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Shirotaru no Kon by Horikawa Hisami

Posted on February 19, 2022 by Andreas Quast

Below is a video of “Shirotaru no Kon” performed by Horikawa Hisami of Ryukyu Kobudo Seiryukan 琉球古武道清流館 at the “1st Okinawa Karate World Tournament 2018” in Naha, Okinawa. Shirotaru no Kon is a 5th Dan level kata of Ryukyu Kobudo … Continue reading →

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Shirotaru no Kon (5) – Name, Lineages, Variants

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Andreas Quast

Name The name of the kata is usually written in kana as 白樽の棍. In standard Japanese this is pronounced “Shirotaru no Kon.” In Okinawan dialect it is pronounced “Shiratarū nu Kun” シラタルーヌクン. Otherwise the name is also sometimes written in … Continue reading →

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Shirotaru no Kon (4) – Techniques of Shirotaru Deciphered

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Andreas Quast

As I noted before, Miki Jisaburō learned Shirotaru no Kon from Ōshiro Chōjo (1887–1935), who lived in Shuri Ōnaka 1-54 at the time. At that time Ōshiro served as a regular teacher as well as the head of the karate … Continue reading →

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Shirotaru no Kon (3) – The Pole Fencing Techniques of Shirotaru

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Andreas Quast

Below follows my descriptive translation of Shirotaru no Kon as given by Miki in 1930. Let me note a few things: First of all, in the original text, some descriptions were shortened by making a reference to a technique from … Continue reading →

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