17 Goju-Ryu Karate Kata DVD By Andreas Ginger

Goju-Ryu (Japanese for hard-soft style) is one of the four traditional Karate styles.It is  haracterized for containing many elements from the traditional Chinese Boxing of the 17th to 19th century. The designation Goju-Ryu was created by Chojun Miyagi (1888-1953). A Kobudo Master once asked one of Miyagi's best students about the name of his Martial Arts style. But he could not give a correct answer, so he came up with the name "Half-Hard Style".He reported this incident to Master Miyagi who finally decided to name it after the Bubishi (kept secret over a long periode of time) and its third sentence of the "Eight rules of fist fighting", which says: "The way of inhaling and exhaling is hardness and softness.", or "Everything in the universe inhales soft and exhales hard". In 1933 Goju-Ryu was officially acknowledged by the Japanese all Martial Arts Association.All 17 Goju-Ryu Karate Kata will be shown on this DVD from various perspectives.Andreas Ginger:I started professional traini