Isshin - Concentration the Art

The Wansu Throw     In the Isshinryu Wansu Kata there is a throw, oft times called the Firemans throw. This throw is found...

Wansu Kamae   A Kamae is a kata movement where there is ‘no movement’.   Sometimes referred to as a stop point.   One Example wou...

One of the things I like best is how Shimabuku Tatsuo took the effort to add elbow strikes to Isshinryu in Kata Wansu and SunNuSu . ...

  To be honest when I go walking,    I am not Fast,  I am not Slow,  I guess at my best I am half fast.   Ok I am slow. Mot...

The movement is a weapon, The lack of movement is a weapon, The act of turning is a weapon, Spaces between movements are a...

I have decided to update this post.       One of the Isshinryu basic techniques involves multiple striking, responding to an a...

    The other side of the Isshinryu picture is speculation but seems reasonable. Whether in his role as Sumuchi, Shimabuku Tatsuo ...