I hold the tank of ni dan(second degree black belt) in Japanese goju ryu karate do seiwa Kai yamaguci ha lineage
For occult leanings read the bubiahi where Goju gets it’s name article 3 8 poems of the fist found within it
Also every kata we have has occult lore to them as well as it’s animal
Now time to do some kata in the rain
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Hey . I missed this before ; '' every kata we have has occult lore to them as well as it’s animal ''
Can you tell me more about this ? Interesting !
Kata I practiced ; 5 Pinans , 3 Naiharchins, 2 Passai , ( and here I know of a few animal associations ) Rohai ( heron ) , Chinto ( with an associated 'mythic history' * ) Gojushiho, Kusanku , Hakatsuru ( crane ) - and some 'weapon taking forms' ( like 'Nobudi Nogata' - thats obscure though, I dont know its history ) ... the system I practiced was associated with 'white crane' but know of no occult lure association . I would be interested to find out about that , especially if you know of any associated with these kata .
* Chinto was supposedly a shipwrecked Chinese pirate turned bandit on Okinawa that Bushi Matsamura ( the systems founder ) went to arrest but could not defeat him, so made friends, learnt some things and developed Chinto kata out of that .