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Old 13-Jan-2005, 05:32 PM
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Does anyone have any insight into this kata? It's without a doubt the stangest form outside of Chinte. It is I think the shortest kata in the shotokan cirriculum, and (seemingly) one of the most basic. Yet it is one of the highest kata in the system. Your thoughts?

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What style's Wankan??

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Old 13-Jan-2005, 06:28 PM
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Shotokan, it's just before the Gojushiho's
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Shotokan, it's just before the Gojushiho's
it's completely unrelated to the Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu's wankan. It was probably made up by someone in Funakoshi's lineage, perhaps Yoshitaka.

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Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu's wankan.
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O.K. come on guys, what's the joke?
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My guess is, Yoshitaka Funakoshi picked this one up from shito and shotokanized it. It's a nice kata and the shito verison is only slightly different.
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My guess is, Yoshitaka Funakoshi picked this one up from shito and shotokanized it. It's a nice kata and the shito verison is only slightly different.
That dosn't surprise me. All of shotokan is somthing else that has been "Shotokanized".

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That dosn't surprise me. All of shotokan is somthing else that has been "Shotokanized".

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And the kung fu stylest will say, 'That doesn't surprise me. All of Okinawan karate is kung fu that has been 'te-ized.'

For real, I've been told by many kung fu folks, that Okinawan karate is very hard style kung fu...

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And the kung fu stylest will say, 'That doesn't surprise me. All of Okinawan karate is kung fu that has been 'te-ized.'

For real, I've been told by many kung fu folks, that Okinawan karate is very hard style kung fu...

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Yup. It's all the same stuff. There are only so many way to wave your hands and feet around. Everyone wants to say "NO, NO, only WE have the REAL stuff". Gimmie a break.

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i hear that in wankan karate you develop one very strong arm and wrist but the other stays underdeveloped. you also tend to keep your guard "low"
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O.K. come on guys, what's the joke?

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