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.

 

Tokumine No Kun – a study in derivative variation

Tokumine No Kun  – a study in derivative variation

 

BO Kata TOKUMINE NO KON - Okinawa Kobudo Championships

Matayoshi Kobudo

 

 

Demonstration of the kata TOKUMINE NO KON (old-style),

at the Okinawa World Karatedo Tournament 2009, Budokan, Okinawa

 

 

Tukunmi or Tokumine nu kon

(tangible cultural property of Chinen village of Shimajiri)

performed by Nakazato Jyoen sensei.

Who was also a student of Kyan Chotoku

 

 

 Shorinji Ryu kata Shorinji Bo

 

Shorin-Kai International: Tokumine No Kun

This Kobujitsu Kata comes from 10th Dan Grand Master Eizo Shimabukuro

Ezio was Tatsuo’s Younger brother

 

Tatsuo Shimabuku Tokumine No Kun 1958

 

Shimabuku Tatsuo Tokumine No Kun

 

Angi Uezu Tokumine No Kun 1968

 

Tokomine no kun Bo kata - 1 of 3 -Angi Uezu

 

 

Kensho Tokumura does Tokumine No Kun at IHoF in 2009.

 

 

 

Tom Lewis Tokomeni No Kun

 

Charles  Murray 1968 Tokumeni No Kun

 

Mike Cassidy Tokumeni No Kun 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBNlX2fQdSI

Naifanchi/Nihanchi and all spellings – a study in derivative variation

 

Naifanchi Shodan by master Choki Motobu

 

本部のナイハンチ初段 - Motobu no Naihanchi Shodan

right

left

 naihanchi - shinzato katsuhiko

 

 

Soken Hohan shinshii, Naihanchi Shodan & Nidan 祖堅方範先生 ナイハンチ初段と二段

 

 

tekki funakoshi naihanchi shodan shito.avi

 

a very personalized version

Naihanchi Ju no Kata  Katsuyuki Shimabukuro

 

 

One of the interesting things I discovered was I really don’t know of  Kyan Chotoku taught Naifanchi,

There are those who maintain he did and those who do not feel that is correct.

One adept of Nakazato maintains all of Kyan’s students who became instructors

Eventually chose to incorporate Naifanchi, each from a different source.

 

 

Matsubayashi-ryu from 1960's / Naihanchi Shodan

 

 

 

Nakazato Shorinji Naifanchi

 

 

 

naihanchi - shimabukuro zempo

 

 

 

Eizo Shimabuku Naihanchi Kata

 

Shimabuku Tatsuo Nihanchi

 

 

 

Naihanchi Kata - 1 of 3 -Angi Uezu –Isshinryu 

 

 

 

Charles  Murray 1980 Naihanchi Kata Instruction

 

 

Mike Cassidy 1990

 

 

My students performing Naifanchi kata in a stack

 

 

My own Naifanchi in my progressing decrepitude

 

Miyagi style Seiunchin – and study in derivative variation

 Seiunchin/Seienchin/Seiyunchin Kata and all other spellings.

  

Back in 1989 Joe Swift gave a French publication of Mabuni  Kenwa’s 1934 “GOSHIN KARATE KEMPO

Defense and Attack” and asked me to translate it for him. Interesting because he was and is a Japanese translator, but I had studied French for 7 years back in the 1960s. I work and worked some more and finally finished it for him. Some time later Patrick McCarthy learned I had done so and inquired if he could publish my translation. He did spif up the photos a bit then published it in his groups magazine. Then in time I made several more translations of French works for his use as he saw fit. I was never a member of his group,

 

The interesting thing is that book showed Sanchin and Seienchin Kata and the bunkai for Seienchin. Mabuni was a friend of Miyagi and incorporated the Goju kata in his Shito Ryu. To my knowledge this is the earliet documentation of these kata. I am adding that translation at the end.

 

GOJU-RYU SEIYUNCHIN KATA by MORIO HIGAONNA

 

    Bunkai  

 

Yagi Meitetsu, Hanshi 10th-dan, performing Seiunchin kata

 

Seiunchin Chinen Teruo st 5:00

 

Goshi Yamaguchi Goju-ryu Kata about 6:20 on the video

 

JKF Seiyunchin Kata

 

 

Seiunchin Kata Shimabuku Tatsuo

 

 

Ezio Shimabuku Seiunchin (brother of Tatsuo) kata

 

 

Seiunchin Kata - 1 of 2 -Angi Uezu -Isshinryu

 

 

Seiunchin Isshin-ryu karate kata Uechi Tsuyoshi

 

 

 

Tom Lewis in the 1970s

 

 

Charles Murray 1980

 

 

Charles Murray

 

 

Young Lee Seiunchin 1989 

(This was the way Tom Lewis taught me in 1974)

 

Young Lee performing Seiunchin 2009

 

 Victor Michael and I (performing an impromptu demonstration)

 

 

My translation of Mabuni's book:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More information about Goju Ryu can be found on my blog from another  translation effort. It is at :

https://isshin-concentration.blogspot.com/2014/04/histoire-du-karate-do-lecole-goju-ryu.html