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addition to karate styles like Shotokan, Kyukushin-kai, Goju-ryu and
others a new style is emerging - Sho Shin Karate Do what means the
genuine, the honest way. The basis of Sho Shin Karate Do are self
dicipline, responsibility and respect. The training concentrates 100%
on kumite, 100% on kata and 100 % on mental training, all equal to
form the full Karate not one before the other. In the Sho Shin Karate
Do style we do not compromise, the style is growing day by day and
is teached and trained by a large number of Karateka's in Denmark,
Israel, Norway, Germany and Russia. |
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The
bases of the style were put in the 80th by Shihan Raffi Liven.
In more than 40 years during he trained Karate, he never found
a really perfect style. However he is grateful to the different
masters from different styles he could train under because they
gave him the possibility to develop his own style. In his childhood
he learned to have respect to older people because you can profit
from the experiences they collected in a whole life. By listening
to them you can learn from their knowledge and mistakes. One
day we will be the old people and want others to respect us.
Shihan Liven's opinion is that you are not able to love somebody
when you dont love yourself. Love and respect your friends how
you love yourself, help others and become stronger through that.
Each day is a gift for Shihan Raffi Liven and he is happy for
every day and the experiences it gives no matter wheather the
sky is blue or gray. Be happy for what you have and dont run
after material goods as the focal point of your life. |
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| The
bases of the style were put in the 80th by Shihan Raffi Liven.
In more than 40 years during he trained Karate, he never found
a really perfect style. However he is grateful to the different
masters from different styles he could train under because they
gave him the possibility to develop his own style. In his childhood
he learned to have respect to older people because you can profit
from the experiences they collected in a whole life. By listening
to them you can learn from their knowledge and mistakes. One
day we will be the old people and want others to respect us.
Shihan Liven's opinion is that you are not able to love somebody
when you dont love yourself. Love and respect your friends how
you love yourself, help others and become stronger through that.
Each day is a gift for Shihan Raffi Liven and he is happy for
every day and the experiences it gives no matter wheather the
sky is blue or gray. Be happy for what you have and dont run
after material goods as the focal point of your life. |
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Technically
the style is in a constant development in the Karate Do whereby
holding to traditions will never be made for their sake only.
It is important to keep the mind open because you can allways
learn from a great master or the youngest student. On the way
of Karate the "Do" one never stops learning and new things are
included into the style to improve and enrich it. In contrast
to other styles Sho Shin Do is always defensive oriented. From
the starting position one always goes a step back blocks the
attack of the opponent and give him a chance to change his mind.
Already through a stong defence against the first attack one
takes a part of the strength to the opponent away. The Karateka
shall always understand the logic of his movement, related to
a special combat situation. |
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applies to the Katas in the Sho Shin Do, as well as as to the basic
techniques and combinations taught in the Kihon training and also
for the training with a partner. It is not money what makes the world
go round but happiness, love and understanding. Therefor he tries
to live a healthy life and advises others not to get dependent on
something but allways to stay in full control on what you are doing.
Karate is not just a fighting art but a lifestyle that demands deeper
understanding. That means that the concentration on the training of
the Karate techniques is not enough. Keep your body strong and healthy,
hard, elastic and fast. In that way you get stronger also mentally.
This is the base of Karate: mental strength. When you are strong mentally
you can reach everything. |
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| Technically
the style is in a constant development in the Karate Do whereby
holding to traditions will never be made for their sake only.
It is important to keep the mind open because you can allways
learn from a great master or the youngest student. On the way
of Karate the "Do" one never stops learning and new things are
included into the style to improve and enrich it. In contrast
to other styles Sho Shin Do is always defensive oriented. From
the starting position one always goes a step back blocks the
attack of the opponent and give him a chance to change his mind.
Already through a stong defence against the first attack one
takes a part of the strength to the opponent away. The Karateka
shall always understand the logic of his movement, related to
a special combat situation. That applies to the Katas in the
Sho Shin Do, as well as as to the basic techniques and combinations
taught in the Kihon training and also for the training with
a partner. |
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From
the first training hour the student is asked to think about
the newly gained knowledge. When he learns how to make a correct
fist an do a punch he gets the expanation of How? and Why like
that?. The knock-down Karatekas are tough, strong and hard people
with a great spirit. But they don't try to protect their faces
against attacks by punches and can easily be beaten if the have
to fight after other rules or if there are no rules. The traditional
styles e.g. Shotokan are showing the beauty of the art of fighting
with the power of timing, control and focus but they are not
prepared for contact and they can be easily beaten with a strong
punch to the body or a low kick. |
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But Karate includes both toughness as well as control. The body
and mind of a Karateka must be hard like iron and soft like
water. The knock-down styles are missing the control and the
traditional styles are missing the contact. All the time we
can hear from one side that knock-down like kyokushinkai is
not Karate and the other side laughs and says that the "traditionals"
are not tough enough for real fighting. Karate becomes complete
first when you combine strength and hardness with control, timing
and focus. Thats why the best of the Sho Shin Karate Do competitors
start in any type of Karate competition full contact or non
contact. |
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