1991 attended a cliinic on kobudo with Kise Sensei

Fusei Kise, All Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Karate and Kobudo Federation

Greg Lazarus, Dover Kenshin Kan Karate, Dover, NH

 07/27/1991  notes I made attending a clinic of Kobudo of Shorin Ryu Kenshin Kan

 Back in 1991 I attended a kobudo clinic with Kise Fusei where a basic bo, sai and kama kata were taught. I’ve located my notes and am attaching them.  This is what I got from that clinic. These are not current practices.

 

Sai Kata (not named)

 

1. Both Sai in the right hand
2. Rei
3. Open up with a double outward block, then a double low block
4. RFF (45 degrees) Right Bone Block
5. LFF (45 degrees) Left Bone Block
6. RFF (0 degrees) Right overhead strike (from left parry to right down strike) – bone block
7. LFF (0)  degrees Left overhead strike – bone block)
8. RFF (0 degrees) Right overhead strike – bone block
9. remain RFF – Right down block then right side block (bone block)
10. turn 180 to rear or 6 o’clock (LFF) left overhead strike – bone block
11. turn 90 to the right (or 9 o’clock) (RFF) right side bone block
12. remain RFF – left then right punch
13. turn 180 to the left (or 3 o’clock) (LFF)  left side bone block
14. remain LFF – right then left punch
15. turn 90 to the right  (or 6 o’clock) (RFF) right overhead strike – bone block
16. LFF Left punch – left overhead strike – bone block
17. RFF Right punch – right overhead strike – bone block
18. Turn 180 to left (12 o’clock) LFF – left overhead strike – bone block
19. turn 90 to right ( 3 o’clock) RFF Right side block – bone block
20. Step RFF Right Side block – bone block
21. RFF Left then Right Punch
22. Turn 180 to left (9 o’clock) left side block – bone block
23. LFF Right then left punch
24. Turn 90 to right (12 o’clock) right overhead strike
25. RFB left turn 45 degrees from 0, left open side block
26. Slide to left, right sai spears out then in
27. RFF (0 degrees) – Right overhead strike
28. both sai to right hand – close
29. Rei

 

Questions I don’t remember the answer too.

What is a bone block? An open strike to the bone of the opponents arm or a closed strike against the bone?  Looking these notes over I believe this was my way of expressing opening the sai and striking out with it.

Bo Kata (not Named)

 

1. Open Stance – Bo parallel across the legs
2. RF steps together – left hand up for a right side block,  then the left hand slides down to the side
3. Rei  - Left hand up – double side block
4. RFF Right down strike
5. Left then right double side strike
6. RFF 90 degrees to the right – right double side block
7. RFF 90 degrees to the left – (now to the front) right down strike
8. LFF Pull back then twisting jab forward (lock it out)
9. RFF pull back then twisting jab forward
10. LFF Pull back then twisting jab forward (lock it out)
11. LFB left then right double under strikes
12. no stance change right double side block
13. Skip back (RFF) right double side block
14. RFF – Right down strike
15. LFF – pull back – twisting jab forward
16. RFF – pull back – twisting jab forward
17. LFF – pull back – twisting jab forward
18. LRB – drop to left knee – left side down strike
19. Change to back (rear) – drop to right knee right side down strike
20. Stand up (facing back) LFF Left double slide block
21. Turn 180 to the front – RFF right double side block
22. Turn 180 to the rear – LFF left side down strike then
23. RFF Right face jab
24. Shift to horse stance – left down jab
25. Remain in horse stance – bo left circle ¾ clockwise (parry) the jab, slide up to front
26. Turn 90 right – RFF Right side double side block
27. (remain RFF) Right down strike (then circle 360 degrees clockwise)
28. (remain RFF) Right jab to face
29. Shift to horse stance – left down jab
30. (remain in horse stance) – left circle ¾ clockwise then left jab
31. (remain in horse stance) facing front – double high block
32. RFF Right down strike
33. (remain RFF) Right double side block
34. (remain RFF) Right down strike
35. RFB ( natural stance) right double side block
36. Rei
37. RF out to horse stance (bo lies across thighs).

Kama Kata (not named)

 

“Z” strike – side block then down strike then cross cut to back then down cut

 

1. Both kama in right hand hand – open stance then close stance
2. Swing hand up over head, move left kama to left hand
3. double hand down strike (to shoulder)
4. RFB – left high block
5. RFF – “Z” (left side, right down strike ,right cross strike, right low strike
6. LFF – “Z” (right side, left down strike ,left cross strike, left low strike
7. RFF – Right hi block
8. turn 180 to left (LFF) left high block then right neck strike (simultaneously)
9. look 90 degrees to the right (right crane stance) right open low cut
10. RFF (90 degrees to the right) cross cut – “Z”
11. Turn 180 left – left high block right neck strike (simultaneously)
12. Look 90 right – (right crane stance) right open low block
13. LFF (180) left high block
14. RFF Right Punch – Right “Z”
15. LFF Left Punch – Left “Z”
16. RFF – Right high block
17. Turn 180 LFF (to 12 o’clock) Left high block – right neck strike
18. Look 90 right – right crane stance – right open low block
19. RFF 90 right – right cross cut “Z”
20. Turn 180 left (LFF) left high block – right neck strike
21. Look 90 right Right crane stance – right open low block
22. Turn 90 right – RFF – right cross cut then right open down cut
23. RFB – hands open “X” high block – double down 45 strikes
24. RFF Cross outside strikes – Reverse – double outer side strikes
25. (remain RFF) Right down cut – right down strike
26. Both Kama are moved to right hand
27. Rei

I believe the kama are held in open position throughout the kata performance.

 

A sampling of Kise Sensei's skills

 

 

Back in the 1991 I attended a seminar with Kise Sensei, we were told then the police to stop teaching kama. The kama was a common household gardening implement on Okinawa used everywhere. Many of the kids would carry them to school to use in the fields cutting crops after classes were done for the day. Apparently they were having problems with youth using them on each other, and thought this might help the situation.

I had just attended the clinic to see what Kise Sensei was teaching. I did not follow up on the kata I was shown. I already had the kata I would study, but the chance to learn from Kise Sensei was priceless.