Have studied karate for many years and admire kata from different styles. Have always wanted to learn Kururunfa and thanks to you I now have. Thank you for your patient approach to teaching this kata and making it possible to learn here, great job. Osu
Thank you so much for your very kind words! Making kata accessible is our main goal, and we are always so happy to hear that we have accomplished that for others. Kururunfa is a wonderful kata, and it is our joy to share it with others. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment!
this is by far the best goju ryu channel of TH-cam. 👍 Thanks, for the details of kururunfa, I Will give a try cause isnt on the kyokushin sylabus. Senseis Osu! Arigato🙇
Outstanding breakdown of this kata. Really impressive that you point out the differences by school and style ("listen to your Sensei"). Thank you for this terrific video.
Ah, thank you for this lovely comment! It is important to note and celebrate the differences in kata between schools, as they bring flavour to our karate. The more we get away from the idea of the one true style, the better our collective karate will get 🙏🏻
Sensei Kamen - what an honour to have you comment on our little channel! Thank you so much for the kind words, and for taking the time to watch. We hope that we can honour Sensei Chinen's memory by ensuring his knowledge lives on 🙇🏻♀️
My teacher, Tomoaki Koyabu, sent in 1972 by Seikichi Toguchi to start Shorei-Kan Karate in Canada, says, "When power relation is right, beauty comes out." Beautiful executions of all variants. Thank you!
What makes these videos so interesting is Che Senseis knowledge of variations on the kata. Also the open minded approach. As you know many schools will not let another schools approach inside their dojos. Sadly when I studied karate and aikido this was true. Love to see the bunkai. I believe as you get older open palm strikes, blocks and grabbing are very practical. Great editing as always. I will be sending you a couple book recommenations soon.
I've never been a fan of the fundamentalist approach to martial arts - "my karate is the only karate" because we all have so much to offer each other. I loved how Aikido dovetailed with Goju Ryu, and both can learn from each other. And even in Funakoshi's book, he speaks about how it is all just one karate. Looking forward to the book recommendations! And thank you for the lovely comment, as always 🙇🏻♀️
Personally I hate being a referee because no one can agree on the one true way, and it is so against the grain of what karate truly is (or at least, that's my opinion - Zoë) Thank you for the kind words, Sensei - I am glad we are able to capture and share Ché's kata with the world, it always has been a delight to watch.
I just learned this kata while up in Alaska training with Hanshi Scott and Renshi Swarthout. This in my opinion is very well presented and done. I had the opportunity to train with Chinen Sensei back in the mid 90’s, to date still one of the best training days of my karate journey. Thank u for posting this up. I have a lot to learn.
Thank you so much for this truly lovely comment! We are so glad you found it useful, and we are happy to be a small part of your karate journey 🥋 Thank you for watching and commenting! 🙇🏻♀️
Hello from France ! Thanks to your channel, I discovered this magnificent style that is Gōjū-ryū. Here, we mainly have Shotokan. I find myself dreaming of learning your style! Thank you so much for generously sharing your knowledge, Sensei!
I have a Goju school in central Texas. You are outstanding. New sub here- and you should have 300k subs soon- one of the best Goju TH-cam channels I’ve come across. Thanks Sir! Oss
Ah, thank you so much for this truly lovely and generous comment! We actually have a couple of regular Texans here - welcome to the pack! Haha, it's taken us a little over a year to get to 3,500 subscribers - not much in TH-cam land, but we really have the loveliest community following our little channel. We're glad to have you here 🙇🏻♀️
Kururunfa is a wonderful Kata, but I know I struggle with it still (especially the turning points with the open hand chest blocks). Hopefully our video is of use to you! Best, Zoë
It is such a stunning kata, one that I am just starting to get to grips with. We hope our video will help you learn the one with the variations you need for your dojo/federation 🙇🏻♀️
Your diligent effort will bring such depth and understanding to your training, Greg! We are so glad that you choose to watch our videos - we know there are many other karate channels out there 🙇
As always very informative video. Your perspective and consideration for the wide variation of this kata is simply amazing. On my behalf, I simply come to learn on your channel and do not have enough hindsight at this level of detail as to make contributions. That said I simply want to thank you Sensei Che and Zoe for the wonderful work you're doing week after week.
Dear Francis, Thank you so much for this truly lovely and generous comment - it is our honour to share our knowledge that we have been so lucky to recieve over so many years, and from so many people. We hope that we can keep producing content that showcases Goju Ryu. Thank you so much for watching and commenting - we appreciate you!
Thank you to both of you for yet again a great video. Loved it right to the end..... I believe we will get to the top of the mountain.... Pity no bloopers whahaha ha. Love to all.... Missing the Dojo tons.
Isn't it just? I've yet to actually work on Kururunfa (grading had me focused on Seipai) but I look forward to spending much time with it over the next 4 years
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre, I'm steadily getting better. I'm almost completely healed and am looking forward to rehabilitating and rebuilding lost strength and range of motion. The chishi will be one of my primary tools (though I will need to craft a lighter one-or use the arsenal different sized hammers in my tool box-and build back up). I will review both chishi/hojo undo videos from this channel again soon, as well as Michael Clarke's book.
Thank you Sensei Chè and Zoë Sensei for putting this together. I have neglected this kata since the beginning of lockdown and have recently have had a new found love for Kururunfa kata, thanks to your Zoom classes. I have been working on this kata now quite seriously now for about 2 months so it is great to have this kata on hand via TH-cam. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you 😊
It makes us so happy to know that our little video can be of help to you, even though you are so far away! Kururunfa is beautiful but demanding, and we're just glad that we can be of some small use to one of the original Jaguars ❤
I studied Goju-ryu with Master Glenn Keeney in Anderson, Indiana, (Bill Wallace, Ross Scott) and I'd never heard of this kata before seeing this video. I've never heard of a kata that allows for so much variation in interpretation and movement. I'm not sure how you would even begin to score it in competition. But it's definitely a show stopper with many advanced ideas, including disarming a swordsman and killing him with his own sword! Very cool stuff!
thank you so much sensei i could easily learn the base stances of the kata becuase of you since i'm kearning katas on my own as i don't have karate masters to teach me ! arigato gosai mas!!!
I have been trying to find a teacher here to teach me this kata. I seen some horrible version of it. I am a visual learner I can now learn it with your break down.
Ah, that's great! This is one of the most beautiful kata in the Goju syllabus (maybe one of the best kata in the world!) but it is a demanding kata. We know you'll get it 💪
I found myself following along and trying out the variations. And I started to recognise those movements from other kata. Really thought provoking video. The mention of Saifa being a mini kururunfa blew my mind, and the really unexpected part of that is I think i can see how. I Think.
You definitely see it! It wouldn't have resonated with you if it didn't make any sense. It is one of the gems that was dropped into our comments section, which is rich with knowledge from great karate people who have found our channel and decided to stay. Truly we are lucky to have such a lovely community for such a small channel 🙇🏻♀️
thank you for the video i like katas i am orange belt in karate zen but our katas are the same as yours i was just able to do seipai now iam doing kururunfa because of you thamk you so much
¡Eres demasiado bueno! ¡Estamos muy felices de poder compartir nuestro conocimiento con amigos de karate como tú! Continúe entrenando fuerte y esperamos saber más sobre su viaje 🙇
Great Video as usual. Sensei Chinen did his Kururunfa (and all his other kata) with a smoothness and grace that was unique to himself. I learnt so much just by watching his kata. At circa 4:00, the first and second move - I think the small arm movement was something common from early times because when we watch videos of students of Miyagi Chojun do this move, they tend to do it with a quick and small circular movement, with forearm quite close to body, ie emphasis was on the elbow pushing downwards/outwards. The two big schools that push their forearms outwards were Meibukan (Yagi being a very early Miyagi student and did some of his kata with some differences) and Shitoryu (Mabuni classified all hand movements in all of their 60+ katas that look like a shito uke - as a shito-uke). So we can use this arm position as a marker to guess if a student's lineage was Meibukan or not. By and large Goju-ryu teaches the opening move with elbow pointing down & outwards and forearm inclined back towards one's chest. 4:35 After the second lower kick, Sensei Che brought his kicking foot back to his supporting leg, then he made a small circular movement to step outwards - that's a Chinen Sensei detail. IOGKF (Higaonna Morio Sensei) teaches bringing the foot back then stepping forward as well, but to bring it back, almost set the foot down onto the ground then draw a circle with the foot to step forward, that's truly Chinen Sensei's lineage. Circa 7:55 some lineages will emphasize a downward whip, some will also say the sinking down to cat-stance should coincide with the arm movement. It's supposed to enhance the arm-suppression action. 13:40 There's a backward head-butt somewhere there. And some schools emphasize a quick back arch just before the drop to Shiko-dachi, basically a Chinkuchi using the back/spinal muscle to break a bear hug, then a backward head-butt at Shiko-dachi. Thank you for this video Sensei Che, because it's always good to revisit the Kururunfa kata by looking at various different ways different schools do it, because the GOOD differences enrich our understanding of the kata and its possibilities.
Truly you are a conniseur of kata! I'm sorry I never got to train with Sensei Chinen - by all accounts, he was a superb teacher. We have some of his DVDs, and the grace of his movements rings clear. Ché at least continues to keep some of his teacher's knowledge alive, and this is much easier to follow than a book of kata! I really love this kata - it will be my next grading kata when I head to yon dan in a few years, so I look forward to spending much time with it. - Zoë
Thank you for all insights and details, and the imprints on my kata, your sharing and feedback truly adds the real value to our channel and our community, Many thanks Che
The more we do this, the more fun we have and the more we learn as we go! Thank you for sharing this journey with us! PS: big honour to have you join us on our livestream this morning 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
Congratulations on your third dan! 🎊 I too am working on Kururunfa for my next grading in either 2025 or 2026 - it's a beautiful but demanding Kata. Thank you for watching and commenting 🤗
Thank you very much for the video. I learned a lot from it as well as from the bunkai video and other videos. I found a lot of answers to things I was wondering about, but now during the coronavirus I had no one to ask (closed borders). I wasn't sure of my interpretation, these were just my guesses. As for Kururunfa, I assumed that I would do it now just 1000 times (about 200 left) and then go to Seisan, which I will do the same number. And then I will repeat it with Suparinpei. It is important to me that, until I get old, I want to know the specifics of each kata, which ones of them fit me, be able to perform them all in full power and flexibility, and understand as much of what is in them as possible. I know from my own experience that a honing of one kata and its content is a huge job. I put a lot of work into practicing kata and bunkai in general. Especially Saifa and Sanseru, which suit me the most and which I especially like. I know 1000 is not much, but it's good, too. Maybe there will be chance to do more after.
This is 100% the attitude we love to see! You are right that we do need to find out which kata works for us, and at which point in our lives. Right now, I am really enjoying Shisochin (this is Zoe the editor) but Ché's favourite kata is Seipai. The one good thing to come out of the pandemic was the shattering of geography's control over us - it forced karate forward into the future, as instructors learned to give online classes and share knowledge more freely. We would never have gotten around to our channel if our dojo hadn't been forcibly shut. You are on the right path, and we are so glad you are sharing it with us.
Thank you so much for your kind words, @saileswarmarik4103! We appreciate the time you took to watch and comment :) We hope you'll stick around for our next video!
On the body weight drop with the back to the camera at the end of the kata (the sword drop) low baseball catcher’s stance I’ve always been curious why this isn’t a lower/wider than normal Shiko-dachi stance. A wider base would add more balance and power. Thoughts? My gratitude from Austin, TX
Hi, Jett! Great question - couple of points to cover. 1) The classical bunkai is the throw, and if you're throwing someone from directly behind you in shikodachi but over your shoulder, you'll likely fall forward with them. The haunched position also suggests one knee on the ground after throwing the person, ready to smash the face/ears with the palm strikes. 2) My preferred application is the armbar over the shoulder to snap the arm at the elbow. The throw feels more like a compliance throw than a realistic application, but like all classical bunkai, it is there as a starting point for further research. Hope this answers your question! Thank you so much for watching and commenting 🙇🏻♀️ 🙇🏻♀️
This was a tricky video to edit in terms of camera angle and field, but Ché himself requires very little in the way of editing and tidying up, compared to my videos
That's such a refreshing spirit - karate people are so hung up on different = wrong, when we are all doing essentially the same thing. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment, Bert!
Thanks for the input! There are some things that I haven’t been privy too, some things forgotten and or changed, or simply lost. So lots of reverse engineering Chr
I think someone commented a long time ago on this video that they also step to the left - I'm super curious as to how that started. Apologies for the appallingly late response - working through the backlog of comments now. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!
My apologies! I am working through all our videos to add subtitles in other languages. I hope to get to this video soon! apologies for the super delayed response 😅
Have studied karate for many years and admire kata from different styles. Have always wanted to learn Kururunfa and thanks to you I now have. Thank you for your patient approach to teaching this kata and making it possible to learn here, great job. Osu
Thank you so much for your very kind words! Making kata accessible is our main goal, and we are always so happy to hear that we have accomplished that for others. Kururunfa is a wonderful kata, and it is our joy to share it with others.
Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment!
this is by far the best goju ryu channel of TH-cam. 👍 Thanks, for the details of kururunfa, I Will give a try cause isnt on the kyokushin sylabus. Senseis Osu! Arigato🙇
Stop, you're making us blush 🥰🥰🥰
It truly is a beautiful kata, love to practice it (even if it isn't fond of me 😅)
Agreed
Too kind 🙇🏻♀️
Outstanding breakdown of this kata. Really impressive that you point out the differences by school and style ("listen to your Sensei"). Thank you for this terrific video.
Ah, thank you for this lovely comment! It is important to note and celebrate the differences in kata between schools, as they bring flavour to our karate. The more we get away from the idea of the one true style, the better our collective karate will get 🙏🏻
💯!
This was a great way to showcase numerous variations on a theme. Kudos to you. Your time with Chinen shows. Thank you very much.
Sensei Kamen - what an honour to have you comment on our little channel! Thank you so much for the kind words, and for taking the time to watch. We hope that we can honour Sensei Chinen's memory by ensuring his knowledge lives on 🙇🏻♀️
My teacher, Tomoaki Koyabu, sent in 1972 by Seikichi Toguchi to start Shorei-Kan Karate in Canada, says, "When power relation is right, beauty comes out."
Beautiful executions of all variants. Thank you!
Thank You
It’s a very true view of our amazing art
What makes these videos so interesting is Che Senseis knowledge of variations on the kata. Also the open minded approach. As you know many schools will not let another schools approach inside their dojos. Sadly when I studied karate and aikido this was true.
Love to see the bunkai. I believe as you get older open palm strikes, blocks and grabbing are very practical. Great editing as always. I will be sending you a couple book recommenations soon.
I've never been a fan of the fundamentalist approach to martial arts - "my karate is the only karate" because we all have so much to offer each other. I loved how Aikido dovetailed with Goju Ryu, and both can learn from each other. And even in Funakoshi's book, he speaks about how it is all just one karate.
Looking forward to the book recommendations! And thank you for the lovely comment, as always 🙇🏻♀️
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre 🌸🌸 PERFECT...THEY ARE ALL PERFECT
Truly 💮💮💮💮💮
Excellent humble Karate teachers !!!
Ah, so so kind to say so, Alex! We appreciate you :D
This is the best channel to study the kata movement.
So kind to say this! Thank you so much 🤗
Beautifully explained this kata, Sensei. I have never seen these explanations before. Thanks for this video
You are most welcome, Vivek! We're so glad our videos are helpful to others - this is our main goal for our channel :)
Thank you so much. You explained it in a very easy way. All my confusion is gone.
That’s awesome
I’m glad the video helped
Che
Kata referee training must be quite a challenge! Thank you for your excellent performance! Terry.
Personally I hate being a referee because no one can agree on the one true way, and it is so against the grain of what karate truly is (or at least, that's my opinion - Zoë)
Thank you for the kind words, Sensei - I am glad we are able to capture and share Ché's kata with the world, it always has been a delight to watch.
Sensei! I loved this video!
Wonderful! So glad you enjoyed it 🤗🤗🤗
I just learned this kata while up in Alaska training with Hanshi Scott and Renshi Swarthout. This in my opinion is very well presented and done. I had the opportunity to train with Chinen Sensei back in the mid 90’s, to date still one of the best training days of my karate journey. Thank u for posting this up. I have a lot to learn.
Thank you so much for this truly lovely comment! We are so glad you found it useful, and we are happy to be a small part of your karate journey 🥋
Thank you for watching and commenting! 🙇🏻♀️
Thank you for all the hand's movements and details
Only a pleasure! So glad our video is helpful :)
Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment 🙇🏻♀️
Hello from France !
Thanks to your channel, I discovered this magnificent style that is Gōjū-ryū. Here, we mainly have Shotokan. I find myself dreaming of learning your style!
Thank you so much for generously sharing your knowledge, Sensei!
It’s a pleasure
I enjoy many shotokan ideas and kata
I had learned 20 years back but now I polish this kata by you Oss
We are so glad to hear that, Sunil - may your karate journey last many more years!
I have a Goju school in central Texas. You are outstanding. New sub here- and you should have 300k subs soon- one of the best Goju TH-cam channels I’ve come across. Thanks Sir! Oss
Ah, thank you so much for this truly lovely and generous comment! We actually have a couple of regular Texans here - welcome to the pack!
Haha, it's taken us a little over a year to get to 3,500 subscribers - not much in TH-cam land, but we really have the loveliest community following our little channel. We're glad to have you here 🙇🏻♀️
Great, thanks for give us the diferents, variations.
Kururunfa is such a wonderful kata, truly! Finally getting around to answering our backlog of comments! Thank you for the kind words 🤗
This was great for helping me remember this one, as I’m only just starting to learn it
Kururunfa is a wonderful Kata, but I know I struggle with it still (especially the turning points with the open hand chest blocks). Hopefully our video is of use to you!
Best,
Zoë
This is an excellent explanation of the kata. It is one that I’m hoping to learn soon!
It is such a stunning kata, one that I am just starting to get to grips with. We hope our video will help you learn the one with the variations you need for your dojo/federation 🙇🏻♀️
I'm only a first kyu student but I have been studying way above my level thanks to lessons like this thank you.
Your diligent effort will bring such depth and understanding to your training, Greg! We are so glad that you choose to watch our videos - we know there are many other karate channels out there 🙇
Your method of teaching is very well explained and reference to different schools technige is what sets you apart from many videos I watch.
Thank you, truly! And if you ever have feedback on things we can improve, please tell us! We are youtube yellow belts :)
As always great details, interesting perspectives, and presented in an easy to understand video. Thanks for posting.
Ah, thank you so much for the kind words, and for always taking the time to watch and comment. We appreciate you!
The variation in Goju is great.
I absolutely love it - it makes it possible to enjoy Goju for decades :) Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment - we really appreciate it!
Thanks Sensei. Especially the message at the end.
We're glad we are walking this mountain with you 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
As always very informative video. Your perspective and consideration for the wide variation of this kata is simply amazing.
On my behalf, I simply come to learn on your channel and do not have enough hindsight at this level of detail as to make contributions.
That said I simply want to thank you Sensei Che and Zoe for the wonderful work you're doing week after week.
Dear Francis,
Thank you so much for this truly lovely and generous comment - it is our honour to share our knowledge that we have been so lucky to recieve over so many years, and from so many people. We hope that we can keep producing content that showcases Goju Ryu.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting - we appreciate you!
Thank you to both of you for yet again a great video. Loved it right to the end..... I believe we will get to the top of the mountain.... Pity no bloopers whahaha ha. Love to all.... Missing the Dojo tons.
We will all get to the top of the mountain, because we climb together 💕💕
We miss you too, and looking forward to reopening when it is safe again 🤗
Yup, no bloopers with Ché - he films his stuff in one smooth take 😅
Great class, Sensei! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. This is a beautiful kata.
Isn't it just? I've yet to actually work on Kururunfa (grading had me focused on Seipai) but I look forward to spending much time with it over the next 4 years
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre, or next 40 years. 😉
All going well, definitely!
How is your recovery going?
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre, I'm steadily getting better. I'm almost completely healed and am looking forward to rehabilitating and rebuilding lost strength and range of motion. The chishi will be one of my primary tools (though I will need to craft a lighter one-or use the arsenal different sized hammers in my tool box-and build back up). I will review both chishi/hojo undo videos from this channel again soon, as well as Michael Clarke's book.
Well explained ❤❤❤ I like this Kata and your explanation made me love it more OSSU
Thank you so much 😀 Kururunfa is a wonderful kata
Thanks a lot Sensei, cheers from Portugal.
You are welcome! Would love to visit Portugal one day! Cheers from South Africa 🇿🇦
Thank you Sensei Chè and Zoë Sensei for putting this together. I have neglected this kata since the beginning of lockdown and have recently have had a new found love for Kururunfa kata, thanks to your Zoom classes. I have been working on this kata now quite seriously now for about 2 months so it is great to have this kata on hand via TH-cam. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you 😊
It makes us so happy to know that our little video can be of help to you, even though you are so far away!
Kururunfa is beautiful but demanding, and we're just glad that we can be of some small use to one of the original Jaguars ❤
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre "Original Jaguars" . Love that
We should put it on a hoodie 😘
I studied Goju-ryu with Master Glenn Keeney in Anderson, Indiana, (Bill Wallace, Ross Scott) and I'd never heard of this kata before seeing this video. I've never heard of a kata that allows for so much variation in interpretation and movement. I'm not sure how you would even begin to score it in competition.
But it's definitely a show stopper with many advanced ideas, including disarming a swordsman and killing him with his own sword! Very cool stuff!
Greetings
Thanks for the awesome comment
Yes it’s a fantastic kata
Che
thank you so much sensei i could easily learn the base stances of the kata becuase of you since i'm kearning katas on my own as i don't have karate masters to teach me ! arigato gosai mas!!!
Glad to help! We hope one day you can come train with us in our dojo ❤️
Thank you for making this video, Sensei!
My pleasure! Kururunfa is a wonderful kata to share with the world :)
Awesome break down of the kata. I can finally learn it
Ah, excellent! It is such an exquisite kata, but so demanding 😅
I have been trying to find a teacher here to teach me this kata. I seen some horrible version of it. I am a visual learner I can now learn it with your break down.
Ah, that's great! This is one of the most beautiful kata in the Goju syllabus (maybe one of the best kata in the world!) but it is a demanding kata. We know you'll get it 💪
I found myself following along and trying out the variations. And I started to recognise those movements from other kata.
Really thought provoking video. The mention of Saifa being a mini kururunfa blew my mind, and the really unexpected part of that is I think i can see how.
I Think.
You definitely see it! It wouldn't have resonated with you if it didn't make any sense. It is one of the gems that was dropped into our comments section, which is rich with knowledge from great karate people who have found our channel and decided to stay. Truly we are lucky to have such a lovely community for such a small channel 🙇🏻♀️
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre KururunFa - SaiFa are related.
thank you for the video i like katas i am orange belt in karate zen but our katas are the same as yours i was just able to do seipai now iam doing kururunfa because of you thamk you so much
You are so welcome! Thank you for supporting our channel, we really appreciate it 🙇🏻♀️
Hai. Great finer detail, excellent presentation Sensei. 👊🏽👍🏽
Ah, thank you so much for the kind words, and for taking the time to watch and comment. We appreciate you!
Extraordinario maestro, gracias, gracias, gracias!
¡Eres demasiado bueno! ¡Estamos muy felices de poder compartir nuestro conocimiento con amigos de karate como tú! Continúe entrenando fuerte y esperamos saber más sobre su viaje 🙇
What a beautiful kata
Truly 🥰
D W Y S S BEST FORM OF ALL... THANK YOU ..
🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thank you só much.
You're welcome!
Great Video as usual. Sensei Chinen did his Kururunfa (and all his other kata) with a smoothness and grace that was unique to himself. I learnt so much just by watching his kata.
At circa 4:00, the first and second move - I think the small arm movement was something common from early times because when we watch videos of students of Miyagi Chojun do this move, they tend to do it with a quick and small circular movement, with forearm quite close to body, ie emphasis was on the elbow pushing downwards/outwards. The two big schools that push their forearms outwards were Meibukan (Yagi being a very early Miyagi student and did some of his kata with some differences) and Shitoryu (Mabuni classified all hand movements in all of their 60+ katas that look like a shito uke - as a shito-uke). So we can use this arm position as a marker to guess if a student's lineage was Meibukan or not. By and large Goju-ryu teaches the opening move with elbow pointing down & outwards and forearm inclined back towards one's chest.
4:35 After the second lower kick, Sensei Che brought his kicking foot back to his supporting leg, then he made a small circular movement to step outwards - that's a Chinen Sensei detail. IOGKF (Higaonna Morio Sensei) teaches bringing the foot back then stepping forward as well, but to bring it back, almost set the foot down onto the ground then draw a circle with the foot to step forward, that's truly Chinen Sensei's lineage.
Circa 7:55 some lineages will emphasize a downward whip, some will also say the sinking down to cat-stance should coincide with the arm movement. It's supposed to enhance the arm-suppression action.
13:40 There's a backward head-butt somewhere there. And some schools emphasize a quick back arch just before the drop to Shiko-dachi, basically a Chinkuchi using the back/spinal muscle to break a bear hug, then a backward head-butt at Shiko-dachi.
Thank you for this video Sensei Che, because it's always good to revisit the Kururunfa kata by looking at various different ways different schools do it, because the GOOD differences enrich our understanding of the kata and its possibilities.
Truly you are a conniseur of kata!
I'm sorry I never got to train with Sensei Chinen - by all accounts, he was a superb teacher. We have some of his DVDs, and the grace of his movements rings clear.
Ché at least continues to keep some of his teacher's knowledge alive, and this is much easier to follow than a book of kata!
I really love this kata - it will be my next grading kata when I head to yon dan in a few years, so I look forward to spending much time with it.
- Zoë
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre Yes, in IOGKF it's a Yondan kata too.
Thank you for all insights and details, and the imprints on my kata, your sharing and feedback truly adds the real value to our channel and our community,
Many thanks
Che
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre Sensei Che you are too modest. Thank you and thank Sensei Zoe for producing quality videos week after week.
The more we do this, the more fun we have and the more we learn as we go! Thank you for sharing this journey with us!
PS: big honour to have you join us on our livestream this morning 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
I just achieved my Sandan and am beginning to learn Kururunfa. We start by going to the right side.
Congratulations on your third dan! 🎊 I too am working on Kururunfa for my next grading in either 2025 or 2026 - it's a beautiful but demanding Kata.
Thank you for watching and commenting 🤗
Arigato gozai masta sensei.
Hai, dou itashimashite 🙇🏻♀️ 🙇🏻♀️ 🙇🏻♀️
Oss Master i loved this video
Thank you for watching! It's always a pleasure to share my love of Goju Ryu 🙇🏻♀️
You are really awesome
Ah, so kind! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment, we always appreciate it :)
Thank you very much for the video. I learned a lot from it as well as from the bunkai video and other videos. I found a lot of answers to things I was wondering about, but now during the coronavirus I had no one to ask (closed borders). I wasn't sure of my interpretation, these were just my guesses. As for Kururunfa, I assumed that I would do it now just 1000 times (about 200 left) and then go to Seisan, which I will do the same number. And then I will repeat it with Suparinpei. It is important to me that, until I get old, I want to know the specifics of each kata, which ones of them fit me, be able to perform them all in full power and flexibility, and understand as much of what is in them as possible. I know from my own experience that a honing of one kata and its content is a huge job. I put a lot of work into practicing kata and bunkai in general. Especially Saifa and Sanseru, which suit me the most and which I especially like. I know 1000 is not much, but it's good, too. Maybe there will be chance to do more after.
This is 100% the attitude we love to see! You are right that we do need to find out which kata works for us, and at which point in our lives. Right now, I am really enjoying Shisochin (this is Zoe the editor) but Ché's favourite kata is Seipai.
The one good thing to come out of the pandemic was the shattering of geography's control over us - it forced karate forward into the future, as instructors learned to give online classes and share knowledge more freely. We would never have gotten around to our channel if our dojo hadn't been forcibly shut.
You are on the right path, and we are so glad you are sharing it with us.
Thank you 🙂
You’re welcome 😊
Nice demo!
Thank you so much! We love this kata, truly :)
Osu... Excellent explanation ❤❤
Thank you so much for your kind words, @saileswarmarik4103! We appreciate the time you took to watch and comment :) We hope you'll stick around for our next video!
On the body weight drop with the back to the camera at the end of the kata (the sword drop) low baseball catcher’s stance I’ve always been curious why this isn’t a lower/wider than normal Shiko-dachi stance. A wider base would add more balance and power.
Thoughts?
My gratitude from Austin, TX
Hi, Jett!
Great question - couple of points to cover.
1) The classical bunkai is the throw, and if you're throwing someone from directly behind you in shikodachi but over your shoulder, you'll likely fall forward with them. The haunched position also suggests one knee on the ground after throwing the person, ready to smash the face/ears with the palm strikes.
2) My preferred application is the armbar over the shoulder to snap the arm at the elbow. The throw feels more like a compliance throw than a realistic application, but like all classical bunkai, it is there as a starting point for further research.
Hope this answers your question! Thank you so much for watching and commenting 🙇🏻♀️ 🙇🏻♀️
Arigato Sensei.
Dou itashimashite :D
You are a genius
Too kind! 🙏🙏
parabéens sempre o melhor
Thank you so much 🤗
very well explained.
Thank you so much! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment - we really appreciate it!
hi, i from brazil, thank you
You are most welcome! Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment 🙇🏻♀️
This was a tricky video to edit in terms of camera angle and field, but Ché himself requires very little in the way of editing and tidying up, compared to my videos
At least we were only 4 minutes late to upload
You did a great job as always. Love the wording you add. Always good to watch all these videos. And very helpful. 😘
Ah, thank you! And I'm sure you will love this kata when you get to it one day 🤗
Expetacular!!!!!!!!!
Thank you
We can do things differently and everybody can be right.
That's such a refreshing spirit - karate people are so hung up on different = wrong, when we are all doing essentially the same thing. Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment, Bert!
EXCELLENT
Thank you!
久留頓破 (ku ru rum fa) means "a long overstayed guest is kicked-out [finally]". Then this one is traveling with a luggage called saifa (a travel-size kururumfa™). So what are your numbers (in miles and hours) traveled, one (who's the other one) might ask the one (who is the one which overstayed)? And the answer is in sanchin (3), shisochin (4), sanseru (36), sepai (18), seisan (13) or suparimpei (108) or even perhaps in tensho which used to be rokkishu (6 although I would doubt the number here when these palms start to rotate) but really it is just 42. So it goes... ©
I never thought we would see a Hitchhiker's Guide reference here 🤩🤩
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre ... and Kurt Vonnegut at the end as a conclusion but it's hard to omit Douglas Adams with so many numbers in kata names. :)
@@Burvedys Kuruurunfa has become unstuck in time.
@@kylelooper2156 would be nice if it stick with us without any sign of dementia. :)
Mmm
Thanks
Welcome!
A bit Confusing explanation of the Turn, hands and elbow motions and interpretation of MEANING(what is being done or tech Executed) for some
Thanks for the input!
There are some things that I haven’t been privy too, some things forgotten and or changed, or simply lost. So lots of reverse engineering
Chr
God demonstration
Thank you so much!
My style is one of the every few that steps to the left first. Anyone else or know which styles or organizations do this too?
I think someone commented a long time ago on this video that they also step to the left - I'm super curious as to how that started.
Apologies for the appallingly late response - working through the backlog of comments now. Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!
Perfekt. Oss
Hai! Domo arigato gozaimasu 🙇🏻♀️
Excelente!
Thank you
OSS. OBRIGADO
Hai! Dou itashimaste 🙇🏻♀️
I think it's the hardest one from Goju Ryu katas.
What a beautiful and unforgiving Kata 😅 thank you for the comment!
Bravo oss
Arigato gozaimasu! 🙇🏻♀️
شرح جيد جدا
Thank you so much! It's a wonderful Kata
@@GojuRyuKarateCentre thanks will come good Very good
Amazing..... OSU
Thank you so much!
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Oss 🙏🙇
Domo arigato gozaimasu 🙇🏻♀️
oss
Hai! Domo arigato :)
Pena que não é legendado em português...Oss
My apologies! I am working through all our videos to add subtitles in other languages. I hope to get to this video soon!
apologies for the super delayed response 😅