Chuden
Tommy Jones wrote: "Notice the fingers on their open hand
techniques. Looks very familiar."
Good observation. The open fingers with
raised and crimped thumb is a feather that we know Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei
taught in Sunsu kata.
Is ISSHIN-RYU KUSANKU A "NIGHT FIGHTING KATA"?
I am often told by some that Isshin-ryu
Kusanku kata is not a night fighting kata. That those of us who believe that it
is a night fighting we must be mistaken.
The sad part, is that some of
those grits are suppose to be teaching Isshin-ryu karate.
So how many do not teach Isshin-ryu
Kusanku as a night fighting kata and why.
Photos Shimabuku Tatsuo Sensei with Bob
Ozman when Tatsuo Sensei was in the USA in 1966.
Is
it true that some okinawan karate practitioners practiced in the quietness of
night. Did the ruling japanese ban okinawan karate practice generations ago?
That a true story.
There is a day and nigh time version of
kusanku?
Parts
of Kusanku are specific night fighting. Now which parts!
David Knight Arcenio Advincula
feeling
in the dark, shielding your eyes, stomping for mis direction,dropping to lower
stances to profile your opponent against the night sky....
Exactly
Skipper. That is what I teach my students.
Feeling
with your hands and feet, when drop looking for silowet (sp) of person against
moon, stomping to misdirect, etc.
I
think it's just a sneaky kata?
Years
ago I used to practice kusanku blindfolded. Got the idea after attending a demo
by Tadashi Yamashita where he demonstrated a kata blindfolded.
In Chinto Kata you do the double jump kick and
take up distance. In Kusanku Kata we do not. In the dark you might want to land
where you know you have been.... ie. solid ground.
My Senseis have always taught me its a night fighting Kata,
I
was taught bunkai for the kata. That means it is a fighting kata. There is
deception taught in the kata as well. If it were not a fighting kata there
would be no bunkai.
Mr Harrill taught is as a night fighting
kata. He also said, " Night time or daytime they won't know the difference
once I get my hands on them."
It's a kata. Not the only one
I'd apply in the dark or light. Ditto on what Mr. Kerker said. However, I also
remember him ridiculing the night fight kata claim where people tap their foot
on the floor as a misdirection by saying "Hark, hark, what's that in the
dark."
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