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Post by jiudaowx on Mar 5, 2016 11:13:48 GMT -5
Hi all, I joined this forum today after reading about a particularly knowledgeable yahoo forum member crossed over here.
I am curious about what kind of martial art you guys trained in and how many years.
I started karate in my local IKGA branch, trained for 3 years and left due to study and work commitments. Thanks to the Internet, I got to read alot about gojuryu and karate in general. I became interested in Okinawan gojuryu, was considering joining the IOGKF dojo which is not near from my house. I then found out about Higaonna Morio's questionable lineage through an answer to my question in Yahoo and an online article of Miyazato Eiichi's final interview.
There are a number of Japanese goju dojos in my country. What I don't like about them is the priority on tournaments and embroilment in politics. Another thing i found out is that my small country with around 20 karate associations, there are at least 5 Instructors holding the hanshi title. What do you think? Are there hanshi level Instructors in your karate community?
Finally after a 15 year hiatus from karate, I joined a newly formed wadoryu class in a community club in February 2015. I feel my instructor is not very knowledgeable but at least he is not involved in politics. Nowadays it is hard to find karate instructors who have the genuine interest to teach.
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Post by Glutton4Punishment on May 18, 2016 18:06:14 GMT -5
Hi, this forum is pretty much dead. It was fun while it lasted but everybody has pretty much moved on. If I were you, I would try to contact the Yahoo user via their email if you'd like to contact them. Anyone that came over here is either still on Yahoo or no longer posting about martial arts so much in general.
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