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Okinawan
Karate & Kobudo
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The
Karate of Choki Motobu
by Chosei Motobu
Probably
the event most responsible for the worldwide popularity of karate is Master
Choki Motobu's defeat of a western boxer in 1925. Initially ridiculed by the
audience at an "all-comers" prizefight in Kyoto, Japan, laughter turned to
stunned silence when the middle-aged and rather portly Okinawan karate man
knocked his strongly built young opponent unconscious within seconds. Karate
became an overnight sensation, and the mainland Japanese embraced the art
as their own.
So
spectacular it was featured in Kingu, Japan's most popular magazine of the
era, the victory sadly did little for Motobu personally. Illustrations used
in the magazine implied the victor was Gichin Funakoshi, a man inferior in
both social status and fighting ability to Motobu, infuriating the latter,
and ensuring instant fame for Funakoshi who went on to found the Shotokan
style of karate and become a karate legend.
Nonetheless,
Motobu's technical influence on Karate was immense. His students included
Shoshin Nagamine (Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu), Yasuhiro Konishi (Shindo Jines
Ryu) and Hironori Otsuka (Wado Ryu), all of whom formed their own Karate styles
based, in part, upon his teachings.
On
the death of Choki Motobu in 1944 his unique form of karate seemed destined
for extinction. Few members of his original Daidokan Dojo survived the war,
and so little was known of Motobu sensei's private life that most were unaware
of his son Chosei who was destined to carry his father's style into the 21st
century.
This
is the Motobu family system of Tode (karate) presented by Chosei Motobu and
Takeji Inaba including the Kumite techniques and their applications. It is
the only reference work in the West on this style, and is released with full
cooperation and approval of the Motobu family and the Japan Karate Do Motobukai.
Contents:
A History of the Founder and his style. Kata Naihanchi 1, Kata Naihanchi 2,
Jiyu Hon Kumite (the twelve true fighting methods of Motobu Ryu Karate).
Available
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Running time approx. 54 minutes. $39.95
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Matsubayashi
Shorin Ryu Karate vol.I
by Shoshin & Takayoshi Nagamine
From
the age of seventeen the karate education of Shoshin Nagamine was supervised
by noted Okinawan masters Ankichi Arakaki, Chotoku Kyan, and Choki Motobu. His
eventual mastery of the art and creation of the Matsubayashi form of the Shorin
Ryu style would place him firmly in their ranks.
This
program, made with the support and cooperation of his family, is a technical
record of the style he founded, the story of its beginning, and a record of
the life of the founder and his achievements.
Contents:
The history of Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu and a biography of its founder. Pinan
Shodan & its applications. Yasuhiro Makishi - Kusanku kata. Takayoshi Nagamine
- Naihanchi kata. Chotoku Omine - Gekisai Dai Ichi kata. Morio Higaonna -
Fukyugata Ichi. Shoshin Nagamine - Weapon Techniques Sai Dai Ichi.
Available
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Running time approx. 30 minutes. $30.00
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Matsubayashi
Shorin Ryu Karate vol.II
by Takayoshi Nagamine
This
video program presents the first ten Kata of the Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu karate
syllabus up to Naihanchi Sandan performed by the present headmaster Takayoshi
Nagamine 9th Dan, assisted by senior instructors Yasuhiro Makishi 9th Dan,
and Taira 8th Dan.
Each
Kata is performed at full speed and shown in slow motion; the most important
technical points are then explained by Nagamine sensei, and the applications
of fundamental techniques demonstrated by the three instructors. Key issues
discussed include the development of explosive striking power, the most vulnerable
targets to attack, and the differences between applications as they are performed
in the kata, and their use in realistic self defense situations.
Matsubayashi
Shorin Ryu karate is based in part upon the fundamental teachings of Choki
Motobu, Chotoku Kyan and other legendary Okinawan karate pioneers. The genius
of the Founder, Shoshin Nagamine, was in drawing together the most refined
elements of each school and creating from them his own unique style of Shorin
Ryu karate.
Contents:
Fukyu
Kata 1 and 2 - Yasuhiro Makishi
Pinan
Kata 1-5 - Takayoshi Nagamine
Naihanchi
Kata 1-3 - Chotoku Omine
Available
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Running time approx. 56 minutes. $39.95
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Matsubayashi
Shorin Ryu Karate vol.3
by Takayoshi Nagamine
Part
three of this master class technical series by Takayoshi Nagamine, 9th Dan
Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu, features the advanced Shorin Ryu kata: Ananku, Wankan,
Wanshu, Passai, Gojushiho, Chinto, and Kusanku performed and explained by
Nagamine sensei together with the advanced Yakusoku Kumite demonstrated by
senior instructors Makishi (9th Dan) and Taira (8th Dan) Filmed on location
at the Suiho En Dojo.
Available
in the following formats: DVD
Running time approx. 53
minutes.
$39.95
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Uchinadi
vol. I
The Original Karate of Okinawa
by Toshihiro Oshiro
The
author explains and demonstrates how to knock down an opponent by simply touching
his body, by using the power of "atifa." This program includes demonstrations
of the original techniques of karate, katas Pinan 1-5 and Naihanchi, and of
course those amazing striking and blocking techniques.
Available
in the following formats: DVD
Running time approx. 50 minutes. $39.95
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Uchinadi
vol. II
The Original Karate of Okinawa
by Toshihiro Oshiro
Includes
a comprehensive historical section, as well as demonstrations for the kata Wankan,
Wanshu, Rohai and Patsai. Plus a complete course in makiwara training
and instruction in the Sai kata, Kyan no Sai and Kishaba no Sai.
Available
in the following formats: DVD
Running time approx. 50 minutes. $39.95
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Yamanni
Ryu - Okinawan Bo-Jutsu
by Toshihiro Oshiro
Yamanni
Ryu, the most aristocratic of the Okinawan weapon arts, was previously taught
only to the most dedicated martial artists, by direct transmission, master to
student. Preserved and nurtured as a cultural treasure of Okinawa by just four
senior instructors, it is presented here for the first time since its creation
by a member of this distinguished group. Includes all fundamental techniques
and training methods of Yamanni Ryu, static and dynamic, as well as: kata, Suuji
no Kun, Choun no Kun Sho and Dai, Ryubi no Kun and Kumi Bo combat techniques.
A comprehensive and culturally significant treatment of an art previously spoken
of, but very rarely seen.
Available
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Running time approx. 55 minutes. $39.95
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Kobudo
vol. I
The Weapon Arts of Okinawa
by Shinpo Matayoshi
The
formerly secret techniques of the Bo, Tonfa, Nunchaku, and Eku of this internationally
famous teacher's style! Presented as a series of lectures in which Matayoshi
Sensei, 10th Dan, Hanshi describes the correct use of the weapons and demonstrates
techniques, kata, and applications. This program includes stunning performances
of both versions of the kata Hakutsuru no Kenpo that the author learned from
the famed White Crane teacher, Go Ken Ki.
Available
in the following formats: DVD
Running time approx. 55 minutes. $39.95
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Kobudo
vol. II - Sai, Kama & Nunti Sai
by Shinpo Matayoshi
The
Grand Master of Okinawan Kobudo, Shinpo Matayoshi, 10th Dan, Hanshi, demonstrates
the sai, kama and nunti sai with a level of agility, power and focus that can
only be acquired from a lifetime of serious study. This program includes detailed
lectures on the sai and kama; basic techniques and kata for all three weapons;
and demonstrations of practical combat applications in which he is assisted
by the noted instructors Morio Higaonna and Hideharu Igaki.
Available
in the following formats: DVD
Running time approx. 50 minutes. $39.95
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The
Karate of Chotoku Kyan
Seibukan Karate
by Zenpo Shimabukuro
Small
of stature, karate master Chotoku Kyan developed a form of karate so effective
it made his name a legend in Okinawa. From the early 1930s Zenryo Shimabukuro
studied with Kyan sensei, and when he had mastered the art of his mentor, opened
his own training hall, the Seibukan. In time he was succeeded by his son, our
author, Zenpo.
Seibukan
Shorin Ryu karate is a traditional, kata based system that retains complete
combat effectiveness. The legacy of Kyan is still seen today in its speed,
ferocity, and power - attributes that distinguish it from more modern karate
systems.
According
to Kyan sensei mastery of his art involved: "seventy per cent perspiration
and thirty per cent inspiration." The modern student who follows the advice
of this legendary martial artist will find the effort worthwhile, and the
prize a rich one.
Contents:
The History of the Seibukan; The kata of Chotohu Kyan; Passai, Chinto, Kusanku,
Seisan, Anaku, Wanshu, Gojushiho, Wanchin. Performed
by Zenpo Shimabukuro, 9th Dan, Seibukan
Available
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Running time approx. 50 minutes. $39.95
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Once
a Secret - Shorin Ryu Karate
by Eihachi Ota
The
art of karate that we can now acquire openly was once taught only to the most
trusted student in secret places seen only by the creatures of the night. This
excellent presentation of Okinawan karate by Eihachi Ota recreates that feeling
of watching something that one should not--of seeing an art so lethal that it
should, perhaps, remain secret.
Basic
techniques, kata, sparring, bojutsu and the awe-inspiring kama of instructor
Ota. Breathtaking images, exqusite music, and truly dynamic action!
Available
in the following formats: DVD
Running time approx. 40 minutes. $39.95
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