Shotokan Dawn Over Ireland

Damo W

Anyone know anything about this book?

pma-ire

Never heard of it??

So he learnt it from a book!!??

Mola.mola

Wow this reminds me of John Kavanagh. Gets interested in a style no one else has even heard of so he has to rely on the material, books in this case, videos perhaps in JK's case and just go with it. Fair play!

Is the Shotokan practiced in Japan and in 1960's ireland much different to today? There is a Shotokan club in the gym I train Judo in and I've often looked in. Their karate seems very static.

Michael O Leary

Alan Ruddock is now an Aikido man.

Michael O'Leary
www.wingtsun-escrima.ie

Mola.mola

interesting development!

Damo W

Michael O Leary wrote:

Alan Ruddock is now an Aikido man.

Michael O'Leary
www.wingtsun-escrima.ie

Michael,

Do you know him. did he contribute to the book?

Cheers

Damo W

Mola.mola wrote:

Wow this reminds me of John Kavanagh. Gets interested in a style no one else has even heard of so he has to rely on the material, books in this case, videos perhaps in JK's case and just go with it. Fair play!

Is the Shotokan practiced in Japan and in 1960's ireland much different to today? There is a Shotokan club in the gym I train Judo in and I've often looked in. Their karate seems very static.

Broadly speaking the fundemental shotokan syllabus is the same from place to place.

Although you will find slight variations between each club particularly between different org's, some have changed the names of kata etc. (changed the prefix of one to another)

Some practice kata outside of syllabus, some have incorporated other training methods.

There is an interesting debate; if the JKA (from which most of the worlds shotokan comes from) are actually the true inheritors of Funakoshi's karate, the Shotokai seem to be that... but hey that's a whole other can of worms;)

Back to syllabus, Kata, Kinhon, Kumite.
26 or 27 Kata (some may have up to five additional) including Taikyoku Shodan, Taikyoku Nidan and Taikyoku Sandan. (Hope I have that spelling right) which are basically variations of what is commonly know as kihon kata.

Most practice 5,3 and one step.

Most have semi free and shobu ippon kumite, contact levels may vary.

Some possibly differences...Bend of the back leg, length of stance, hip rotation, position of knee in back stance etc. etc all slight variations but key signatures of the different instructors/orgs.

Hope that helps.

Interesting article on Funakoshi's son who instilled a significant number of innovations/changes on 'shotokan'

http://www.dragon-tsunami.org/Dtimes/Pages/articled1.htm

Cheers

Mola.mola

thanks