Ni-Cho Tan-Bo - Part 4

This is from a later series of instructional videos done by Shihan Nishiuchi - he would have rather had the same simple white backdrop as before, but the producers added the clutter of items in the background for "product placement". I also had to cut some distracting sound and visual effects. Shihan will be getting me some more in the future. Have fun!

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[juanmanuelcoria79]

is it any kata about these weapon?



[hempev]

@juanmanuelcoria79 Funny you should ask - Shihan did not have one, but one of his students, a shihan in kempo and sensei in kobudo in Holland, has created one - it uses many of the moves in the hojoundo, but I don't have a video of it.

[ShionKreth]

I think the tanbo is pretty interesting, most of the other demonstrations I've seen are all with just one though, looks pretty heavy having the two like that.

[hempev]

@ShionKreth Shihan isn't using heavy sticks in this clip - you can use anything from heavy maple down to rattan or bamboo, because even a light one can do the job if it is also strong enough to take impact.

[dirtyfighter34]

why is this guy teaching escrima/kali in his karate class? is he trying to pass it off as 'traditional' Okinawan tan bo? It's not. Clearly from this video they're from the Matayoshi Kobudo lineage, and they don't teach escrima as far as I remember.

Okinawan tanbo doesn' t look like that, he's using rattan cane, Okinawans use hardwood tanbos.

[hempev]

@dirtyfighter34 He uses the striped sticks because they are more visible in movement, not because of what you expect tan bo to look like (usually just a roku-shaku-bo cut in half). Since he has trained with Matayoshi Shinpo, it shouldn't be surprising to be similar, but he trained even longer with Kinjo Takashi sensei, who was also a student of Matayoshi sensei, but has his own ryu.

[ronin752]

@dirtyfighter34

How far did you get in matayoshi kobudo?



[ronin752]

@dirtyfighter34

Have cross culturally influenced each other.

[ronin752]

@dirtyfighter34

The Okinawans often only show kata, they tend to not share the meaning of the kata with westerners. However, I find that if you do the empty hand blocks, with the tanbo or the escrima in your hand, you have what appears to be kali/escrima. All they are really doing here is a middle block and a low block. So what makes you think that this is not Okinawan. The Okinawans share very little with westerners. Besides, I believe that the Filipino and Okinawans..

[BrokenRhythmMoneyB]

thank you for having uploaded the video ;) great tutorial :D