Gōjū-ryū: The Art Of Killing A Person With Punches

28.01.2017 - 15:41

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Goju-ryu is a sport born in Okinawa, one of the Ryukyu Islands in Japan's southernmost province, where many karate techniques have emerged.

This sport is one of the four karate arts accepted by the World Karate Federation. Gōjū-ryū stands for Hard-Soft Flow in Japanese.

Goju-ryu developed from the Naha-Te style of Kanryo Higashionna, whose many students are very famous Karate masters.

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Morio Higaonna, who has 10 Dans, is the biggest master that is alive since its founder Chojun Miyagi.

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On the leftMorio Higaonna, un the right Chojun Miyagi.

Miyagi is known as the founder of the style because he provided access to many people to know this sport.

It is said that Goju-ryu is the killer punch. It is the basis of this art to strengthen the regions of the body called the wrist and to aim at it.

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Goju-ryu nun is based on trying to stay close to the main rival, try to take control, and try to maintain control superiority without interrupting physical contact.

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The first condition for being a Goju-ryu student is to provide a perfect balance of physical and mental softness and rigidity.

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It can be learned in a Dojo, which is an area of education for many fighting and warfare.

The definition of the dojo is as follows. 'The place where one tries to reach the ultimate truth of the art he chooses.'

This art is preferred because it is possible to make direct movements with natural, therefore narrow, high and solid postures.

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Goju-ryu uses the breathing system developed by Chojun Miyagi to make the techniques stronger and more effective.

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Goju Ryu Katas have been carefully selected and edited to fully teach the fighting strategies of the style. There are 10 Kata in total.

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Taikyoku
Gekisai Dai Ichi
Gekisai Dai Ni
Saifa
Seiyunchin
Shisochin
Sanseru
Sepai
Tensho
Sesan
Kururunfa
Suparimpei

The killer punch feature was necessary to use against the raids of the invaders Samurai in the 17th century.

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The local warriors, who found the way to come against the samurai wearing very thick armor, managed to protect themselves with the punching effect that created the drill effect.