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I really appreciate your kata videos. Your school appears to have a Shudokan lineage, quite rare it seems, and an excellent comparative style for Shotokan and Shi-to-Ryu, among others. I do WT/Kukkiwon Taekwondo and have been researching our forms (called "poomsae" in Korean) for several years, trying to uncover their development and possible practical applications. Two of the 1st-generation masters had deep ties to Shudokan: Yun Kwei-Byung and Yun Byung-In (both appear in Toyama Kanken's list of Dan recipients). Studying what they studied is helping me understand better the art they helped create, where elements of many kata, including Chinto, live on to this day - and your videos are among the best resources I have for that effort.
I am glad the videos are useful! Yes both of those masters had deep ties to the Shudokan and trained under Toyama. Originally the Shudokan was the dojo building’s name. It only became associated with the style after Toyama’s death. I have been practicing it 40 years and still continuously find new things to learn and apply.
I am practicing the Sinpa Cho kata as a Shudokan style in Dallas. The weird movement from “Clear” to “Kirin-dachi” differs from what I learned. It is difficult to explain our moves, but they are like Chinese Tai-Chi. For example, about the first 45 degrees in the north west direction, with the movement of the left hand shaping 8-figure starting from the left up -> right down -> right up -> left down a little bit, the movement of the right hand is a pushing down move with palm open. After the move, we move to Gojushiho-ish Vertical circular movement and nukite.
Thank you so much for sharing this video, which helps me a lot to learn this kata. It was not easy to find the reference of this Kata before, but now I have it. I really appreciate your efforts to pass down what you learned in Shudokan to successors.
Thank you so much for sharing this kata! I am a member of the Okinawa Karate Club of Dallas where I can learn the Shudokan style Karate. This RU-vid video is a perfect reference for learning the kata. I really appreciate your efforts on this!
You are very welcome! Shudokan is a very small style. There are several dojos in the northwest (Washington, Oregon, Idaho) part of the country. I don’t know of any in Texas. If you are ever in Eugene, Oregon you are welcome to visit my dojo.
OMG this is really high level kata! Very good instructions. Many things I did not know - even after 33 years of Shotokan Karate. shows me I am still on my do. I think I will take this one as ad on for my next DAN level in 2027. Thank you so much for this. Will practice
In Matsubayashi Ryū, we have Pinan Nidan, but the hammer strike is not forward but sorta coming up and arcing downward like a sledge hammer (on the opponent's arm). There's also two knife hand strikes in fudo dachi on either side (straight left, then angled, straight right, then angled, so four in total) at the end. Other than that, it's the same.
No I am Shudokan. My style comes from Toyama Kanken. It is a comprehensive style as Toyama began his karate (Shuri-te) training under Ankō Itosu, and remained a student there until Itosu died in 1915. He also studied Naha-te under Kanryō Higaonna and Tomari-te under Ankichi Aragaki. In 1924 Toyama moved his family to Taiwan where he taught karate in the elementary schools. While Taiwan, Toyama studied white crane. In Japan, his karate is often called Toyama ryu rather than Shudokan. Originally the name Shudokan was Toyama’s name for the actual dojo building. He simply called his karate classical Okinawa karate-do.
Greetings! I'm very impressed by the style of your technique, very similar to my family 's who also practiced Shudo-Kan. Never seen that before outside my family's dojo
@@shudokankaratefamily we have the dojo located in Caracas Venezuela. Club Okinawa. A student found you and shared your videos to me, for me is truly amazing. I could see some videos of Ichida Kenshin in your channel. My grandfather trained under direction of Hatoyama Kancho, and senseis Kuniyoshi Takahashi, Isao Ichikawa and Nemoto among others. Very pleased to meet you
No wonder we are close! Our heritage is very similar. My Sensei was Morris Mack who trained with Ichikawa, Walter Todd under the direction of Hatoyama Kancho, Takahashi Sensei as well. I have been going to Japan to train with the Toyama Ryu/Shudokan Hanshi as they are all nearing 80 years old. I have spent the most time with Ishida Hanshi. We are basically karate cousins. Nice to meet you!
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I'm so glad you've chosen to share your system online like this as it opens the door for the rest of us to see what you do and how you do it. Never seen this kata before. Most interesting and instructive.
Thank you for your kind words! You can see the Shinpa (a more commonly known kata) in Shinpa Tan. Our Shinpa Cho is an older gem that somehow didn’t make it into modern karate styles. It’s a good one!
Yes it is similar for sure. In Shudokan it’s called Seru! There are several katas that you can look at and “know” they must have had a common ancestor kata. I am always fascinated to look at them and analyze how they diverged and how they stayed the same.
It’s definitely one you only still see being done in Doshinkan/Shudodan heritage dojos. It’s part of a pair, with the sister kata being Penpai. That’s my next planned video.
I find it so interesting that Ishida Hanshi keeps his videos with mistakes. When I visited his dojo last November. I totally messed up Hamahiga no Sai. (I was jet lagged) He told me, “Own your mistakes.” 😂 I always delete my blooper videos. Maybe I should rethink that.
Seeing Tanaka Hanshi perform is definitely a gift. This is especially true for Shudokan/Toyama Ryu practitioners. Tanaka Hanshi trained directly with Toyama Kanken. He was one of his highest ranking students. I feel like watching him gives us a clearer view of what Toyama’s Karate must have looked like.
I think so too! Penpou is a Shudokan kata. Not very many people know it. I have gotten to train in Japan with Ishida Hanshi several times and even at 77 he is incredibly strong.
That is true! He also did a few crane katas that in an interview he explained that they were katas of his youth. He didn’t want them to be forgotten. There are multiple videos of him teaching this one as well as a few with him demonstrating it to a crowd. My favorite is when he performs the kata then does multiple bunkai with several students.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-14ezHthGj4M.htmlsi=Evdqin802t5va5Nl here you go! There are several others if you do a search. There are some gems with him teaching groups the kata.
Thanks for the comment back. I’ve studied under Ron Maxey since 1973, and Morris Mack during summer months, taking a few breaks over the years. I’ve seen the other Dojos, I’d like to see Sensei Mack. I practice 1-5 but am unfamiliar with 6 ,7. I’d be grateful if you were to share the link with me.
Neat! I remember Ron. I would need an email to send the links to. The karate school’s Gmail email is thefamilykaratecenter. If you email me then I can get the links to you!
I will add that to the projects list. 😊Currently I am still recovering from a broken foot with a torn ankle ligament. So my recording has been slowed down.
I do actually have all these recorded including 7th they are currently set to private. My instructor Morris Mack Hanshi always said they were for the dojo only. It makes it a bit fraught to post them publicly. I have given Shudokan practitioners the links. I keep debating whether to honor his wishes or make them public now that he is no longer with us. There are a few other Shudokan practitioners that have posted them.
My style is Shudokan. This type of karate originated with Toyama Kanken. Toyama was a pioneer of karate in Japan, but the style didn’t attain popularity after he passed 1966. You can read more about it with books by Christian Bellina and Tobey Stansbury. I have also trained in many other styles over the years, either at their dojos or in multiple seminars. Goju Jundokan with Chinen Sensei. Shitoryu with Minakami Hanshi. Crane with John Sells Shihan. Ryuei Ryu with Arashiro Sensei.
Thank you! Yes I have done the Shudokan Unshu. It has been years and years since I have actively worked on it. I will look at my video library and see if I have any videos I could share.
Thank you Kate! Especially for the young comment😊😂As I am now closer to 60 than 50 🤔😜I am still recovering from an injury. But we do have plans for more videos!
