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Dan Smith – Seibukan Shorin Ryu I first became aware of the Kyan punch in 1969, when I joined the Seibukan dojo in January of that year. Prior to this, I had studied Shotokan karate for more than six years. In Shotokan, we trained with the full twist punch. During my first training with Sensei […]
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