Tag Archives: Soeishi no Kon

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Andreas Quast

This is a short Soeishi-inspired combo. In mainland Taira lineage, there are two kinds of Soeishi no Kon, namely a Sho and a Dai version. Maybe Taira used different techniques at different times, so students decided they had to create … Continue reading →

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Soeishi no Kon

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Andreas Quast

This is an excerpt of “Soeshi no Kon” of Okinawan Taira-lineage. It is a rare kata and hitherto it is unknown if it is an original tradition, where Taira had it from, if Taira just used a fragment he came … Continue reading →

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Soeishi no Kon – by Takamura Seiko, 1980

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Andreas Quast

In June of 2020, Lara Chamberlain uploaded a bo-kata video from the archives of Fred Christian sensei. Neither the performer nor the kata were known or could be identified. However, from some of the signature techniques I thought right away … 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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Sueyoshi no Kon (Bojutsu Kata Series)

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Andreas Quast

Originally Sueyoshi no Kon and Soeishi no Kon are thought to have come from the same lineage and there are many similarities in the performance line (enbusen) and techniques found in these two Kata. Since Sueyoshi (Shīshi) and Soeishi (Shīishi) … Continue reading →

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