Sanseirui is a karate

Karate

is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...

 kata

Kata

is a Japanese word describing detailed choreographed patterns of movements practised either solo or in pairs. The term form is used for the corresponding concept in non-Japanese martial arts in general....

 of Southern Chinese

China

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 (Fujian

Fujian

' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...

ese) origin. The name literally means thirty-six (steps, or positions of attack and defense) .

Versions of it are found in several karate styles, including Goju-ryu, but it is most strongly associated with Uechi-ryu and the related system Shohei-ryu

Shohei-ryu

is a style of Okinawan Karate that is descended from Uechi-ryu, and hence from Pangai-noon Kung Fu. Following the 1991 death of Kanei Uechi, son of Uechi-ryu founder Kanbun Uechi, there was an organizational split and the directors of the Okinawa Karate-Do association officially created the name...

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External links

Video Clips (Uechi): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJiPp_6e5E4 (front), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOeuCXOZrac (side)

Video Clips (Goju): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCcAu8mgwbo (front), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uyCvq5oO5o (side)