Okinawan Funakoshi Sesan (2)

A demonstration of Master Gichin Funakoshi's sēsan kata.

Karate Research in Italian: Translation of "The Okinawan Origins of Japanese Shotokan Karate"

Some of my work is and will be available in Italian, translated by Alessandro Mario Rebuscini and published on his website. His idea was that he wants to make English-language karate-research accessible to Italians. I welcomed the initiative, as the point is to try to involve as many interested people as possible in this project and others from other researchers. The aim should be to bring all relevant parties together to move along the same track. Please follow the link below for the first translated article from my work. The original edition of this piece was published in July 2014 in issue 120 of Shotokan Karate Magazine.

The Okinawan Origins of Japanese Shotokan Karate (Italian Translation)

Okinawan Funakoshi Ji'in - Alternative opening technique

Okinawan Funakoshi Kusanku [Dai] Karati Kata

Okinawan Funakoshi kūsankū [dai] performed with certain shutō executed as searching-hands rather than sword-hands.

Master Gichin Funakoshi's Okinawan Jion Kata

Another performance of Funakoshi jion, demonstrated in daylight.

Old Okinawan-style Funakoshi Kusanku Sho

This demo. includes the jumps that can be performed in kūsankū [shō], with the addition of showing two variations of the techniques that follow the second jump.

Old Okinawan Funakoshi Kusanku [Dai] Kata

Master Gichin Funakoshi's Okinawan kūsankū [dai], as seen in Rentan Goshin Karate Jutsu (1925). 

Old Okinawan Funakoshi Kusanku [Sho] Kata

A version of Funakoshi kūsankū [shō] without the jumps. This tends to be, though isn't always, the Okinawan style. In Master Funakoshi's karati, he taught jumps.