.pdf files from the University of Hawaii Scans

 

A long time ago I downloaded some .pdf files

from the University of Hawaii Scans donated by Charles Goodin.

These scans came from the .pdf file labeled Iguchi- Randori 1912

 

These are just a few of the opening pages of illustrations,

the entire work contains much more.

Remember the pages and illustrations are viewed Left to Right.

 

“Martial Arts Okinawan Karate Kata” Seienchin kata

 

I was browsing my ,pdf martial books fire and saw one in German titles “Martial Arts Okinawan Karate Kata”. It didn’t show the author or the date of publication, but it began to interest me. So I scrolled forward a bit and discovered a few kata applications that interest me. Spent about an hour translating that small section of the book

 

What is interested me most was the application of a movement from kata Senenchin (our Seiunchin). One I had never seen before.

 

Here is my translation of the ending of that section.

 

“The Kata Seienchin is first of all a kata, which is practiced with some force. But it is just as all other kata, also executable to the opposite. Let me give you an example. Movements 26-32 mean: First, after dodging, I enter the movement of the attacker with force and destroy his posture to prevent another attack. If I'm not so strong to do this, I use my mind. I let him attack and, in a way, push myself out of his line on the strength of the opponent - in the end I have the same result.

The Kata must be executed as we can. But keep in mind this: we give ourselves too easily beaten and think that this far exceeds the skills we have, so I take the "first" easier way without knowing how deep my skills actually reach.

Women often think they are physically weak without knowing their real strength, or vice versa, men who often think they are strong without knowing that strong and weak cannot be pinned to our physical condition.

But everyone who fights, no matter which way, loses a part of himself! “

This is what interested me. For the section of the augmented right block followed by a low strike to the groin with the left fist. It shows use of the step back to right low block, but instead shows that left low groin strike as an entry with that hand into a fireman’s throw.

 

 

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.

 

 

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

 

Kusanku Kata - a study in derivative variation

 

Nishime Kusanku

 

 

Kosokon Dai Shito Ryu

 

 

Shobayshi Kusanku Dai Kata

 

 

Nakazato Shūgorō 仲里 周五郎 - Kusanku  Dai kata

 

 

Zenpo Shimabukuro, Kusanku

 

 

Shorinji Kusanku

 

 

Toshiaki Gillespi Shorin Ryu Kusanku

 

 

 

Shimabuku Tatsuo Kusanku

 1958

 

 1964

 

Kusanku Kata Angi Uzeu

 

 

Kusanku kata from Kaneshi Eiko via Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei

 

Charles Murray 1980

 

Charles Murray 2014

 

 

Michael Cassidy 1991

 

Young Lee Kusanku 1992

 

 

Young Lee Kusanku 2014

 

 

 

Young Lee and Charles Murray 2015

 

Chinto Kata - a study in derivative variation

 

Soken Hohan Chinto

 

 

Eizo Shimabuku Chinto Kata

  

Nakazato Shūgorō 仲里 周五郎 - Chinto kata

 

 

Shorinji Chinto

 

 

 

Kata CHINTO (Old style) - Okinawa Kôkôsei Taikai 2009

 

Toshiaki Gillespi Shorin Ryu Chinto

note the kata is performed on a north-south embusen

 

Tomari Chinto Shimabukuro Sensei 島袋先生 泊チントー

 

 

note the embusen goes east to west

 

(Tomari) Chinto Kata. Karate. Matsubayashi-ryu. Shinzato sensei. ( 泊 ) チントウ型. 松林流空手

 

 

Shimabuku Tatsuo Chinto

 

 

Chinto Kata Angi Uzeu

 

 

Eiko Kaneshi Students Sunsu Chinto kata

 

 

Karl Hovey 1998

 

Tom Lewis Chinto

 

 

Charles Murray 1980

 

 

Charles Murray 2012

 

 

Young Lee Chinto 1990

 

 

Mike Cassidy Chinto 1992

 

 

Young Lee Chinto 2016

 

Chinto – Chinto 1990

 

 

 

 

 

Wansu Kata – a study in derivative variation

Shorin Ryu footage of Kyan-style Wansu

performed by Nakama Haruka
  seisan at 5:41

 

Seibukan Wansu

 

 

Shorinji Nakazato Wansu 

 

 

Wansu kata (Shorin ryu) Arakaki sensei

 

 

 

Wanshu Kata - Nagamine Shoshin 

 

 

Funakoshi Empi (wansu) kata

 

 

Shimabuku Tatsuo Wansu kata

 

 

Angi Uezi Wansu kata

 

 

Wansu kata by students of Tokumura Kensho Sensei.

 

 

Josh Normandin Wansu 

 

 

Young Lee 1990 Wansu

 

 

Andy Sloane Wansu kata

 

Time for a good Isshinryu story, this one about Sherman Harrill

When I first met Sherman at a clinic Garry Gerossie hosted, I partnered with a Shorin Ryu Black Belt who was there. Turns out he was a friend of Garry’s, and he was at clinics Garry hosted, then at later one’s we hosted together.

 

Then he hosted clinics in Rhode Island with Sherman too. I attended about 4 of them there.

 

But this occurred at the first one.

 

Almost all of those attending were from Rhode Island including local Isshinryu. Several of them were adult black belts from another Shorin Ryu group there.

 

After a while through Sherman’s presentation that day one of the adult young black belts (of course young to me about 25 or so) asked Sherman how those techniques would work in a real kumite.

 

Sherman explained “I do not teach kumite.”

 

That floored the black belt who asked “You do not teach kumite, then what do you do”

 

Sherman explained that he would just stand with his hands hanging at his side.

 

That black belt was incredulous and didn’t believe that was possible. “Well is someone attacked what would you really do?

Sherman just gave the same answer. Then when he observed the black belts inability to believe what he heard, Sherman added, “Why don’t you just attack me with full speed any way you like and I will respond but I add, I will only use 50% power in my response.” After saying that Sherman just stood there with his arms at his side.

 

That black belt just gathered himself together, then suddenly he lunged forward with a lead punch towards Sherman face.

 

Then just before he was at his half way point of his attack Sherman responded.

 

What Sherman did was pivot counter-clockwise and while doing so his right arm rose and then fell in an arc, very quickly. Sherman’s arm just cut across that punching forearm, striking through that forearm with a crack.

 

You just heard the strike and observed the young black belt's arm falling as he dropped to his knees in pain.

 

Sherman moved over and helped that black belt to his feet.

 

And as he did so Sherman explained to him. “If you want we can do that again. But as I am getting older I do not have as much in me, so next time I will have to use 75% power, “ in a straight face.

 

That  black belt declined the offer.