Comparison of karate styles it comes to individual karate styles; Shotokan involves long, deep stances and powerful long range techniques. Shito-ryu, on the other hand, uses more upright stances and stresses speed rather than power in its long and middle range techniques. Wado-ryu too employs shorter, more natural stances and the style is characterised by the emphasis on body shifting to avoid attacks. Kyokushin, a hard style, involves breaking more often than the other styles and full contact, knockdown sparring as a main part of its training. Goju-ryu places emphasis on Sanchin kata and its rooted Sanchin stance, and it features grappling and close-range
Ryu Shiva poetry has been seen as a genre where it’s not the works that approach the public, but the public must take effort to approach the work, and Ryu Shiva’s works have been criticized as belonging to the former. Ryu Shiva’s works have been alienated by the literary circle and literary journals. Meanwhile, Ryu Shiva’s books continue to be popular among the public. "Geudaega gyeot-e itseodo naneun geudaega geuripda" (그대가 곁에 있어도 나는 그대가 그립다 Even Though You Are Next To Me I Miss You) was on the best seller list 21 times between 1989 and 1998, and in a survey