Well, I know Shihan Frank Van Lenten used it, I had
not seen it anywhere else except in the Goshinkai Goju
Ryu schools myself, but I do know that Shihan Van
Lenten studied under Shinjo, Yagi, and Teguchi, so it
could even be one of theirs, I'm not entirely sure,
the next time I'm talking to my Sensei I'll have to
ask him.

--- Buddy Govender <govenderb@...>
wrote:
> Hi, from my understanding (and I may be wrong), I
> assumed that
> Sanchin-Tensho kata was 'devised' by the late Gogen
> Yamaguchi Hanshi of
> the Goju Kai. The reason I made that assumption was
> that during the
> 70's I was taught by the following excellent Goju
> Kai instructors Vasi
> Naidu Sensei (now teaching and residing in Los
> Angeles), Stan Hart
> Sensei and Leo Lapinski Shihan (now teaching and
> residing in London),
> and it was there that I was introduced to this
> amalgamation of Sanchin
> and Tensho Kata's. I did not see it practiced
> anywhere else and in
> hindsight can only assume that it was devised by the
> Yamaguchi Goju Kai
> organization. Any other suggestions??
> Regards
> Buddy Govender
> Okinawa Karate-Doh Goju Ryu Jundokan South Africa
> www.eastcoast.co.za/buddy
>
>


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