Traditional Japanese Martial arts

[hoichi]

Just fishing to see who else trains and or teaches any koryo (Traditional japanse martial arts)
Currently i Hold the rank Kuro Obi Sho-dan Seiwa kai Goju Ryu karate do, yamaguci ha lineage
rank kuro Obi sho dan Go ju ryu karate do Japanese karate federation
rank mudansha Musu jikiden iaido -will be examining for sho-dan in may
i assist in instruction at a dojo and any deafies in the area are invited and welcome to come to the dojo for classes and instruction. pm me for further details if you wish.
that said
anyone else here train Koryu?
Hoichi-the earles

 

[whiskeyonesix]

I practice Shotokan - although my Instructor likes to blend in grappling and takedowns (which you'd find in the bunkai anyway if you go into the kata)
Also use Bo staff - Shushi No kon is really the only kata I know by heart although we do a lot of freestyle.
Back in the UK years ago, did a lot of training with the paired Sai, Nunchaku and Tekko.

I graded to 5th kyu in my previous non-contact basic karate style (which was about as useful as you'd expect) I could have carried my grade over to my current semi/full contact Shotokan style but I'd rather keep training without a grade - kinda over collecting belts to be honest.
I practice Wu-style Tai-Chi as well, just starting to learn the basic sword forms.

 

[hoichi]

ah, i know sushi no kon thats for sure,ten no kon too, i had to choose due to time constraints between kabudo or pursuing iaido and i choose iai --been mesmerized ever since.