I
continue to be amazed that the idea of a kata, namely kusanku, could be used in
low light (possibly night) conditions demands skepticism..
Think
back on the times of the origins of te/toudi surely at times training was done
in a forest or a courtyard as light diminished from the skies. Then walking
home after training was not done in well lighted streets. Rather light probably
came from lanterns hanging in homes. Thus in dark, or near dark and the night
dark was not a constant ever changing circumstances. It would be ludicrous to
believe the instructor did not make comment how their art would function under
those circumstances.
Of
course today most training is conducted in rather clean well lit facilities
having very little relationship to the past origin days.
Other
karate system do concider kata having night uses. The clearest example came
when I met George Donaue of the Kashiba Juku
system (a descendent of Matsaybushi Ryu).
We
were discussing just that topic and he explained that their studies worked
using all of their kata are studied for applications in daylight, as for night
(low level light) uses and for drunken applications. Not just restricted to the
night in any case.
What
I came to see was Kusanku could have night applications, which in no way
detracted from its uses during daylight. Potential application study is just
that potential applications study. Much deeper is the work required for any
study to become Application Realization.
Yin
and Yang – Light and Dark.
You
are what you can do. I worked to do as
much as I possibly could.
https://isshin-concentration.blogspot.com/2019/06/kusanku-night-fighting-kata.html
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