TKD@CMU

Hey all,

So one of the joys of having a joint-style dojo/studio (other than trying to thinking Japanese/Korean and speak in English) is finding the similarities between styles. We’re not talking “oh look, we punch the same!” or “wow, we both have front kicks!” we’re talking full katas/forms which are more similar in structure and content than different. It grows more and more obvious that there are strong links between Taekwondo and Shito-Ryu Karate Do. Here is a list of katas/forms which we have in common:

Shito-Ryu Name:

Ji-on

Taekwondo Name:

Ji-an

Shito-Ryu Name:

Bassai-dai

Taekwondo Name:

Bat-se-dai

It might actually be harder to think in Japanese and write in English that thinking in Japanese and speaking in English. I’ll add more and also YouTube videos as I get them!

Post by Jessica Dickinson Goodman