Koryu Goju Ryu Karate Jutsu E-Book

Heinrich Büttner

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• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 135

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

Traditional Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate and Kobujutsu in Kenshikai Attitude According to Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro

Leseprobe

Acknowledgments

My special thanks go to my teachers Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro, Gakiya Yoshiaki, Yogi Jyusei, Patrick McCarthy, and Koda Toshio. They taught and supported me for many decades whilst I saught to learn and practice Karate and Kobujutsu. Without the support and help of my teachers I would have never got this far.

I also thank my students, especially Tanja Ganzemüller. Jochen Kiltz and Goran Mesic, who with words and deeds helped me write this book. A special thanks to my student Michael Hyland and his mother for the translation into English.

An especially big thank you goes to my Mother. Without her I would surely never have started Karate and would not have progressed on my way.

Heinrich Büttner, December 2016

Contents

Introduction by the Author

Introduction by Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro

Roots of Karate

The Beginning of the Chinese Kempo

Martial Arts coming to Okinawa

Ban of Arms

The Development of Karate in Okinawa

The Emergence of Naha-Te

The four main schools of Karate in Okinawa

Aragaki Seisho

新垣 世璋

(1840 ~ 1920)

Higaonna Kanryo

東恩納寛量先生

(10th March 1853 ~ 23rd December 1915)

Kyoda Juhatsu

許田 重発先生

(5th December 1887 ~ 31st August 1968)

Go Kenki

呉賢貴

(1886 ~ 1940)

Miyagi Chojun

宮城長順先生

(25th April 1888 ~ 8 October 1953)

Graph of the Higaonna Line

Graph of the Goju Ryu Line

Higa Seiko

比嘉世幸先生

(8th November 1898 ~ 16th April 1966)

Yagi Meitoku

八木明徳先生

(6th March 1912 ~ 7th February 2003)

Toguchi Seikichi

渡口政吉先生

(20th May 1917 ~ 31st August 1998)

Miyazato Ei'ichi

宮里栄一先生

(5th July 1922 ~ 11th December 1999)

Fukuchi Seiko

福地精幸先生

(4th September 1919 ~ 18th July 1975)

Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro

外間哲弘先生

(*14th September 1944 ~ )

The Princes Amawari, Gosamaru and Uni-Ufugusuku

Stamps with Karate-Motifs

Junbi Undo

準備運動

(Warming Up Exercises)

Hojo Undo

補助運動

(Additional exercises)

Nigiri Game

握りがめ

(Gripping Jars)

Chi Ishi

据石

(Stone Weights on Wooden Poles)

Ishi Sashi

石錠

(Stone Padlock)

Tetsu Geta

鉄下駄

(Iron Sandals)

Makiagi Kigu

巻揚

(Wrist Roller)

Makiwara

巻藁

(Padded Striking Post)

The Stances of the Okinawa Goju Ryu

立ち技

Basic principles of Stances

Commonality of all Stances

Sanchin Dachi

三戦立ち

(Three Battle Stance)

Musubi Dachi

結び立ち

(Attention Stance)

Heiko Dachi

平行立ち

(Parallel Stance)

Shiko Dachi

四股 立ち

(Horse Stance)

Zenkutsu Dachi

前屈 立ち

(Forward Stance)

Nekoashi Dachi

猫足立

(Cat foot Stance)

Unsoku-ho

運足法

(Foot Movements)

Step Movement in Sanchin Dachi

Step Movement in Zenkutsu Dachi

Yori Ashi

寄り足前

/

後ろ

Tsugi Ashi

次足

Oi Ashi

追い足

Mawate

回て

/

回る

(Turning)

Defensive Techniques

受け技

Jodan Age Uke

上段揚げ受け

Chudan Yoko Uke

中段横受け

Gedan Uke

下段受け

Chudan Kake Uke

中段掛け受け

Chudan Ko Uke

中段弧受け

Chudan Ura Uke

中段裏受け

Gedan Shotei Harai Uke

下段掌底払い受け

Kuri Uke

くり受け

Mawashi Uke / Tora Guchi

回し受け

/

虎口

Kick and Strike Techniques

突き

/

打技

Hand Techniques

手技

Seiken Zuki

正拳突き

Ura Zuki

裏突き

Age Zuki

揚げ突き

Shuto Uchi (Suihei)

手刀打 （水平）

Shuto Uchi

手刀打

Mawashi Zuki

回し突き

Haito Uchi

指刀打

Shotei Ate

掌底当て

Uraken Uchi (Mae)

裏拳打 （前）

Kentsui Uchi

拳追打

Mae Hiji Ate

前肘当て

Mawashi Hiji Ate

回し肘当て

Foot Techniques

Hiza Geri

膝蹴り

Mae Geri

前蹴り

Mawashi Geri

回し蹴り

Yoko Geri

横蹴り

Kansetsu Geri

間接蹴り

Kata

形

or

型

Kata Sanchin

参戦

[

三戦

] (Three Battles, Three Conflicts)

Kata Saifa

砕破

or

サイファー

Selected Bunkai of the Kata Saifa

選択分解型砕破

Kihon Kata Ichi for Bo-Jitsu

Recollections

思い出

About the Author

Literature

Introduction by the Author

Here comes yet another book on the market dealing with Karate. Yes one can look at it like that. I have written this book because for many years my students have asked me to share my knowledge with them.

I am constantly being asked: “What is Karate?” This question can only be answered with another question: “which type of Karate are you thinking of? Sport Karate, competition Karate, Karate with self-defence in mind, Karate as a way, traditional Karate, “empty hand” or “Chinese hand”?

What therefore is Karate? For me it is a matter of how it is spelt. China-Hand 唐手 or Empty Hand 空手. It was in 1905 that Chomo Hanashiro changed the spelling and shortly afterwards, in 1908, that Itosu Anko wrote, his famous letter to the Ministry of Education demonstrating the importance of Karate in the education of young people, that the “old Karate” had died.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Group training developed out of single tuition, students could now select their teachers. They were no longer “elected” by the teacher as before. The Japanese militarism and nationalisms played a big part. Karate became more superficial, more systematic and, most of all, simplified with the aim to be able to teach the masses.

Today Taekwondo, Thai boxing, Kung-Fu, and of course Karate or Karatedo are some of the most well-known martial arts.

Within most of these sports different disciplines can be found fights judged by a point system be they with or without contact. Also contactless disciplines like so called formation competitions (Kata, Hyong, Taolu, Kuen, Poomse, Xing) which resemble more a floor exercise or a dance demonstration are judged by a jury.

During my lessons I try to turn this around and want to teach my students in individual tuition the old ways of “Chinese Hand” just as I had the pleasure to be taught many years ago by my teacher Hokama Tetsuhiro 10th Dan Hanshi. Though during my lessons, influences acquired from Patrick McCarthy 9th Dan Hanshi also play a large role.

What then is Karate 唐手? If you put the sporting aspect to one side, then it is a way of self-defence. It is certainly not just gymnastic exercise without any reason and purpose.

I wish all my readers a lot of enjoyment during the course of reading this book.

Heinrich Büttner

Introduction by Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro

Having seen Büttner Sensei’s book I found it most interesting.

I opened my Karate museum in 1987. Since then around 7000 people from 174 nations have come to visit, they have found many interesting things here, especially those concerning the history of Karate. I am a kind of tourist guide to the historical sites, like tombs of past masters and other interesting places. I also offer sightseeing tours to sites of interest relating to Karate from Okinawa.

My museum holds many books on Karate from all around the world. These books give a lot of insight into the technique of Junbi Undo and many more.

Büttner Sensei has been coming to Okinawa for many years to train and to research the history of Karate and Kobudo. He trained with Gakiya Yoshiaki and Yogi Jyusei Okinawa Kobudo and with me Okinawa Goju Ryu Karatedo. On top of that he did a lot of his own research.

In his book there is a chapter which relates to the history, the grand masters of Goju Ryu Karatedo, the techniques, and Katas.

I think it is difficult for anybody to write about a foreign land.

Together with his students Tanja, Jochen, and Goran he achieved a great piece of work with this book; and in my view he has a great future.

This book is the result of hard work and I hope many readers will enjoy it.

Hokama Tetsuhiro

PhD in Karate

10th Dan Hanshi Goju Ryu Karatedo and Okinawa Kobudo

President of Karate Museum in Okinawa

Hall of fame USA (2011), Holland (2011) und Canada (2015)

Roots of Karate

Ancient cultures and the origin of fighting

All creatures have the instinct to defend themselves against their enemies. Even a small child tries to protect itself from being hit on the head by using their arms and hands. This involuntary reaction is an instinctive reflex of self-defence. It is therefore quite natural to assume that the elements from which Karate originate, evolved from this instinct at the beginning of mankind. The traditions of martial art developed from different people in different cultures, particularly within the ancient civilizations in Central Asia, Egypt, Crete, and Greece. If the historians are to be believed, the origin of civilization lies in Mesopotamia, the land between Euphrates and Tigris. There, in the Sumerian fort city of Urq, archaeologists have found shards of clay depicting illustrations of men wrestling and boxing.

1) Sumerian, 2) Egypt, 3) Crete late Minoan period, 4) India, 5) China, 6) Okinawa

Map of Mesopotamia (Wikipedia)

Although there is no substantiated evidence at which point of time techniques similar to Karate were developed, there are however many indications towards it. The 4300 years old Egyptian tomb of Ptahshopte in Saqqara depicts on its wall men in stances resembling Karate stances. Further indications are two small Babylonian artworks from the time 2000 to 3000 BC. Each show the characteristics of basic blocking techniques, which we use in Karate today.

Boxer and fencer in Tomb of Ptahshopte in Saqqara

Boxer in light thongs and with wrist-bandages from the city of Ashunnak (Louvre Paris)

Juvenile Boxers from Thera (Archeologic Museum Athens)

In Greece there is a depiction of Pankration, introduced to the Olympic Games in 648 BC. This saw boxing and wrestling techniques, including kicks, holds, locks and chokes on the ground. The only thing not acceptable was gouging out the opponent's eyes. The fights ended with a KO.

(Replica from Crete in possession of the author)

A Greek statue shows two Pankration fighters in a floor fight (3rd centruries BC). The fist of the upper athlete ready to punch shows immediately that this is Pankration and not wrestling.

Source: Okinawa Prefecture Karate Museum by Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro

The influence of the Persian wrestling KUSHTI PAHLEVANI still prevails in todays Okinawan martial arts.

The history of KUSHTI PAHLAVANI can be traced back to the Persian Parthian Empire, 132 BC to 226 AD. The author Hasan Pirnia writes in his book “History of Ancient Iran” that the word Pahlavan comes from the “Parthia Dynasty”.

The great Iranian mythical poet and historian Ferdowsi (935 –1026 AD.) also referred to the Parthian Period in his book “The Book of Kings” (Shah-nameh).

The cult of Mithraism in Persia reached its peak around the same time and spread from Persia to India, China, and the Roman Empire. There are kicking techniques that are similar to the rituals of the Mithraism and the Kushti – Pahlevani. Temples in which the Mithraism was practiced are similar in their construction to those of the “Zeerkhaneh”, in which the Kushti Pahlevani were practiced.

The picture shows two Persian wrestlers during a sparring training: they practice “Noghat-e Hassas” vital points on the neck and elbow. These are similar to the “Kyusho-Jutsu” of Japan and Okinawa, which is practiced today in martial arts.

Martial arts similar to Karate were practiced in many old cultures. It is most likely that the principles of Karate were brought to India by the Turkic people. Long before the Silk Road existed, there was already a vibrant cultural exchange between Asia Minor and India.

Source: Okinawa Prefecture Karate Museum by Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro

One must emphasize that the kind of martial art, which came from the West to India was still incomplete, rather basic. It was in India and later in China that it developed into the refined art that we know today.

It is assumed that long before the birth of Buddhism in India a fighting technique with empty hands was used by warriors during their tribal quarrels. In Southern India the martial art of Kalaripayat developed. It is of significance as it resembles the indigenous martial art on Okinawa.

The art of “Te” has over 1000 years of history. There is a theory that the art of Kalaripyat travelled from sea faring people to Southern India and then on to Okinawa. One assumes that the Okinawan “Te” was later combined with the Chinese art of “Kempo” and thus slowly developed into the martial art of Karate.

The Beginning of the Chinese Kempo

Bodhidharma 菩提達摩 was a well-known Buddhist Zen monk who lived for nine years in a Shaolin temple 少林寺 in the Song Mountains 嵩山 in China. According to legend Bodhidharma was born around 1400 years ago as the third child of King Sugandhain and was a member of the warrior cast. During the time of the Southerly and Northerly dynasties 南北朝, around 520 AD, he was supposed to have come to the foot of the Song Mountains in the province of Hunan to give speeches about Buddhism. He spent his days with mediation in front of a wall to a cave, which was close to the temple.

There is no explicit evidence that martial art existed in China before the arrival of Bodhidharma though it is highly likely. A theory states that 5000 years ago during the reign of emporer Hua’ang the first martial art, similar to the Kempo had been created and that during the Chou dynasty 周朝 (770 BC until 256 BC), principals and techniques of Kempo were established and that these were further developed in the Sui-Dynasty 隋朝 (581 AD until 618 AD).

As already mentioned Bodhidharma spent nine years in mediation in the Shaolin temple. After nine years of meditation Bodhidharma taught the monks exercises to strengthen their bodies and spirits. He introduced a series of physical exercises which consisted of 18 Katas and 2 Sutren स, in Japanese “Ekkinkyo” (Yi Jing Jin 易筋經, “transformation of tendons and ligaments”) and “San-Zuikyo” called (Xi Shui Jin 洗髓經, “Tendon Changing and Marrow Washing “).

In “Ekkinkyo” Bodhidharma taught a row of exercises and breathing techniques, which enabled the monks to endure long hours of meditation and other severe forms of instructions. In “Senzuikyo” he explained how the monks could develop their mental and spritiual powers for the same goal. These instructions are still seen as the fundamental principles of the Karate-do today.

These teachings of the Bodhidharma have most likely facilitated the creation of Chinese Kempo. Independent of that, as the influence of Bodhidharma is not certain, the Shaolin monks in those days recognised the significance of physical movement as part of their daily training.

Boddhidharma (Source: Shureido, Okinawa)

Several Katas in Goju Ryu are only written down in numbers. These are: Seisan (13 hands), Seipai (18 hands), Sanseiru (36 hands) and Suparinpei (108 hands). Some of these numbers can be found in Buddhism; which may point to Buddhistic influences in the development of Karate.

Martial Arts coming to Okinawa

The indigenous art of “Te” had been practiced by people of Okinawa long before Chinese Kempo had been introduced to Okinawa. The introduction of Chinese Kempo was mentioned for the first time in a document from 1372, written during the regency of King Satto 察度 (c. 1320 – 1395). The people in Okinawa had probably already heard of Kempo, through the start of trading connections between Okinawa and China. When Chinese Kempo came to Okinawa it was purely a form of self-defence with empty hands and not a method of health improvement. The development of fighting with empty hands was influenced in Okinawa by its turbulent political history. The prohibition of weapons by King Sho Shin at the end of the fifteenth century awakened the interest in these fighting techniques.

Many researchers, who have studied the history of Asiatic martial arts, believe that the indigenous art of Okinawan “Te” had been combined with Chinese Kempo to create the art of Karate. Within Okinawa, it was already common that foreign influences were, over many years, blended together with existing culture. Thus the art of fighting with empty hands was practiced and developed into the discerning martial art of Karate.