For those who didn't get or want to pay for the deluxe hard back of 'Wado-Ryu Karate' by Hironori Otsuka, it has now been released in an affordable paperback...
Hi Quiet time, so thought I'd stir the pot! On the basis that Otsuka said you could spend a lifetime just studying Naihanchi, and that reputedly Funakoshi was...
... Hi David, A little while ago I took upon myself to look into this very same issue and consulted people both inside and outside of Wado. As my aim was to...
Snipped - - - ... how deep can 15 moves get? ... Hi David , The applications are huge , arm bars , finger locks , neck break , knock outs , pressure point...
I tried to start a thread related to this some time ago. I have an instructional DVD done by Choki Motobu's Son (or grandson?) and one of the sections is all...
Hi Doug, I too have the video of Choki Motobu's son, Chosei Motobu (demonstrating with Takeji Inaba) if it's the same one as you are talking about it mainly...
I think this link has probably been psoted here before, but I did quick search but it didn't show up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOrQ9HafegE It is Tenjin...
Thanks for that Gordon, Did you spot early on, the reaching over the shoulder to grab the lapel into shime waza, this seemed to me to be very similar to one of...
... He might have done one or two last time, but I remember from the time before, around 2004, where after the normal end technique of kihon kumite no. 1 he...
I found this on a website. I am not sure what this means. Would anyone care to take a crack at it? ... Traditional >Japanese Jiujitsu and Classical Japanese...
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!! And to you, Mr. Nash. On that website and Naihanchi kata - how do you compare that with the way Mr. Oshiro does Naihanchi? From what I...
Hi Gordon, There is certainly some interesting film clips there. I liked the Fusen Ryu demonstration that came up - very strong. There is a connection between...
... direct ... Ben, If you want to experience SYR all you need to do is go to Berlin in February. Toby will be giving a 2 day SYR course on 17/18. It's a lot...
Thanks Bob, I will get along to one of Toby's course one of these days, but I am tied up in February with other plans unfortunately. Anyway, as if in response...
Bob, Thanks for the plug. Ben, FWIW, Shindo Yoshin ryu's taijutsu curriculum descended from the Iso line of TSR and the Nakamura Yoshin Koryu. Although many...
Hi Bob That is very reassuring to hear. It would be worse if they all passed :-) It will be some time before I get to that level. By the way were there any...
... passed :-) ... Hi Eddie, I'll pass on that one (lame pun). If I said there were then you would figure out who failed so I'm not going to go there. To my ...
BOB, Just curious but who was doing the testing and what rank were they? Mike ... From: bnashrei@... To: wadokarate@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thu, 4 Jan 2007...
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... Hi just for your information that Sensei John Wicks has received his 7th Dan within the WIKF....
Gordon, good call there, this is a lost element of Judo in any parts of the world. If you go to any library, you can find a copy of 7 kata of Judo by Kawaishi,...
What surprised me, although that is due to my lack of knowledge of Judo, was the punching and kicking. One of the tanto dori drills was also very, very ...
I dont think judo kata are very widely trained these days. A lot of the techniques on the video are from the kime no kata, which Kano adopted (adapted?) from...
... Hi Ben I have read on other forums that those aspects are not practised as much, but are definitely part of the Judo tradition, probably because of the ...
Interesting stuff this, Kyuzo Mifune looks a little like a not so smooth Otsuka sensei about that time. If you are a wado practitioner watching the tanto work...
