stylist
does not study the Jujutsu portion of the art, such as
the Idori, the Tantodori, etc. Luckily, with the help
of modern technology, we could purchase the videos of
grandemasters such as Mr. Suzuki, Mr. Jiro Otsuka and
others. But off course videos cannot replace actual
instruction with the masters!

I think the masters who studied with Otsuka Saikoh
Shihan are very old now (Taman sensei himself is 65+
now) and a couple of decades from now they all will be
gone. So we have to act now to preserve "unknown" part
of Wado heritage.

Denny

> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 06:02:23 -0500 (Est)
> From: "Roger St-Arneault"
> <wado.karate@...>
> Subject: Réf. : Re: Digest Number 726
>
> Hi Billy,
>
> now since a couple of years, Shotokan, Goju-Ryu,
> Shito-Ryu don't fight like
> the origine style. They use a lot Wado's tecnics
> like taisabaki. I had since
> a couple of month a seminar with a Shito-Ryu Masters
> and he moves like Wado'
> guy. Now it will be more difficult to reconize a
> style when we fight. I know
> what you mean about Wado, you would like Wado as a
> pure style. See all Wado
> s masters don't think in the same way and a lot of
> them use Shotokan
> technics in their Wado. So what can we do. I think
> it will be the future
> karate. All the style will be look the same at the
> end. If i will be able to
> see something who will perfect my karate, OK... But
> I am and stay a Wado
> prationner.
>
> I wish you an happy new year 2003.
>
>
>
> wa-no-michi
> Roger St-Arneault 6e dan
> President Karate Rouyn-Noranda Wado-Kai
> Responssable Wado-Kai SWKKF pour le Québec
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> -------Message original-------
>
> De : wadokarate@yahoogroups.com
> Date : Sunday, January 05, 2003 22:36:17
> A : wadokarate@yahoogroups.com
> Sujet : Réf. : [Wado Forum] Re: Digest Number 726
>
> Hi Roger,
>
>
> My message was in reference to Denny's message.
> Perhaps I should've
> quoted him to avoid any misunderstanding. I think
> the WKF rules about
> kata are fair. I think Wado karatekas can use any
> kata they want in a
> tournament, even go into the weapons category.
>
> A problem may arise when Shotokan, Goju, etc.,
> techniques begin to
> change Wado techniques within a Wado dojo. It's no
> big deal to some, a
> big deal to others.



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