#shorin-ryu

[bigguybudo]

We’re really pleased with our new Bushi (warrior) embroidered cap! The flexfit band makes it super comfortable, and the embroidery printed well.

[mikeoliveri]

Workout done. Now to give the dojo a little TLC. (at AOK Eureka Dojo)

[starflesh-moth]

today i achieved a goal i have been working towards for over 5 years

ya boy is OFFICIALLY a first-degree black belt in Washin-Ryu and Shorin-Ryu Karate-Do!!

IM A BLACK BELT BABYYYYYY!!!!!!

[mikeoliveri]

Great example of how we’re never “too old for karate.”

[mikeoliveri]

One of the things that consistently surprises me while teaching is how even adults don’t know how to throw a punch. Sometimes it’s movie-style, camera-friendly punches, sometimes it’s just an attempt to throw a fist forward, but if they’re inexperienced it’s always sloppy (to be fair, mine probably were so many years ago, too). I really enjoy giving them a few corrections, then letting them hit the pad again and watching the lightbulb go off when they feel the difference in their power.

[mikeoliveri]

Sunday Keiko: Today I let an Ikkyu and his attack team have the main part of the mat. (at AOK Eureka Dojo)

[mikeoliveri]

Two sensei and their students perform Tekki Shodan from Shotokan and Naifanchi Shodan from Okinawan Shorin-ryu together to compare the two styles’ interpretations. 

[mikeoliveri]

Added to the kata repertoire today, picking up Matsumura No Passai at our dojo’s annual Sessen mini-seminar. My instructors learned this kata from a former student who studied in Miyahira Sensei’s dojo in Okinawa, and then polished it up themselves when they visited Okinawa with him.

Very different from our Shuri-ryu Bassai Dai, and from the Okinawan Kempo Passai many of us know as well.