Sanshiryu Kusankudai

[yieldingbamboo]

that guy's kiai made me jump.  AWESOME.

[cottreau]

Oh - also - some clarification, these two chito-ryu kata are not related to the ones of the same name in other styles. Sanshiryu (sometimes spelled Sanseiru) is the Chito-ryu version of Gojushiho, from various Shorin styles.

Chito-ryu Kusanku is similar to, but quite a lot modified from Shorin-ryu versions of Kusanku. The more I look at the two of them though, the more I can see similarities.

[cottreau]

A few comments to clarify:

this is 2 kata back to back.

The first one is Chito-ryu sanshiryu, up until the squatting, scooping move.

After that, it is a modified version of chito-ryu Kusanku, introduced recently (last 10 years or so), and called kusanku-dai. It actually includes pieces of the Chitose family kata called "Rochin" and only shown at various important events.

[MelaleucaHalifax]

This is Kushanku halfway through. He puts two katas back to back here.

[aiko4321]

Beautiful. But, I dont think this is Kushanku. Seems like a mixture of different kata :)

Nice

[slickXtream]

anyone know what the bunkai is for the movment at the end , with the twirling hands ?

[MelaleucaHalifax]

Just to clarify... there are 2 kata being done here separated in the middle with a kiai at 2:05. The first kata is Sanshiryu and the second is Kusankudai.

[TonyNhollywood]

Thats was an amazing kata. But doesnt even resemble Kusanku Dai in the slightest way....or maybe my lineages doesnt resemble THIS version? How can they be the same name but completely different kata?

[Civanfy]

i liked the kata, i have seen Sanshiryu being preformed although have not experiences kusanku, it i recognized the jump from chinto.

but i though he was amazing, the hand movements, makes me wanna get my 4th dan just to try it out!!

[isaste11]

Kata intéressant. J'aimerais bien être aussi bon que ce sensei lorsque je serai plus âgé.

Merci de publier ce kata.

Stéphane Joyal, Chito-Ryu Sherbrooke, Canada.

[MelaleucaHalifax]

This is (the second half of the presentation) the Chito Ryu version of Kusanku. If you don't understand, or more importantly respect, how different styles do their kata a bit different from say... Isshin-Ryu... than that speaks of what type of martial artist you are.

And FYI, you're watching Hiroshi Tanaka, Rokudan, Renshi, and former Japanese national champion.

[MovieMkr101]

not kusanku- BAD boring

[MelaleucaHalifax]

This is (the second half of the presentation) the Chito Ryu version of Kusanku. If you don't understand, or more importantly respect, how different styles do their kata a bit different from say... Isshin-Ryu... than that speaks of what type of martial artist you are.

And FYI, you're watching Hiroshi Tanaka, Rokudan, Renshi, and former Japanese national champion.

[MelaleucaHalifax]

This is (the second half of the presentation) the Chito Ryu version of Kusanku. If you don't understand, or more importantly respect, how different styles do their kata a bit different from say... Isshin-Ryu... than that speaks of what type of martial artist you are.

And FYI, you're watching Hiroshi Tanaka, Rokudan, Renshi, and former Japanese national champion.

[aiko4321]

A different version of Kuushanku .. interesting...

[coquito82]

Loved the combo of both katas...beautiful flow.

[dagon69xxx]

wow! that was impressive and very glad i saw this. Having trained in chito ryu for 20+ years this was incredible. I remember Tanaka Sensei in canmore alberta when i was young, we trained with him for a week! I remember him demonstrating the importance of strong forearms and knuckles. he dropped from standing down to a knuckle punch position on the floor and proceeded to bounce across the floor on his fists !an honor to watch.