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Probly should have named the thread "mentions"

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http://www.ihadojo.com/IhaSensei/index.htm
Interviewer: Can you give me some training pointers in the practice of shorin-ryu?

Sensei: There are many. Those that come to mind are... Well, the punching fist must be horizontal to the ground. The elbow strike is also horizontal to the ground. The knife hand block begins like a windshield wiper and does NOT come back to the shoulder. All shorin-ryu kicks are done with the toes. Sometimes the second toe wraps itself around the big toe to reinforce it for kicking.
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Arakaki

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It was because of the wealth that his family enjoyed that Arakaki was able to devote a great deal of time to his training, and soon became very proficient, earning the nickname of 'Uwayaguwa Ankichi' (Ankichi of Uwayaguwa). His specialty was the development of the toe kick or tsumasaki-geri.
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