<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Legends KarateLegends Karate | Legends Karate</title>
	<atom:link href="http://legendskarate.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://legendskarate.com</link>
	<description>Old-school karate clubs London</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 21:10:39 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Sanchin Master-class with Hanshi Patrick McCarthy (9th Dan) June 4th 2012 @ Legends Dojo</title>
		<link>http://legendskarate.com/sanchin-master-class-with-hanshi-patrick-mccarthy-9th-dan/</link>
		<comments>http://legendskarate.com/sanchin-master-class-with-hanshi-patrick-mccarthy-9th-dan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>legends karate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[karate do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[koryu uchinadi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hanshi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[london]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[master]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mccarthy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sanchin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legendskarate.com/?p=2752</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hanshi Patrick McCarthy from the International Ryukyu Karate Research Society (IRKRS) will be teaching an open seminar on the 4th of June 2012 at our very own dojo in Central London at Bloomsbury Fitness. The seminar will be held from 7.30pm &#8211; 9.30pm, costs are 35 pounds (payable in advance). The seminar will cover Sanchin applications and is therefore especially of interest to anyone involved in Naha-te traditions of karate i.e. Goju Ryu, Uechi Ryu, Ryuei Ryu but also of course Shito Ryu, however as the seminar will focus on the universal principles that are shared by all styles, students from traditions that do not use Sanchin kata will benefit from the seminar too. In addition, anyone from any of the Southern Shaolin based Chinese arts (i.e. White Crane, Tiger Fist, Great Ancestor, Wing Chun etc) who employ a version of &#8216;Sanchin&#8217; i.e. Sanjin, San Zhan, Sum Chien etc can consider themselves special invitees. Please note spaces are very limited and a strict advance registration applies. Joost Frehé]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://legendskarate.com/sanchin-master-class-with-hanshi-patrick-mccarthy-9th-dan/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>IRKRS 2011 Honour Roll</title>
		<link>http://legendskarate.com/irkrs-2011-honour-roll/</link>
		<comments>http://legendskarate.com/irkrs-2011-honour-roll/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>legendskarate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[koryu uchinadi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fujian province china]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irkrs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[karate jutsu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kokusai kenkyukai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ming he chuan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[okinawan kobudo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legendskarate.com/?p=2549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The International Ryukyu Karate Research Society is an information based world-wide organization dedicated to studying, the origins, evolution &#38; tactical application theories of old-school karate &#38; Okinawan kobudo. The IRKRS aims to bring together a new generation of more progressive learner seeking to better understand the true history and application practices of the original art, and not afraid to step outside their own peer group to find it. Each year the IRKRS names its Honour Roll recipients and I am proud to be listed as Researcher of the Year on the 2011 list of nominees, following my recent (2nd) trip to Fujian province (China) where I not only participated in the karate &#8211; wushu contest and exchange convention but also conducted my own research while in Fuzhou city, working with some of the most prominent crane based (i.e. Minghe Chuan) groups that operate there today. I&#8217;d like to thank Hanshi Patrick Mccarthy for the recognition and look forward continuing my studies under the IRKRS in 2012.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://legendskarate.com/irkrs-2011-honour-roll/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Fuzhou Karate – Wushu Exchange Convention and Research Report Nov 2011</title>
		<link>http://legendskarate.com/fuzhou-visit-nov-2011-report/</link>
		<comments>http://legendskarate.com/fuzhou-visit-nov-2011-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>legendskarate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[karate do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[white crane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuzhou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[xiang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[xie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zhong]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legendskarate.com/?p=2071</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The report below was written by sensei Joost Frehé and published in the IOGKF online newsletter of the International Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate Federation (IOGKF) December 2011 edition www.iogkf.com From Nov 2 &#8211; 7 the IOGKF Black Belt Gasshuku and Karate &#8211; Wushu Exchange Convention and Contest took place in Fuzhou, China, the historical place where Ryu Ryu Ko, Kanryo Higaonna&#8217;s teacher in China, taught in the latter part of the 19th century. Because of a interest in both the historical as the technical connection with China and Chinese gongfu I decided early on this was an event not to be missed and somehow I managed to not only attend both events but also squeeze in an extended stay in Fuzhou city to continue some of the research I started while in Fuzhou previously. I was particularly interested to find out if the research Higaonna Sensei conducted over the many visits he did over the years had lead to any new insights in the identity of Ryu Ryu Ko and/or the style he taught i.e. tiger, crane, luohan or perhaps a combination of them all. In fact I was pleased to hear Higaonna Sensei himself refer to this, during the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://legendskarate.com/fuzhou-visit-nov-2011-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Central UK Training Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo Jutsu Oct 2011</title>
		<link>http://legendskarate.com/central-uk-training-koryu-uchinadi-kenpo-jutsu/</link>
		<comments>http://legendskarate.com/central-uk-training-koryu-uchinadi-kenpo-jutsu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>legendskarate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[koryu uchinadi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[central]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gyaku]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[koryu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uchinadi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[waza]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legendskarate.com/?p=2062</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just back from the Central UK Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo Jutsu training that, for the second time this year took place at Barry san&#8217;s purpose build dojo in Leeds, where I was invited to teach alongside Ben Ryder Sensei. We spend both the Saturday and the Sunday (Oct 15 &#38; 16) on the &#8216;gyaku-waza&#8217; drills (escapes &#38; counters), both standing and ground parts, that culminate the prescribed defensive applications of Karate kata (indiscriminate of style) in a continuous 2 person fighting set (futari renzoku geiko). The Saturday session was concluded with some free kumite (ri-ai kumite) which was enjoyed by all. The next one is planned for January 2012, if anyone&#8217;s interested to come along please feel free to contact me through this site for more info. Thanks to Ben Ryder Sensei for the organizing and to all participants for coming along. Joost Frehé]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://legendskarate.com/central-uk-training-koryu-uchinadi-kenpo-jutsu/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>London Shaolin White Crane Chin Na Seminar with Robert Was June 2011</title>
		<link>http://legendskarate.com/london-shaolin-white-crane-chin-na-seminar-with-robert-was/</link>
		<comments>http://legendskarate.com/london-shaolin-white-crane-chin-na-seminar-with-robert-was/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>legendskarate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[white crane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buki'gwa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[london]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robert was]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shaolin chin na]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tegumi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ti'gwa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ymaa]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legendskarate.com/?p=1828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the YMAA London annual seminars with YMAA Poland director Robert Was, a Shaolin White Crane Chin Na seminar was held on June 19. Robert Was is one of the most prominent instructors under Master Yang Jwing Ming&#8217;s YMAA organisation. Master Yang studied Shaolin White Crane in Taiwan under Master Cheng, Gin-Gsao (1911-1976) who on his turn studied White Crane under Master Jin, Shao-Feng who passed on his Zong He Quan or Ancestral Crane Boxing in the 1930&#8242;s. Master Jin was originally from Fujian province, China. Similar to Old school Karate Ancestral Crane boxing uses vigorously shaking of the hips as one of their main ways in generating power (called shakingJin in Zong He Quan). Ancestral Crane is considered the most original style of Southern White Crane and combines both hard (external) and soft (internal) body mechanics and Qigong (Chi Kung). According to karate historian and master-level instructor (Koryu uchinadi) Hanshi Patrick McCarthy, Chin Na (Qinna) is one of the original 5 fighting arts that influenced the early development of Karate do, together with Ti&#8217;gwa (a plebeian form of percussive impact referred to as &#8220;Te&#8221; or &#8220;Di&#8221;), Buki&#8217;gwa (weapons arts) and Tegumi (a multi-faceted style of fighting believed to have been derived from Chinese Wrestling) Thanks you all who attended and special thanks to the organization and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://legendskarate.com/london-shaolin-white-crane-chin-na-seminar-with-robert-was/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>4th European Central Training</title>
		<link>http://legendskarate.com/4th-european-central-training/</link>
		<comments>http://legendskarate.com/4th-european-central-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>legendskarate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[koryu uchinadi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jutsu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kenpo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[koryu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uchinadi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legendskarate.com/?p=1801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From June 1 &#8211; June 5 the 4th Annual European KU Gasshuku (training camp) took place in the Netherlands at Jan Kraayvangers Veldhoven (Eindhoven) based Koryukan dojo. Participants from 17 countries attended including a small delegation from our London dojo (UCL KU Club). The line up of instructors consisted of Shidoins Darrin Johnson (Washington DC) and Jim Sindt (Copenhagen, Denmark), Renshi&#8217;s Phyllis Chalmers (Brisbane, Australia) and Olaf Krey (Berlin, Germany) among others. The program covered basic curriculum training, bo (six-foot staff) and tuifa (tonfa), grappling and kata Happoren and Wando. If there was a central element in the broad spectrum of training drills worked on it probably was the link between functional applications and classical kata.  Special thanks to the organizers, instructors and participants and Hanshi Patrick McCarthy for making the event such a success! Pic above: Nuru san (UCL KU Club) and Paschual san (Nairobi, Kenya) working on KU hiji/hiza waza on a technique seen in the opening sequence (double &#8216;pistol grip&#8217;) of Unsu kata in Shotokan.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://legendskarate.com/4th-european-central-training/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Tiger-Crane Seminar 21 May 2011</title>
		<link>http://legendskarate.com/tiger-crane-seminar-21-may-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://legendskarate.com/tiger-crane-seminar-21-may-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 23:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>legendskarate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[white crane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[armstrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chien]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gongfu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[namyang]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sanchin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tiger]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legendskarate.com/?p=1789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend Martin Watts, the European representative of the Weng Gong Ci Martial Gym, Yongchun, Fujian, China, hosted an open Tiger-Crane seminar taught by Master Iain Armstrong Chairman/Chief Instructor of the UK branch of the Nam Yang Pugilistic Association. Among those attending were a large group of Goju Ryu Karate practitioners from the IOGKF as well as Shito Ryu, Ryurei Ryu, Wing Chun gongfu and White Crane. The Tiger-Crane version of the Sum Chien routine (Sanchin kata) was used as a template to move through a wide variety of technical slices including basic take downs, using simple but effective body mechanics. Participants were encouraged to use techniques from their own arts, such as inside middle blocks (uchi uke, chudan yoko uke etc) and look for the universal principals while working through the drills. A heavy emphasize lay on a strong stance as practiced through Sum Chien. The advantages of the Tiger-Crane version Sum Chien stance (with the feet parallel and toes pointing forwards) were discussed but students were reminded that the most important thing is to use one&#8217;s own art to its advantage. Other aspects that Sum Chien covered were covered including positive body language, the use of the eyes as a first line of defence and the importance of relaxation after muscle contraction. The breathing used in Tiger-Crane Sum Chien, diaphragm breathing, was looked [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://legendskarate.com/tiger-crane-seminar-21-may-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ryu Ryu Ko and the White Crane Temple</title>
		<link>http://legendskarate.com/ryu-ryu-ko-and-the-white-crane-temple/</link>
		<comments>http://legendskarate.com/ryu-ryu-ko-and-the-white-crane-temple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>legendskarate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goju ryu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[koryu uchinadi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[white crane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goju]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iogkf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irkrs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ko]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ryu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[white]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legendskarate.com/?p=1772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The article below was written by Joost Frehé in August 2010.  Joost is an instructor for both the International Ryukyu Karate Society (IRKRS) and the Okinawan Goju Ryu Traditional Karate Association (OTGKA). The article was published in the IRKRS Journal  (Journal #60, www.koryu-uchinadi.com) and the IOGKF’s online newsletter (December 2010 issue, www.iogkf.com) On a recent trip to Fujian province , South-East China, my wife, sister and I stopped  by at a site/temple referred to  in several White Crane Gongfu and Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate schools as ‘the White Crane temple’ also called &#8217;Crane&#8217;s Nest Temple&#8217;. Finding the temple was not easy due to a scarcity of information, the only thing that seemed clear was it was situated somewhere on Gao Gai Mountain, a mountain that lies at about half an hour from Fuzhou city, the province&#8217;s capital, and a similar distance from Pan Yu village. Gao Gai Mountain in fact conveniently houses a popular public park, simply called Gao Gai mountain park but no one there seemed familiar with the temple in question. The park is home to a large monastery though which is still in some form of use, the Miao Feng temple.  It lies partly hidden behind a statue of Guan Yin that overlooks the park’s lake and valley&#8217;s about halfway up the hill. After thoroughly skimming the park but to no avail, we came to hear of the existence of  a second, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://legendskarate.com/ryu-ryu-ko-and-the-white-crane-temple/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>KU Studygroup Leeds February 2011</title>
		<link>http://legendskarate.com/ku-studygroup-leeds-february-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://legendskarate.com/ku-studygroup-leeds-february-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>legendskarate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[koryu uchinadi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legendskarate.com/?p=1712</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend Ben Ryder sensei, one of the UK delegation of KU instructors, held his monthly Koryu Uchinadi Studygroup at Kaizen Martial arts Centre in Leeds. The training was, as always, open to all Martial arts and Karate styles, and was attended by students and instructors alike from different backgrounds. All in all well worth travelling a few hours up North for from London! After warming up with our Ne-keri waza (ground &#8216;kicking&#8217; drill) several reaction drills were trained before moving into a wide variety of self-defence drills relating to as much as 22 Kata in total from different styles including impact, throws/take downs and groundwork, joint locks, strangulation etc, concluding the training with the notion that when it comes to functional application common mechanics mean everything. Look forward to the next opportunity. Arigato]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://legendskarate.com/ku-studygroup-leeds-february-2011/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Karate-do and the White Crane Connection</title>
		<link>http://legendskarate.com/karate-doand-the-white-crane-connection/</link>
		<comments>http://legendskarate.com/karate-doand-the-white-crane-connection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>legendskarate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[karate do]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[white crane]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://legendskarate.com/?p=1485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The shift from karate, regarded as pure Japanese fighting art (until well into the early 1980&#8242;s) to the acknowledgement of the Okinawan origins of the art, and the growth of Okinawan Karate as a result, has now, with the emergence of Old School Karate, opened up a public interest in the Chinese Roots of Karate-do. In 1995 a first edition translation of an ancient book, instrumental in the development of Karate, called &#8216;The Bubishi&#8217; and dubbed &#8216;the Bible of Karate&#8217; by Chojun Miyagi (founder of Goju Ryu Karate), was published by Hanshi McCarthy (IRKRS). It&#8217;s related research material was first published  in December 1986 (nearly ten years earlier) in an article that appeared with a monthly column [Japanese Traditions] in Karate/Kung Fu Illustrated Magazine. Since then the interest in White Crane has exploded, partly because the history and philosophy of Yongchun based White Crane Gongfu (developed by Fang Chi Niang around the start of the 18th century) are explicitly covered in chapter 1 of the book. It is widely considered to have been Yongchun White Crane from which other styles of Crane evolved over time i.e. Jumping, Whooping, Sleeping and Flying Crane etc. Yongchun White Crane however, according to Hanshi McCarthy, indicates a specific link to Goju Ryu Karate, which, although founded by Miyagi, is based upon the teachings of Miyagi&#8217;s instructor, Kanryo Higaonna, who trained in Fuzhou City (Fuzhou being the capital of Fujian province, South-East China, of which Yongchun is also a part) [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://legendskarate.com/karate-doand-the-white-crane-connection/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

