When the KGBV girls first showed me their katas, I was perplexed.\u00a0\u00a0There was one kata that looked like Chito Ryu, but not exactly.\u00a0 It had the Cat Paw technique, and the toes-out kibadachi stance, but then had a crouching stance that I’ve never seen before.\u00a0 Not that I was expecting familiarity:\u00a0 my inquiries into what style of karate they practiced were met repeatedly by the response:\u00a0 Martial Art.\u00a0 So, major language gap.\u00a0 At the announcement of their next kata, I started to be relieved:\u00a0 Heian Yondan.\u00a0 This I know!\u00a0 But as I watched, it was Heian Sandan that I was seeing – at least it is in my dojo back home.\u00a0 The kata continued, and incorporated into it were the toes out kibachi stance, and Hapkido style shuto uke.\u00a0 Oy.\u00a0 Ok.\u00a0 No problem, right?\u00a0 Then came Heian Sandan, which looked exactly like what I know to be Heian Yondan.\u00a0 And then another kata that looked again like a combination of Chito Ryu, Goju Ryu, and Hapkido-type blocks and stances.<\/p>\n
I find it very interesting to find so many martial arts styles combined together in this remote part of the world.\u00a0 It makes me wonder about where the influences have come from and\u00a0how karate originally came to this area.\u00a0 Due to lack of technology, the method of passing on the tradition is very much hands-on, teacher-to-student.\u00a0 And I muse over what this style could evolve into.\u00a0 And if this is what it was like on Okinawa as Karate was evolving into what I’ve come to know it as.\u00a0 Quite fascinating considerations for this karateka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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