Thursday, June 27, 2013

The Possible Motobu Choki SunNuSu Kata Connection

When Motobu Choki demonstrated his Karate-Jutsu in one of his early books it is possible these techniques were retained by Shimabuiku Tatsuo in his personal Kata SunNuSu (Sunsu). Perhaps this is also the confirmation Shimabuku did train with Motobu. Here are the techniques demonstrated by Motobu Choki.




read the photo's right to left as that's how it is done in Japan

It was Sherman Harrill, who had noticed this and pointed this out to me about 1990, Joe Swift obtained a reprint of the Japanese Edition and sent it to me to give to Sherman.

2 comments:

RH said...

I enjoyed this short post about Motobu. While I do not train in Isshin Ryu, it is known that Nagamine Shoshin (who did train under Motobu) and Shimabuku were great friends. There are some who have suggested that Shimabuku introduced Nagamine to Kyan. As they both have a lineage through Kyan it would be probable that Shimabuku would have some training under Motobu.

RH said...

I enjoyed this short post about Motobu. While I do not train in Isshin Ryu, it is known that Nagamine Shoshin (who did train under Motobu) and Shimabuku were great friends. There are some who have suggested that Shimabuku introduced Nagamine to Kyan. As they both have a lineage through Kyan it would be probable that Shimabuku would have some training under Motobu.