TMA going underground

[isshinryuronin]

There have been times when TMA was suppressed by the government in China and Okinawa, but it found ways to live on. Check out this video and see one way this was done.

If you are familiar with Kusanku, passai or pinan 4 you recognize some of their moves in this dance. The several moves after .25, .42, 1.07 and 1.42 in the video. There are better examples of Okinawan folk dance with hidden karate, but I really like this one. Very entertaining and charming as well.

 

[Hot Lunch]

There have been times when TMA was suppressed by the government in China and Okinawa, but it found ways to live on. Check out this video and see one way this was done.

In China too? This is kind of surprising. What I understand is that Mao was inspired by the Boxer Rebellion and, just a few years ago, a Chinese MMA fighter got demoted in "social credit rating" (or whatever it's called) by the Chinese government for defeating a traditional Chinese martial artist in a fight.