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A: 5-10 years
B: 11-16 years
C: 17 & up
D: Kobudo
(kobudo is taught in Isshin-ryu after brown belt, but this program is for everyone
no matter what experience level. The fee for this class is $5.00/hour.
There are no promotions with this course.)
E: Black Belt Training
PR: Private
Crisfield Dojo Training Cirriculum
Teaches the basic stances, (Seisan & Seiunchin stance) & all basic blocks & strikes.
2.Kotekitia
Form Arm conditioning
3. Seisan Kata
From Shorin-ryu. It literaly means 13. The 13 can mean many things. One of the meanings is 13 directions. These are: N-E-S-W, the 4 corners, Rise-Fall, Push-Pull & Center. It also teaches rapid movement. It introduces T-stance, Chinto stance (reverse-T), Cat stance & Sanchin stance.
4. Seiunchin Kata
From Goju-ryu. Meaning grab,pull,attack. Emphasizes Sieunchin stance & pulling our attacker into the strike. Teaches the re-enforced punch & blocks, and the only twist punch in Isshin-ryu.
5. Niahanchi Kata
From Shorin-ryu. Master Shimabuku said Niahanchi was the mother of Isshin-ryu. This kata teaches the niahanchi stance(toe in stance) & toe together stance, fighting opponents at 45 degree angles and the bone block. (Isshin-ryu's main block is done with the muscle portion of the arm.)
6. Wansu Kata
From Shorin-ryu (Tomari-te). Means hidden fist. Teaches the first fake & the first throw. Teaches the Parrell stance (widened diagonal seisan), Zenketsu stance (long Seisan stance), widened Seisan & diagonal Seisan stance.
7.Chinto Kata
From Shorin-ryu. Teaches fighting on a path. Master Shimabuku told Sensei that Master Kyan would practice Chinto on a bridge. It also teaches the double jump kick, the spin, emphasizes the chinto-stance, introduces a few double fists blocks and teaches us to follow the opponent to the ground.
8.Kusanku
From Shorin-ryu. Master Shimabuku taught this as a night fighting kata. All techniques can be used for day or night, but there are many techniques taught within this kata that would be beneficial for night fighting.
9. Sunsu
Master Shimabuku's Kata. He got the name from an eku dance his grandfather used to perform. It contains techniques from the Basic Excersises and all 7 of the other Isshin-ryu Kata. Master Shimabuku's son Shinso, told Sensei 4 of the 5 senses could be enhanced from the practice of Sunsu and the other sense is taught in Seisan kata.
10. Sanchin
From Goju-ryu. Means three battles,the battle of mind, body & breath(air). Sanchin is the father of Isshin-ryu. Master Shimabuku said Niahanchi's the mother, Sanchin's the father and Isshin-ryu is the baby. San-chin is prolonged chinkuchi (bone,muscle & sinew-the cultivation of enery through proper control and body mechanics). Sanchin can be done for health & combat.
11. Tatsuo's Kumtite
Master Shimabuku combined many techniques of the kata, basics, and his favorite techniques to make this list of 45 self defense applications.
2.Tokumine Nu Kun
From Kyan.
3.Urashi Nu Kun
From Tiara Shinken
4. Shi Shi Nu Kun
From Tiara Shinken.
6. Sai Kihon
Teaches the basic strikes and blocks used with the sia.
7. Kyan Nu Sia
Some say Tatsuo created this kata, some say he learned it from Kyan. Either way it incorporates the basic techniques into kata.
8. Chatan Yara Nu Sai
From Tiara Shinken.
9. Kusanku Sai
Master Shimabuku created this kata from the techniques of kusanku and added some Kyan Nu Sai techniques at the end.
9. Tuifa Kihon
Teaches the basic blocks & strikes of the tuifa.
10. Hama Higa Nu Tuifa
From Tiara Shinken.
1. Chuden Kata
From Shorin-ryu, emphasizes the one knuckle punch.
2. Uechi Sanchin
From Uechi-ryu. This San-chin is combat oriented and uses spear thrusts. This is the way it is done in China.
3. Katagwa 1
Advincula-do
4. Katagwa 2
This and Katagwa1 are Sensei's Kata. He combined all of the styles he has learned into these 2 kata. He originaly used these kata for his Hindiandi Gung-fu students. To show the influence of 2 of the styles he has learned, he begins with a hindiandi bow, and ends in a standard Okinawan bow. Both of the kata utilize the proppeler, a technique used to cover the center and put the attacker in a "preffered position"
A Tekko (brass knuckle type weapon), Kata created by Kensho Tokumure.
