Shuri-kan karate has xingyi influence? Wow! I remember reading that Shuri styles were influenced by Northern Chinese systems years ago on some webpage, but dismissed it as unlikely. Can you describe the Shuri system in a little more detail? Perhaps then I could offer a better comparison to Naha systems like Goju and Uechi. Most styles of karate essentially have their roots in White Crane and Arhat Fist, and derivative styles thereof. I have yet to hear of a style that is genuinely based on a northern style, and an internal one, at that.
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