Monday, March 16, 2020

SunNuSu (Sunsu) Kata – a derivative analysis




This analysis is only what I see, not necessarily as other would see it.

I don’t see these videos as end points, rather glimpses of stages where they were at that time.

 

As kata SunNuSu (Sunsu) as the creation of Shimabuku Tatsuo
I am going to show kata which inspired sections of his creation.

Some are from his Isshinryu, meaning studies with Kyan and Motobu. As he was a senior to Nakazato Joen,  I am going to use the Shiornji Ryu kata for the Kyan example of Patsai For the Gojushiho I am going to show the Nakama Haruku version, his instructor was also a student of Kuan.

 

 

For the opening he began with his own version of Sanchin.

 

 

The next session came from the Kyan form Patsai.

Patsai Shorinji

 

 

Gojushiho

Haruku Nakama demonstrates the kata he learned from Okuhara Bunei student of Chotoku Kyan.
 
Useshi (Gojushiho) begins at 6:40 on the video.

 

 

Kusanku – I am using the Shimabuku 1958 video, which shows the section he used in SunNuSu

 

 

I am using the Hiagonna Morio Seisan Bunkai video

to show a likely source for the various kicking techniques in the Goju Seisan.

 
 

One curious deviation from his instructors kata might be inspired from the use of cross body strikes when stepping in Kyodokan Jitte kata
 
 
 
or he man have incorporated the elbow parry as in Itosu Pinyan San Das as in Matayoshi Ryu. 
 
 

 

Again IMO the rest of the kata represents the ideas of Shimabuku Tatsuo.

 

 1958

 early 1960s
 
1966

 
Charles Murray Sunsu in Agena
during his Chinkuchi training 1972

 

 

Charles Murray Sunsu 1980

 

 

Charles Murray Sunsu 2016

 

 

Andrew Ware 1980

 

 

Young Lee SunNuSu 2012

 

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