Shoreijikan is not
a style, it is just a name: The Shoreiji Society. It canot be confounded with
the names “shorei-ryu” or “shoreikan”. The term “Shoreiji” (“The Golden Dawn’s
Temple”), with emphasis in “Ji”, is found in the Okinawan Bubishi, and refers
to a Shoalin Temple where its monks were experts in medicine (fitotherapy) and
kempo. The other name, that we use in our inner circle (martial therapeutic techniques) is “The Nine Dragons' Temple”.
The Shoreijian symbol is a white crane over the Okinawan three kingdoms, or also (in our case) the three main old cities: Naha, Shuri and Tomari. There are no white cranes in Okinawa, but in Southern China, from where a martial school was transfered to Naha, around 1828. Thus, our crane means the origin of our art. Therefore, our symbol is also a historical synthesis and hides a deep meaning.
Me and my friend and Sensei Nakaema, São Paulo, 2016.
Shoreijikan in two times:
Mi master used to tel my: "when you are young, your karate is strong, as well you get older, tour movements become more circular, more softer, and presise. You depend more of strategy, perception and small adventages you can take. Wen you get that you can win even if you are weak, blind, and cant move too much". I stiil tryng to understend than words, and I will be the rest of my live
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