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New Koryu Uchinadi iKata now available from the IRKRS Nothing beats hands-on instruction from a qualified KU instructor but this new and easy iKata download from Dropbox has to be the next best thing! Finally, here’s the perfect way to study KU kata exactly the way they should be performed and in the privacy of your own home and convenience.
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$99.95 USD for All 7 DVD’s available only for download
Contents
#1. Unsettled Matters #1,
#2. Unsettled Matters #2,
#3. Dai Nippon Butoku Kai,
* Just finished viewing the Dai Nippon Butokukai DVD and enjoyed it tremendously. A wealth of information presented in such a way that leaves me anxious to get to the other ones. This collection is one of a kind and a “must’ buy for every serious Martial Artist! Thank you McCarthy Hanshi and Warrerner Entertainment for this rare gift of knowledge… Chuck Merriman
#4. Bubishi ~ Nepai,
#5. Bubishi ~ Happoren,
#6. The Weaponless Warrior Seminar,
#7. The Okinawan Karate Secrets Seminar
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Now available at $14.95 USD This unique 30-minute presentation features the kata from several angles and includes close-ups & slow-motion of otherwise hard to see techniques. Nanshu is curriculum-based and required learning for any and all KU student and instructor interested in, “Getting it the CORRECT way!”
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Koryu Uchinadi Kume Hakutsuru Kata
Now available at $9.95 USD This unique 40-minute presentation features the kata from several angles and includes close-ups & slow-motion of otherwise hard to see techniques. Hakutsuru is curriculum-based and required learning for any and all KU student and instructor interested in, “getting it the CORRECT way!” Payment via Paypal c/o patrick_mccarthy@mac.com
Matsumura Passai
This presentation explores one of the oldest kata of Okinawan Karate – The Passai Kata of Karate Pioneer Bushi Matsumura Sokon 1809-1899 – along with associated application concepts, practices and unique 2-person drills.
The Matsumura Passai seminar project is now available in a 7-part download through Dropbox at only $29.95 USD via Paypal citing patrick_mccarthy@mac.com KU-style Application Practices, Explanations and more… This presentation explores one of the oldest kata of Okinawan Karate – The Passai Kata of Karate Pioneer Bushi Matsumura Sokon 1809-1899 – along with associated application concepts, practices and unique 2-person drills. Filmed on location in Hassloch [Germany] by Mario Masberg, the McCarthy seminar was hosted by Sensei Bernd Otterstaeter and assisted by IRKRS German Shibucho, Renshi Olaf Krey. Contents of the Matsumura Passai Seminar Part 1. Introduction Lecture 00:35:12sec Part 2. 2-Person Junbi-undo 00:08:04sec Part 3. 2-Person Muchimidi 00:11:25sec Part 4. Bojutsu-Renshu 00:22:34sec Part 5. Kata From 3-angles 00:06:32sec Part 6. McCarthy Interview 00:45:05sec Part 7. Application Practices – 01:47.10sec * KU-style Matsumura Passai Application Practices: including …”Dog Posture”, “Escaping the Front Under-arm Bear Hug”, “The Importance of Hooking the Leg”, “Brain-stem Twist & the Sympathetic Nervous System”, “5-Principles: Location, Tool, Angle, Direction & Intensity”, “What is the Sun & Moon Fist – Historical Perspective Talk,” “Using the Sun & Moon Fist”, “Kusanku cross-over technique”, “Dealing with a Common Lapel Grab”, “KU’s Choke & Strangles Drill”, “KU’s Tool Box Theory”, “Escaping the Head-Lock”, “Escape from a Standing Guillotine Choke”, “Kaishu-waza & Kotekitai”, “Commentary on Style-based Dynamics”, “Japanese Terminology”, “Using The Low-level Shuto & Mefutoute Concept”, “Rear Naked Choke”, “The Muchimidi Concept”, “Lady Putting on the Necklace Concept”, “Single Shoulder Grab”, “Dealing with Errors” and “Evasion & the Clinch”* * The final part [Bunkai Concepts] is a whopping huge file at 1:47 minutes and more than 3GB.
![CHATAN YARA NO KUSANKU Yara Kusanku, is a classical kata and historically regarded as the original signature practice of Bushi Matsumura. From this original practice comes many modern versions such Kusanku-sho and Kusanku-dai of Shorin Ryu, Shi-ho Kusanku of Shito-ryu, Kankusho and Kankudai of Shotokan and various other interpretations including Matsumura Kusanku, Chibana Kusanku and Kuniyoshi Kusanku, etc. The routine encompasses a wonderful array of techniques ranging in percussive impact with the hands, elbows, knees and feet, to stand-up clinch-style grappling, escapes and counters and groundwork. Originally identified in the 1762 document entitled, “Oshima Hikki”, [大島筆記] Kusanku [公相君] was introduced to Okinawa during its old Ryukyu Kingdom Period in the late 1750’s by a visiting Chinese official of the same name. Believed to represent the inner-workings of 17th century Fujian quanfa its timeless application practices are as functional today as they were more than two and a half centuries ago. Legend says that Yara Peichin (c.1741-1812) was a Ryukyu official from the district of Chatan. It is believed that Yara had either learned the practice directly under the visiting Chinese master or is said to have created it based upon what he was taught. The unique techniques served to strengthen the local fighting art and from it the embryonic practice continued to evolve. It was ultimately passed on to Sakugawa Kanga [i.e. Toudi Sakugawa], the principal student of Chatan Yara [Yara of Chatan], who in turn passed it on to Matsumura Sokon [Bushi Matsumura], where it became known as, Chatan Yara no Kusanku [i.e. Yara Kusanku]. Representing the mainstream of Karate practice in and around the old castle capitol of Shuri, Kusanku is one of the principal practices handed down from the Ryukyu Kingdom. In the hands of Itosu Ankoh, one of Matsumura’s principal students, the foundation of modern karate was laid using Kusanku along with a handful of other related practices such as Naihanchi, Seisan and Passai, etc. In 1922, Funakoshi Gichin, a student of Itosu Ankoh, traveled from Okinawa to Tokyo to provide a demonstration of Karate-justu, at the “First National Athletic Exhibition.” Assisted by Gima Shinken, a fellow Okinawan then residing in Tokyo, Funakoshi chose to demonstrate Kusanku as the flagship practice of the original Ryukyu fighting art. THE NEW YARA KUSANKU iKATA RELEASE IS NOW AVAILABLE at only $6.95 USD The presentation features the kata routine itself from several angles and includes close-ups & slow-motion of otherwise hard to see techniques. Yara Kusanku is also curriculum-based and required learning for any and all KU student and instructor interested in “getting it the CORRECT way!” Payable via Paypal c/o patrick_mccarthy@mac.com](https://www.koryu-uchinadi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Yara-Kusanku-iKata.png)
CHATAN YARA NO KUSANKU
Yara Kusanku, is a classical kata and historically regarded as the original signature practice of Bushi Matsumura. From this original practice comes many modern versions such Kusanku-sho and Kusanku-dai of Shorin Ryu, Shi-ho Kusanku of Shito-ryu, Kankusho and Kankudai of Shotokan and various other interpretations including Matsumura Kusanku, Chibana Kusanku and Kuniyoshi Kusanku, etc.
The routine encompasses a wonderful array of techniques ranging in percussive impact with the hands, elbows, knees and feet, to stand-up clinch-style grappling, escapes and counters and groundwork. Originally identified in the 1762 document entitled, “Oshima Hikki”, [大島筆記] Kusanku [公相君] was introduced to Okinawa during its old Ryukyu Kingdom Period in the late 1750’s by a visiting Chinese official of the same name. Believed to represent the inner-workings of 17th century Fujian quanfa its timeless application practices are as functional today as they were more than two and a half centuries ago.
Legend says that Yara Peichin (c.1741-1812) was a Ryukyu official from the district of Chatan. It is believed that Yara had either learned the practice directly under the visiting Chinese master or is said to have created it based upon what he was taught. The unique techniques served to strengthen the local fighting art and from it the embryonic practice continued to evolve. It was ultimately passed on to Sakugawa Kanga [i.e. Toudi Sakugawa], the principal student of Chatan Yara [Yara of Chatan], who in turn passed it on to Matsumura Sokon [Bushi Matsumura], where it became known as, Chatan Yara no Kusanku [i.e. Yara Kusanku].
Representing the mainstream of Karate practice in and around the old castle capitol of Shuri, Kusanku is one of the principal practices handed down from the Ryukyu Kingdom. In the hands of Itosu Ankoh, one of Matsumura’s principal students, the foundation of modern karate was laid using Kusanku along with a handful of other related practices such as Naihanchi, Seisan and Passai, etc. In 1922, Funakoshi Gichin, a student of Itosu Ankoh, traveled from Okinawa to Tokyo to provide a demonstration of Karate-justu, at the “First National Athletic Exhibition.” Assisted by Gima Shinken, a fellow Okinawan then residing in Tokyo, Funakoshi chose to demonstrate Kusanku as the flagship practice of the original Ryukyu fighting art.
THE NEW YARA KUSANKU iKATA RELEASE IS NOW AVAILABLE at only $6.95 USD
The presentation features the kata routine itself from several angles and includes close-ups & slow-motion of otherwise hard to see techniques. Yara Kusanku is also curriculum-based and required learning for any and all KU student and instructor interested in “getting it the CORRECT way!”
Payable via Paypal c/o patrick_mccarthy@mac.com
Available now at $6.95 USD The presentation features the kata routine itself from several angles and includes close-ups & slow-motion of otherwise hard to see techniques. The kata is also curriculum-based and required learning for any and all KU student and instructor interested in “getting it the CORRECT way!”
Payment via Paypal c/o patrick_mccarthy@mac.com
Happoren, Kume Sanchin and Yongchun Saamchien kata are now available for $14.95 USD
The presentation features the kata routine itself and includes close-ups & slow-motion of otherwise hard to see techniques. The kata is also curriculum-based and required learning for any and all KU student and instructor interested in “getting it the CORRECT way!”
Payment via Paypal c/o patrick_mccarthy@mac.com
Now available at $6.95 USD
The presentation features the kata routine itself from several angles and includes close-ups & slow-motion of otherwise hard to see techniques. The kata is also curriculum-based and required learning for any and all KU student and instructor interested in “getting it the CORRECT way!”
Payment via Paypal c/o patrick_mccarthy@mac.com
Now available at $6.95 USD The presentation features the kata routine itself from several angles and includes close-ups & slow-motion of otherwise hard to see techniques. The kata is also curriculum-based and required learning for any and all KU student and instructor interested in “getting it the CORRECT way!” Payment via Paypal c/o patrick_mccarthy@mac.com
![Now available at $14.95 USA The 12 Motobu Kumite drills, and KU henka [variations] are presented in four different views: 2 traditional and 2 representing the Koryu Uchinadi variations. The video runs approximately 30 minutes and includes a close up and slow motion feature for the more intricate techniques. Available through Paypal c/o patrick_mccarthy@mac.com](https://www.koryu-uchinadi.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Motobu-Kumite-Drills.png)
Now available at $14.95 USA
The 12 Motobu Kumite drills, and KU henka [variations] are presented in four different views: 2 traditional and 2 representing the Koryu Uchinadi variations. The video runs approximately 30 minutes and includes a close up and slow motion feature for the more intricate techniques.
Available through Paypal c/o patrick_mccarthy@mac.com
Now available at $6.95 USD
The presentation features the kata routine itself from several angles and includes close-ups & slow-motion of otherwise hard to see techniques. The kata is curriculum-based and required learning for any and all KU student and instructor interested in “getting it the CORRECT way!”
Payment via Paypal c/o patrick_mccarthy@mac.com
Now available at $6.95 USD
The presentation features the kata routine itself from several angles and includes close-ups & slow-motion of otherwise hard to see techniques. The kata is curriculum-based and required learning for any and all KU student and instructor interested in “getting it the CORRECT way!”
Payment via Paypal c/o patrick_mccarthy@mac.com
Now available at $6.95 USD
The presentation features the kata routine itself from several angles and includes close-ups & slow-motion of otherwise hard to see techniques. The kata is also curriculum-based and required learning for any and all KU student and instructor interested in “getting it the CORRECT way!”
Payment via Paypal c/o patrick_mccarthy@mac.com
Now available at $6.95 USD
The presentation features the kata routine itself from four separate angles. Chokyu-gata is also curriculum-based and required learning for any and all KU student and instructor interested in “getting it the CORRECT way!”
Payment via Paypal c/o patrick_mccarthy@mac.com
* Note: The term Chokyu represents the combination of two separate ideograms: Cho/長 & 宮/Kyu: *Cho* represents the alternative pronunciation for the first ideogram of the Japanese/Okinawan surname *Naga*mine (as in Nagamine Shoshin). *Kyu* represents the alternative pronunciation for the first ideogram of the Japanese/Okinawan surname *Miya*gi (as in Miyagi Chojun).
NOW AVAILABLE at $6.95 USD
The presentation features the kata routine itself from several angles and includes close-ups & slow-motion of otherwise hard to see techniques. The kata is also curriculum-based and required learning for any and all KU student and instructor interested in “getting it the CORRECT way!”
Payment via Paypal c/o patrick_mccarthy@mac.com
Unsolicited Testimonials
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*In comparison to books & pdf’s these are truly excellent ! Without these it would be far more difficult and time consuming to learn/improve our kata. Eternally grateful for your efforts – Koryu Uchinadi Cork Ireland [Joe Glavin]
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*I started watching your [Matsumura] Passai DVD today and almost immediately that magnetism of expression you so vividly have a hold of, took a hold of me again just like it did when I first met you on that Saturday private Aragaki Seisan training session 18-years ago in 1995, and at every seminar I attended thereafter. I actually felt like I was there with you in Deutshland …… das is wunderbar mein herr. – John Forza [Goju Yonshin Kai Karate Do, Melbourne, Australia]
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*I like that I see kata I wouldn’t get a chance to learn unless there is a seminar or KU training session coming up. It s a great learning reference. Thank You – Dave Leduc [Ontario, Canada]
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