Sanchin variations

[powerof0ne]

Different variations of sanchin, sanchiem, san zhan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWh-uhw4C9s

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[Mixmasta01]

I've seen that video before and it was nicely done. One of my favorites saved in youtube.

[Godai]

The farther back you trace the roots of Goju and sanchin the more you see the Chinese elements. From here you can connect the dots and actually make a connection to clinching and control. Even some of the clinching and quick turns/takedowns in Muay Thai. (entangling arms/stickiness for control).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETSfM8xLiKw



Unfortunately I lost a really good piece written by Miyagi Chojun on something he witnessed concerning a young Filipino boy demonstrating a martial art from his area. Miyagi observed a resemblance between this boy’s performance and the karate of Okinawa of the period which intrigued him.

It shows a connection between many different styles from a wide area. Styles you would think have no connection at all.

[Dent]

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It shows a connection between many different styles from a wide area. Styles you would think have no connection at all.

I think that the fishermen and traders of Okinawa covered a wide geographic area. I've seen double knife Kata from the Kodokan Kobudo syllabus that looks like a parallel development, if not a direct copy, of FMA.

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[Bloke]

DKKC was at the course that first vidoe was form if im not mistaken.

[Godai]

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I think that the fishermen and traders of Okinawa covered a wide geographic area. I've seen double knife Kata from the Kodokan Kobudo syllabus that looks like a parallel development, if not a direct copy, of FMA.

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I don't want to take this thread too far from the original clips but it opens up an interesting area of study. If we were to look around the world at the fighting methods of many countries as well as drawings of fighting from the past from all over the world we see a similarity. We can pick out pieces that look like kata in some. Asian martial arts aren't that unique to them (Asians). As humans we can only move a certain way and are limited by all having two arms and two legs.
We tend to look at all things martial arts as having come out of China/Japan/Okinawa but evidence is showing that may not be true. The Europeans that visited Japan are said to also have had an influence on the fighting arts there and the techniques that eventually became karate as we know it.

What came first a karate front stance or that of fencing in France? :)

I think there is more of a world connection than just an Asian one.

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[Dent]

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I think there is more of a world connection than just an Asian one.

I fully agree. The biggest two issues facing many of the other MA is the lack of reference/ preservation and the lack of marketing.

I'm often surprised at how many things are determined by body type, and using Karate as a broad brush, how often a particular shape is desired as opposed to an outcome. (Whew! That took some rewriting...)

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