Kata Kushanku is most advanced Shorin ryu kata. This kata is known as Kanku Dai in Shotokan. This is how we perform kata in Tsunami dojo. Version that we do is the oldest and is known as Chatan Yara Kushanku. Kushanku name is the name of Chinese envoy named Kushanku who showed fighting techniques to royal guards. This is mentioned in Oshima Hikki documents 1762.
Naihanchi kata video
This is Shorin ryu beginners kata. This is how we do it in Tsunami dojo Belgrade. This kata is also known as Tekki Shodan in Shotokan. Shotokan version is done with lower kiba dachi, but essentially it is the same form. Kata depicts basic kick, punch, strike and movement in close distance fighting.
Our dojo name origin or what “Tsunami” really means?
When they hear the word Tsunami, many think of the destruction and violence, but our dojo name has nothing to do with it. The truth is very poetic … Read more…
Shirotaru no Kon
This is one of most fascinanting bo kata performances. I allways enjoy watching this clip. Read more…
The oldest form of kata Passai
I came across an interesting article by sensei Robert Teller that the this footage of kate Passai is one of the oldest forms of this kata. His teacher Masonobu China told him that this kata goes back at least 200 years in the village of Shimabuku. Read more…
Tinbei & Rochin – Matayoshi Tradition
We do not know for sure the exact place of origin of shield and a sword combat system found on Okinawa today. Read more…
Kata – Forms of Traditional Karate
Katas are fighting choreographies carried on from father to son for generation. Read more…
The Stories and Practice of the Okinawan Sai
Any penetrating review of Okinawan weapons history is a mixture of hyperbole and fact. Read more…
Gichin Funakoshi – The Beginning Of Modern Karate-do
Few martial arts enthusiasts could argue that if there was one Karate-ka (karate practitioner) known world wide that man would be Gichen Funakoshi. Read more…
The Kata of Shorin-ryu Seibukan
In the following article, I will briefly describe the kata of Shorin-ryu Seibukan, and their origin. Describing kata by text is very difficult. Read more…
Matayoshi Kobudo Tradition
Master Matayoshi Shinko was born in Kakinobana-Cho, Naha City, in 1888, third son of Matayoshi Shinchin. He spent his childhood in Senbaru, Chatan Town. Read more…
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