New Designation to the Practice of Okinawan Karate - Mine

I have reached a new consensus, belief, as to what it is I practice. This is for this moment and is subject to change as I would naturally do and what lives up to the Okinawan principle of Karate. I now practice:

System: Ryukyu Ti or Te
Style: Shorin Ryu
Branch: Isshinryu [I would leave the ryu off since it is more a designation as to style vs. branch of a style, but since it is acceptable for a branch of a style to also add the "ryu" for the style I have done so here.]

I do this because I believe that it is the system that is most important while the style and branch tend to be a more personalized/personalization of the system the individual practices.

Ryukyu-Ti (琉球手) [system]; Shorin-Ryu (小 松) [style]; Isshin (一 心  岐) [branch]

Please, don't hesitate to chime in with opinions, thoughts or idea's; both good and bad :-)
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2 comments:

  1. Sue C2:15 PM

    Hi Charles,

    I think I would classify my karate as:
    System - Ryukyu te
    Style - Naha-te and Shuri-te
    Branch - Shito Ryu
    Sub branch - Shukokai

    How does Shorin-Ryu relate to Shuri-te, is it the same thing?

    Part of me tends to agree with Funakoshi when he says "there is only one karate" Funakoshi wasn't a lover of styles.

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  2. Charles James8:52 AM

    [quote-SueC] I think I would classify my karate as:
    System - Ryukyu te
    Style - Naha-te and Shuri-te
    Branch - Shito Ryu
    Sub branch - Shukokai [/quote]

    How does Shorin-Ryu relate to Shuri-te, is it the same thing?

    Yes, Sue. As far as I understand it "te or ti" as the indigenous system of fighting on Okinawa became shuri, tomari and naha ti or te then shorin for shuri. In a nutshell this seems accurate from my view:

    http://okkb.org/?page_id=40

    In the aboe Shuri-te is a style for the system te or ti while shorin is a branch and Isshinryu is a sub-branch. Hmm, must think on this for this answer seems to require further analysis of my view of my branch in relation to Ryukyu-te or Okinawa-te to shuri-te to shorin-ryu to Isshinryu. Thanks Sue :-) Ops, paradigm shift: Ryukyu-Ti is subdivided into three main systems of Shuri, Tomari and Naha with styles of Shorin, Goku and Uechi which again are placed into branches which have many so my view would then be "Ryukuy-Ti/Shuri-Te to Shorin-ryu to Isshinryu.

    [quote-SueC]Part of me tends to agree with Funakoshi when he says "there is only one karate" Funakoshi wasn't a lover of styles. [/quote]

    I would tend to feel the same on this statement.

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