Amazing coincidence! Our Sensei just told us it's about time to start learning Shisochin, and this video will help tremendously. Thanks as always for the hard work you do!
Ah, thank you so much for the lovely comment, Jeff! Knowing our videos have use to others is truly an endless delight to us! You're going to love this wonderful kata, we just know it ✨
We are so happy to hear from you! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, we so appreciate it. We are really hoping to visit Japan again in 2022 - hopefully we will get to see some of our youtube friends when we're there!
Thank you Sensai, reguarding the level, I am in the UK studying Goju Ryu and we learn this as part of our first brown belt stripe. Your Dojo's excellent videos are appreciated
Ah, thank you so much for the kind words, Helen! We know there aren't a lot of Goju Ryu dojos in the UK - we've had many students emigrate there, and only 1 has found a Goju dojo. All the best for your next grading, and for your journey ahead 🌺
Very well executed. I remember in the early 1980's our brown belt colleagues used to train in Sisochin regularly - Jundokan GojuRyu, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania and this kata is so similar.. I left training for about 4 decades now and this brings back fond memories :)
Ah, what a lovely comment to recieve! It is a testament to the global quality of Jundokan that the kata looks the same from Okinawa to Tanzania to South Africa!
Thank you for this, training in the UK and need this for Shodan Ho. Great video as really helped with some of the transitions. Love all the content you post, thank you.
Ah, thank you for this truly lovely comment, David! Wishing you all the best for your grading - this is also the grading kata for our shodan-ho candidates. Please let us know how the grading went!
Hi Sensei, greetings from UK. At my club my Shihan teaches this for 3rd Kyu to 2nd Kyu. My club is Shotokan/Goju Ryu mix. I love listening to the crisp sound from your dogi, I could sleep to that its so calming along with your elegant movements. These videos really help with my home practice when I'm not training with Shihan. I just got my 3rd Kyu brown belt so I've literally just started learning the first half of this kata.
Ah, what a special message to recieve! Are you part of GKR? Many of our students that have ended up in the UK or Australia have found themselves in GKR, and they seem to be happy there :) We also introduce this at the same level, and it is such a wonderful Kata. Thank you for the lovely comment, and we hope to hear from you again on our channel soon!
Ah, thank you so much for the feedback! We try our best to make kata easier to learn, for kata really is the backbone of karate. Thank you so much for watching and commenting on our videos, Stefan 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
Thank you! I was only shown this kata for one class a year ago and then they left me alone at it. This helps me a lot because I missed some finer details.
Oh no! This kata requires much study and guidance in the beginning, but what a beautiful kata it is! It is my personal favourite, and some of the stories say it was Miyagi Sensei's favourite too. Thank you so much for watching and commenting! We hope our video helps you fill in the gaps :) Best, Zoe
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre I think for pure self defense Seisan, Shisochin, and Gekisai (the way I modified it) are the only kata a person would need to know.
Very interesting and well taught. I live in Okinawa and have been practicing/teaching karate since 1970. I learned this kata in the US back in the mid 70's, but here in Okinawa, Shisochin is usually a kyu level kata, not a dan level kata. Other dojos might mix these up, but they are pretty close to this. I no longer teach at any dojo here, and I see all kata on the same level since learning the kata is only important if the bunkai is taught simultaneously. In this case, Shisochin is a very brutal kata worthy of dan rank, and I see much of the school systems of Okinawa as being more familial and political than practical. So keep doing what you are doing, and teach the corresponding omote and ura techniques at the same time to intermediate students and above. Well donel
This is such a lovely, thoughtful comment, and I am truly sorry for replying so appallingly late. The Kata order is mostly a construct to give students an idea of progress, but you are right - they are all enclosed and equal systems. After all, Shisochin is no more or less complicated than Seiyunchin, but it is more "senior" for no real reason. Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful words, and I hope to see more of your comments as I work through the backlog! Best, Zoë
Thanks! I did Goju in SA 1999 - 2005 (getting to 2nd kyu) before moving to UK. Stopped altogether when I emigrated as at the time I couldnt find a Jundokan dojo*, but have retainined 80% of my kata knowledge, and all my basics are still there. *No Jundokan here as we are different political lineage (will be my 3rd!). My Google skills have improved since then too ha! I have since started Jikishin Ju Jitsu and it has given me the hunger to dust off the karate skills and get back to training properly (Watching Kobra Kai on Netflix also may have nudged me lol). In the UK we are EGKA not Jundokan (I was Seiwa Kai up to Purple before changing clubs due to my sensei moving to Australia) so I am seeing some subtle differences in the katas and their video tutorials I've gotten from them so far aren't as in depth as yours (hand movements, rotating stances etc). This is the only kata I forgot most of but I think I've got it now after going through theirs and your tutorials - just practce, practice, practice from now on. I am working on getting back in decent shape (mobility and flexibility - my shiko dachi is awful right now) and awaking muscle memory before joining a dojo in March 2023 so that they don't drop me down too many belts (ideally stay at 2nd kyu). Thanks for helping me get back on the right path! Domo Arigato, Sensei!
Comments like this give us the energy to keep going! Thank you so much for sharing your history and insight, and taking the time to write such a thoughtful note. We also love Cobra Kai, (even if the kata are terrible) and the original Karate Kid is still one of Ché's favourite movies. Thanks again, and my apologies for the abysmally late response - finally settling into a routine post baby. 🙇🏻♀️
Nice clear explanation of the moves in Shisochin kata. Known to be Miyagi's favourite kata as it suited his body type. The kata is performed predominantly open handed which likely indicates Chinese influence.
Such a lovely kata! It's my personal favourite :) Hopefully you can find a Goju dojo one day! And if we do a live seminar again, I hope you will join us :)
Thank you so much, Sophia! We have a few more follow-along videos like this planned, we hope you will enjoy them too. Thank you so much for watching and commenting 🙇🏻♀️
Greetings, Jeremy! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment - we always appreciate it 🙇🏻♀️ All the best to you and your black belts! Maybe next time we swing through Singapore on our way to Japan, we'll drop in and say hi 👋🏻
And thank you for adding the romaji for the Japanese. It's sometimes hard to understand what my sensei is saying so this is appreciated man. Really dig it
I had a problem learning this kata but this video was just the thing I needed. Thank you for this amazingly performed kata. Btw, I am an 11-year-old boy who is going for a black belt in Kudo, a mixed martial art.
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch, and to leave such a lovely comment! Kudo is great, would love to try it out someday. All the best for your martial journey 💪
Interestingly in Shito-ryu, who's got this kata from our Goju-ryu, shisochin is usually spelled in kanji as 士操鎮 (warrior's tranquil town) instead of 四向戰 (a fight in four directions). As 操鎮 might be translated as a f-town in some Chinese context, I would think, if that's really a fight in four directions or... Oh, hi from Jundokan, too: shotei-zuki is up at the end (as you would lift a chin). :)
¡A nosotros también nos encanta Shisochin! Al parecer era el kata favorito del Sensei Miyagi. También es mi kata favorita (¡la kata favorita del Ché es Seipai!)
thank you for the kind words as always, Sirius 🤗 Haha! We have our suspicions as to who is hate-watching us, but it's like the saying goes: Some people are holding their breath, waiting for you to fail. Make sure they suffocate 💅 ...or they're clicking on the wrong one by accident 🤣🤣
The differences are indeed slight! And we always love to hear from our karate friends in the nearby federations. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre Non, thank to you :). Even though the federations are different and there are indeed very slight differences in the katas, your videos are very well done and the katas very well explained. I use your videos regularly, the important thing is just to know what needs to be done differently on my side :).
I’m so glad you ignored that crap about “high kata”. People want to mystify these forms to give the masses the impression that karate black belts they have some kind of “high knowledge”. These kata can be taught in any order at any belt level, that’s the reality. Just ego tripping and money making schemes😬. Keep being a myth buster, Sensei. 😀
Sanchin, for example, is the first and last kata. It should be taught early because it takes *so long* to get even a toehold on what it means and demands of the body. To only teach and test it at black belt level is way too late. That's a nice new title for our little channel - karate mythbusting! You are too kind :)
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre Yes, Sanchin is a very difficult form…I never really liked it and don’t do it anymore. Yes, please continue to be a Myth Buster!😀
Amazing coincidence! Our Sensei just told us it's about time to start learning Shisochin, and this video will help tremendously. Thanks as always for the hard work you do!
Ah, thank you so much for the lovely comment, Jeff! Knowing our videos have use to others is truly an endless delight to us! You're going to love this wonderful kata, we just know it ✨
Tank you for your comment. I have done this form 3 different ways coming from Okinawan to USA, but got to love it.
Still my favourite kata, personally! Thank you for watching and commenting 🙇🏻♀️ 🙇🏻♀️
Thank you for your video🥰, very helpful. I am Vietnamese🇻🇳 and have been studying goju ryu karate in Japan🇯🇵 for 3 years
We are so happy to hear from you! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment, we so appreciate it. We are really hoping to visit Japan again in 2022 - hopefully we will get to see some of our youtube friends when we're there!
Hope everybody enjoys this
Thank you for always sharing your knowledge, and trusting my editing 🌺
I am certainly enjoy the learning. Thank you Sensei.
Thank you Jagger Sensei.
Thank you Sensai, reguarding the level, I am in the UK studying Goju Ryu and we learn this as part of our first brown belt stripe. Your Dojo's excellent videos are appreciated
Ah, thank you so much for the kind words, Helen! We know there aren't a lot of Goju Ryu dojos in the UK - we've had many students emigrate there, and only 1 has found a Goju dojo. All the best for your next grading, and for your journey ahead 🌺
That's a great video, I really like the way you slow it down for instruction.
Thank you so much for the kind words! We are working towards making more of these, we hope you will enjoy them! 🙇🏻♀️
Very well executed. I remember in the early 1980's our brown belt colleagues used to train in Sisochin regularly - Jundokan GojuRyu, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania and this kata is so similar..
I left training for about 4 decades now and this brings back fond memories :)
Ah, what a lovely comment to recieve! It is a testament to the global quality of Jundokan that the kata looks the same from Okinawa to Tanzania to South Africa!
And it looks like this in Montreal Canada as well :-)
Thanks for the update. Its been a few years since I earned my BB and im revisiting several Katas. This has been so helpful.
Ah, this makes me happy to hear! Keep training, and enjoy the path 🥋
Thank you for this, training in the UK and need this for Shodan Ho. Great video as really helped with some of the transitions. Love all the content you post, thank you.
Ah, thank you for this truly lovely comment, David! Wishing you all the best for your grading - this is also the grading kata for our shodan-ho candidates. Please let us know how the grading went!
Sensei.
I really like and learnt so many basic of gojuryu from you.
Your detailing is mind blowing,
Ah, such a special comment to recieve ❤️ Miyagi is in the details 🙏🏻
Hi Sensei, greetings from UK. At my club my Shihan teaches this for 3rd Kyu to 2nd Kyu. My club is Shotokan/Goju Ryu mix. I love listening to the crisp sound from your dogi, I could sleep to that its so calming along with your elegant movements. These videos really help with my home practice when I'm not training with Shihan. I just got my 3rd Kyu brown belt so I've literally just started learning the first half of this kata.
Ah, what a special message to recieve! Are you part of GKR? Many of our students that have ended up in the UK or Australia have found themselves in GKR, and they seem to be happy there :)
We also introduce this at the same level, and it is such a wonderful Kata.
Thank you for the lovely comment, and we hope to hear from you again on our channel soon!
I really like the videos where you show the kata first and after that you give us the walkthrough. 🥋🙇♂️
Ah, thank you so much for the feedback! We try our best to make kata easier to learn, for kata really is the backbone of karate. Thank you so much for watching and commenting on our videos, Stefan 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
Thank you sir, you are doing it so beautiful it is a pleasure to watch how you teach us in Karate. Be blessed you , your family and your dojo amen.
Thank you so much for these beautiful words and blessings - we are grateful for the time you spend on our little channel 🙇🏻♀️
Thank you very much because I saw your video so that I got 1st prize
Thank you sensei for teaching me shisochin
I can understand everything very well
And ur teaching style is very good 😊😊😊
Thank you so much for this really lovely comment! Making easy-to-follow content is our main goal, so we are so glad to hear it is working :)
Thank you! I was only shown this kata for one class a year ago and then they left me alone at it. This helps me a lot because I missed some finer details.
Oh no! This kata requires much study and guidance in the beginning, but what a beautiful kata it is! It is my personal favourite, and some of the stories say it was Miyagi Sensei's favourite too.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! We hope our video helps you fill in the gaps :)
Best,
Zoe
Thank you for making this video. Helped me to revisit this kata, which I used to practice regularly many years ago.
Ah, we are so glad to hear that our video helped you with this beautiful kata! Thank you so much for watching and commenting 🙇🏻♀️
Excellent demonstration of this great Goju Ryu kata, Sensei Che!
Ah, thank you so much! Always one of our favourites (and definitely mine! - Zoe)
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I think for pure self defense Seisan, Shisochin, and Gekisai (the way I modified it) are the only kata a person would need to know.
Very interesting and well taught. I live in Okinawa and have been practicing/teaching karate since 1970. I learned this kata in the US back in the mid 70's, but here in Okinawa, Shisochin is usually a kyu level kata, not a dan level kata. Other dojos might mix these up, but they are pretty close to this. I no longer teach at any dojo here, and I see all kata on the same level since learning the kata is only important if the bunkai is taught simultaneously. In this case, Shisochin is a very brutal kata worthy of dan rank, and I see much of the school systems of Okinawa as being more familial and political than practical. So keep doing what you are doing, and teach the corresponding omote and ura techniques at the same time to intermediate students and above. Well donel
This is such a lovely, thoughtful comment, and I am truly sorry for replying so appallingly late.
The Kata order is mostly a construct to give students an idea of progress, but you are right - they are all enclosed and equal systems. After all, Shisochin is no more or less complicated than Seiyunchin, but it is more "senior" for no real reason.
Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful words, and I hope to see more of your comments as I work through the backlog!
Best,
Zoë
Thanks! I did Goju in SA 1999 - 2005 (getting to 2nd kyu) before moving to UK. Stopped altogether when I emigrated as at the time I couldnt find a Jundokan dojo*, but have retainined 80% of my kata knowledge, and all my basics are still there. *No Jundokan here as we are different political lineage (will be my 3rd!). My Google skills have improved since then too ha!
I have since started Jikishin Ju Jitsu and it has given me the hunger to dust off the karate skills and get back to training properly (Watching Kobra Kai on Netflix also may have nudged me lol).
In the UK we are EGKA not Jundokan (I was Seiwa Kai up to Purple before changing clubs due to my sensei moving to Australia) so I am seeing some subtle differences in the katas and their video tutorials I've gotten from them so far aren't as in depth as yours (hand movements, rotating stances etc).
This is the only kata I forgot most of but I think I've got it now after going through theirs and your tutorials - just practce, practice, practice from now on.
I am working on getting back in decent shape (mobility and flexibility - my shiko dachi is awful right now) and awaking muscle memory before joining a dojo in March 2023 so that they don't drop me down too many belts (ideally stay at 2nd kyu).
Thanks for helping me get back on the right path! Domo Arigato, Sensei!
Comments like this give us the energy to keep going! Thank you so much for sharing your history and insight, and taking the time to write such a thoughtful note. We also love Cobra Kai, (even if the kata are terrible) and the original Karate Kid is still one of Ché's favourite movies. Thanks again, and my apologies for the abysmally late response - finally settling into a routine post baby. 🙇🏻♀️
Nice clear explanation of the moves in Shisochin kata. Known to be Miyagi's favourite kata as it suited his body type. The kata is performed predominantly open handed which likely indicates Chinese influence.
Shisochin really is a wonderful kata, and my (Zoe's) personal favourite :)
Thank you for sharing. Just trying to learn this kata
You can do it!
Wow fantastic there’s no Goju near me and this would have been my next Kata 😊
Such a lovely kata! It's my personal favourite :)
Hopefully you can find a Goju dojo one day! And if we do a live seminar again, I hope you will join us :)
Nice work, I sent this to my students!
Awesome! Thank you! We truly hope it will be helpful to them
você é um dos melhores que ja vi sua explicação é exata perfeita
So kind! This is such a special comment, and I am so glad my video is helpful to others around the world 🗺
I was a little bit late with this one! But always much easier to edit my husband's videos than mine 😂
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Greetings from Argentina, you did very well
Greetings from South Africa! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment :)
Thanks. This is a very detailed video. Very helpful.
Thank you so much! Shisochin is a wonderful kata deserving of much study :D
Thank you so much, awesome video, very helpful, great sharp kata performance, please keep producing this kind of content 🙏
Thank you so much, Sophia! We have a few more follow-along videos like this planned, we hope you will enjoy them too.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting 🙇🏻♀️
Beautifully done Sensei
So kind! Thank you so much for watching and commenting, John - we really appreciate it 🙇🏻♀️
Nice! I'm also starting to teach our junior blacks this Kata! Thanks for the video as well! Greetings from Goju-Ryu Karatedo Association of Singapore
Greetings, Jeremy! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment - we always appreciate it 🙇🏻♀️
All the best to you and your black belts! Maybe next time we swing through Singapore on our way to Japan, we'll drop in and say hi 👋🏻
Love it. Awesome editing as usual as well, Sensei.
You are too kind, Jason! Booted this one out the door, I would have liked to spend a few more hours on it 🤭
Thanks again for the upload my man. You're great
And thank you for adding the romaji for the Japanese. It's sometimes hard to understand what my sensei is saying so this is appreciated man. Really dig it
It’s our pleasure! Keep training
Che
I had a problem learning this kata but this video was just the thing I needed. Thank you for this amazingly performed kata. Btw, I am an 11-year-old boy who is going for a black belt in Kudo, a mixed martial art.
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch, and to leave such a lovely comment! Kudo is great, would love to try it out someday. All the best for your martial journey 💪
Great presentation!
Thank you kindly!
Great walkthrough Thank you🙏🏻
My pleasure! Thank you for watching and commenting 🤗
vou seguir você pois explica muito bem parabéns sou do Brasil
Best wishes from South Africa 🇿🇦
Thank you sensei!
Always a pleasure, Lina!
Nice video, thank you
Thank you so much for the comment, and taking the time to watch 🙇🏻♀️
Superb
Thank you! Cheers!
Super pro editing skills Zoe Sensei 😍❤️
You are too kind! This one was actually rushed out the door, but I'm so glad it doesn't look that way 🤣
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre no ways. It's top class!
impecable muchas gracias
It’s a pleasure
Interestingly in Shito-ryu, who's got this kata from our Goju-ryu, shisochin is usually spelled in kanji as 士操鎮 (warrior's tranquil town) instead of 四向戰 (a fight in four directions). As 操鎮 might be translated as a f-town in some Chinese context, I would think, if that's really a fight in four directions or...
Oh, hi from Jundokan, too: shotei-zuki is up at the end (as you would lift a chin). :)
Humour and bunkai - only one man can deliver, every time 💪🤣💪
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre : ...says a guy with a ringed plumbing in the background. :)
Esa kata está muy genial
¡A nosotros también nos encanta Shisochin! Al parecer era el kata favorito del Sensei Miyagi. También es mi kata favorita (¡la kata favorita del Ché es Seipai!)
Very good
Thank you so much!
muito bom sensey parabéns oss
Thank you so much for the beautiful words!
Thank you!
It’s a pleasure
❤greatwalkthrough❤
Thank you so much!
We want a day in the life of.... Behind the scenes of the dojo and life of you two.
You can help us film it when you're here 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks for the excellent presentation, Sensei.
I wonder who is “that guy” giving a thumbs down? Probably dyslexic or something…😆
thank you for the kind words as always, Sirius 🤗
Haha! We have our suspicions as to who is hate-watching us, but it's like the saying goes:
Some people are holding their breath, waiting for you to fail. Make sure they suffocate 💅
...or they're clicking on the wrong one by accident 🤣🤣
Bravo oss
Hai, domo arigato gozaimasu!
Nice sir
Thank you so much!
Some very slight differences compared to the version of my federation (TOGKF/IOGKF), but overall thank you for this video :).
The differences are indeed slight! And we always love to hear from our karate friends in the nearby federations. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre Non, thank to you :). Even though the federations are different and there are indeed very slight differences in the katas, your videos are very well done and the katas very well explained. I use your videos regularly, the important thing is just to know what needs to be done differently on my side :).
Amazing bro from india
Thank you so much, Jashann! 🙇🏻♀️
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Domo arigato gozaimasu!
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Oss! Sensei.
Hai! Domo arigato gozaimasu! 🙇🏻♀️
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I’m so glad you ignored that crap about “high kata”. People want to mystify these forms to give the masses the impression that karate black belts they have some kind of “high knowledge”. These kata can be taught in any order at any belt level, that’s the reality. Just ego tripping and money making schemes😬. Keep being a myth buster, Sensei. 😀
Sanchin, for example, is the first and last kata. It should be taught early because it takes *so long* to get even a toehold on what it means and demands of the body. To only teach and test it at black belt level is way too late.
That's a nice new title for our little channel - karate mythbusting! You are too kind :)
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre
Yes, Sanchin is a very difficult form…I never really liked it and don’t do it anymore. Yes, please continue to be a Myth Buster!😀
Funny story u are my sensis teacher sensi nicky
Yes
Nicky Sensei is spending time with us.
Hope you are enjoying our channel
Che
I can nothing karate katas freaks 😊
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