Talk:Sanchin

Different schools
I would like to see a complete description of the kata as practiced by different schools. this allows for more historical reference, would others consider this clutter?

24.195.60.53 11:14, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Are you offering to do it or are you asking someone else to? JFD 13:07, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

I started doing it. I'll have a look around and see if we can get some video links so that people can have a look. Bakarocket 16:27, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

What is needed is actual references to different styles' version which may then allow separate sections. For example, below is a long description of one style's form of "shime" which is shared by two other major styles. So what is the point? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheDoctorX (talk • contribs) 06:24, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Sanchin stance
Broken link at the beginning of stance. It links back to this page to an anchor that doesn't exist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Youarefunny (talk • contribs) 02:50, 5 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Fixed--3family6 (talk) 12:25, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

Kyokushin "Hard Sanchin"
I'd like to add a section about Kyokushin "Hard Sanchin," as is practiced in parts of Southern California (and probably elsewhere). In this form, after the student has learned traditional Sanchin (tensed muscles, closed fists version), the next step is to perform the kata while the instructors beat on you. The theory is that a properly conditioned person will not bruise, and the stances will prevent blows to the groin, etc. (For the most part, it works, and is similar to some types of conditioning suggested by Mas Oyama in his books.) I have had a hard time finding references to this type of Sanchin on the Internet, since "Hard Sanchin" typically refers to simply the tensed version, rather than the "get beat on" version. Can anyone help find such a reference, or perhaps tell me what better search terms might be? The only one I could find was this one...and it's severely lacking, as in my experience, it's the instructors who deliver the strikes (and try to knock you over, etc.), and they do so at full force, with proper technique.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwV04ta6HE0

To my knowledge, this is still practiced at the Riverside, CA School of the Brown Bear. Dmutters (talk) 01:23, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

With all due respect, that describes how testing is done by a number of styles. It is not unique to Kyokushin. There is no one "right way" to test a student performing the "kata." Depends on what the teacher is trying to teach/train, the level of the student, "et cetera." Thus, in and of itself, it would not merit a separate section in my opinion. TheDoctorX (talk) 06:28, 7 October 2016 (UTC)