mixjourneyman wrote:I studied Goju, which is a cousin of Uechi (actually, I'm hoping to start back up as soon as I get back to Guelph), I would practice each technique with whole body force and dan tien compression on the strikes. My teacher was totally like "its good that you can do that, we have this too, but not usually till later". So my opinion is that karate starts out very rigid and hard and then moves to a more coordinated and softer approach. I wouldn't apply the word internal though, since it is a Chinese specific word in martial arts culture.
Also, I read somewhere that Chojun Myagi may have had some experience in xingyi and taiji.
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