Tag Archives: Yamanni-ryu

Sakugawa no Kon old-style

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Andreas Quast

This is my recinstruction of “Sakugawa no Kon” old-style as described by Miki Jisaburo in 1930, after learning the kata from Oshiro Chojo a year or so earlier.  If you follow closely, it is the same kata and Enbusen as … Continue reading →

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Ryūbi no Kon of Yamanni-ryū

Posted on March 30, 2024 by Andreas Quast

The origin of Ryūbi no Kon is Shiromatsu no Kon, an older kata handed down in the Matsubayashi-ryū since the 1950s. Its origin further back is unknown, but it is possible that it included older concepts and techniques. It was … Continue reading →

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Chōun no Kon (Ni) by Tamaki Tsuyoshi

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Andreas Quast

As in the previous installments, I am looking at versions of the Choun no Kon of Yamanni-ryu. This time it is the version by Tamaki Tsuyoshi, a direct student of Kishaba Chogi (1st generation of Kishaba-ha Yamanni-ryu). Watch his Chōun … Continue reading →

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Chōun no Kon (Ichi) by Tamaki Tsuyoshi

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Andreas Quast

As in the previous installments, I am looking at versions of the Choun no Kon of Yamanni-ryu. This time it is the version by Tamaki Tsuyoshi, a direct student of Kishaba Chogi (1st generation of Kishaba-ha Yamanni-ryu). Watch his Chōun … Continue reading →

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Chōun no Kon (Shō)

Posted on March 29, 2024 by Andreas Quast

Previously, I wrote about Choun no Kon Dai, the general introduction of which applies here as well. This however is the Sho version as performed in the following video by Heiwa Karate Hawaii. As previously, I have studied the kata … Continue reading →

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Shushi no Kon (old-style) 2 – A Video of the Kata

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Andreas Quast

This is the video of Shushi no Kon (old-style) as I have described here. I have learned this kata from various sources. First of all, I have learned it as “Koryū Shūshi no Kon” from Akamine Hiroshi Sensei of Shimbukan … Continue reading →

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Shushi no Kon (old-style) 1 – The 1930 Description by Miki Jisaburō

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Andreas Quast

This post is my 2009 translation of “Shūshi no Kon” as published in 1930 by Miki Jisaburō. Miki had learned it from Ōshiro Chōjo in 1929. I have shortened, simplified and renumbered the description to make it easier to follow … Continue reading →

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Yamanni-ryu – Is the founder’s name Sanrā, Sanda, Masanrā, or Saburō?

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Andreas Quast

Chinen Masami (1898–1976) was an Okinawan bōjutsu expert. He taught privately at his home in Shuri Tōbaru, Okinawa. He named his style Yamannī-ryū after his grandfather Chinen Sanrā 知念三良 (1842–1925). There is some confusion about the first name of Chinen Sanrā. For instance, various … Continue reading →

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Sakugawa no Kon (Koryū)

Posted on January 15, 2022 by Andreas Quast

Sakugawa no Kon (Koryū) is an older form of the Sakugawa kata that originated in the teachings of Yamane-ryū which trace back to the 1920s teachings of Chinen Sanrā and Ōshiro Chōjo, who taught the village youth of the Kakazu … Continue reading →

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The “tea cloth squeeze”

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Andreas Quast

In bōjutsu, depending on the teacher, various methods of how to hold the bō are taught. In the Taira lineage of Okinawa, students are supposed to basically adhere to a 3/3 division of the bō and keep both hands fixed … Continue reading →

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