Tag Archives: Urasoe no Kon

How “Tsuken Hanta-gwā no Kon” became “Urasoe no Kon”

Posted on August 20, 2022 by Andreas Quast

Urasoe no Kon is a kata name that first appeared in the postwar era. That is, none of the kata lists presented by Miki (1930) and Taira (1938) included the name Urasoe no Kon, nor does it appear elsewhere. While … Continue reading →

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Urasoe no Kon (Oki.: Urashī nu Kun)

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Andreas Quast

Urasoe no Kon is one of the higher kata in Okinawan Taira-lineage and learned for the 7th or 8th dan or so. It is rarely seen for several reasons, one being that it takes a long time until students get … Continue reading →

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Sueyoshi no Kon III – Après moi le déluge !! (Bojutsu Kata Series)

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Andreas Quast

Today I scratched and scraped off a 50 year old paper slip to get closer to a secret… A secret related to what Urasoe, Sueyoshi, Sesoko, Soeishi, and Shiishi no Kon have in common. And what not. Here we go. … Continue reading →

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On Sesoko no Kon (Bojutsu Kata Series)

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Andreas Quast

or some reason exponents of Ryukyuan martial arts (RMA) like Okinawan dialect. So, as everyone likes it so much these days, Sesoko no Kon is pronounced Shisuku nu Kun in the native dialect. I really didn’t make this up. Rather, … Continue reading →

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