Nunchaku no Kata

This is the classic Nunchaku Kata - the first 2 we learn are Kobu Nunchaku and Seibu Nunchaku, which were created by Shihan Nishiuchi. This one is older than those by many centuries.

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[DeadpoolAndFriends]

According to a copy of this video on metacafe, this is Seibu Nunchaku. Do they just have the naming wrong? If so is Seibu the 3rd nunchaku kata? Assuming Kobu nunchaku is the 1st, and this one is listed as the 2nd. Is there a video out there some where of Seibu nunchaku?

[hempev]

@DeadpoolAndFriends They have it wrong - seibu nunchaku kata looks very much like kobu nunchaky kata, but with slight changes that you would only notice if you already knew the kata. I don't have seibu kata - perhaps Shihan felt it was too similar, but both of these kata were created by Shihan Nishiuchi, while the one you see in this video is the original "old" version.

[Pearce918]

what is the name of this kata?

[hempev]

@Pearce918 Just what the title says: Nunchaku no Kata - we have other ones, but they were created by Shihan relatively recently, while this one is centuries old.

[GeTSUGAxX9]

since there's no one teaches around my cities i decided follow his instructions

[Pearce918]

@hempev ok, thank you.

[a8cbsn24]

@astrobiologist ok, thank you :)

[subductionzone]

It is nice to see a nunchaku kata done with a real set of nuchaku. And the whoosh whoosh noise they make is quite intimidating. I would love to see a person who is used to "speed chucks" try to attempt one of their kata with a set like this one.

[hempev]

@signedlongint He does perform Pwang Gai Noon Ryu -- that's an Okinawan karate, called Han Ko Nan Ryu in Japanese (he practiced Wado Ryu long before that), and also teaches iaido (Toei Iai Batto Renmei).

[signedlongint]

@hempev Oh, duh. I should have guessed that. Does he just do kobudo, or a specificm karate style as well? I ask because the sanshin dachi I use is different than the one he's using. His is more like my seisan dachi. And our of curiosity.