Sanchin Stepping: What's Up with That?
Channel: Goju Ryu Philosopher
Date: 30/01/2021

Every Goju-Ryu practitioner's favorite way of stepping is that circular stepping method that we learned in Sanchin kata, right? It's like wax on, wax off, but with your feet instead of your hands. But how come? It's not all that fast, it looks super awkward, and it makes all of the boxers make fun of me personally. Turns out though, there's a reason why we step like that, and it's a good one too. Let's make this make sense.


Sources: 
Higaonna, Morio. Traditional Karate-Do: The Fundamental Techniques
Miyazato, Ei’ichi. Okinawa Den Goju-Ryu Karate-Do
Toguchi, Seikichi. Okinawan Goju-Ryu: Fundamentals of Shorei-Kan Karate
Toguchi, Seikichi. Okinawan Goju-Ryu II: Advanced Techniques of Shorei-Kan Karate



Also, the demonstration came from an old upload by a channel called dejathorus, you can find that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLNpl_1VCbA