"PASSAI" (KATA) SHORINJI-RYU KARATE

PASSAI A.K.A. (BASSAI) KATA ACCORDING TO MOTOBU CHOKI, THE PASSAI KATA WAS ONE OF THE THREE MOST PRACTICED KATAS IN OKINAWA ALONG WITH NAIHANCHI AND KUSANKU. GICHIN FUNAKOSHI CHANGED THE NAME FROM PASSAI DAI TO BASSAI SHODAN. THE PASSAI KATA IS PRACTICED TODAY IN VARIOUS KOREAN MARTIAL ARTS AS WELL BESIDES KARATE, SUCH AS TAE KWAN DO,TANG SOO DO AND SOO BAHK DO IN KOREAN, THE KATA HAVE SEVERAL NAMES BASSASHEE, BAL SE, PAL CHE, PALSEK, BAL SAE, BASA HEE, AND BAL SAK. IT IS THE FOURTH KATA IN MY STYLE OF SHORINJI-RYU THAT WE LEARN. IT HAS A VERY INTERESTING HISTORY AND WILL MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THE HISTORY OF PASSAI (BASSAI SOON. ALOHAS, T