Master alexander performs an artistic interpretation of the kata known as hakutsuru no mai or the hakutsuru dance. It is quite graceful in its sweeping and intricate movements. Practical fighting applications are also demonstrated, to incorporate into your self defense arsenal. Kosei nishihira was born on the 10th of june 1942 in a small village close to yonabaru, south of okinawa, in japan. From the age of fifteen, he studied the orthodox karate style known as shorinryu matsumura seito karate with master hohan soken. Thank you for your interest and support in this historic restoration project. Youtube video downloader enables you to download videos in highquality video formats.
Lineage of taigishinkai karate by angelo bonanno issuu. This historic video is a documentary on hohan soken, 10th dan and founder of matsumura seito shorin ryu karate. Shrouded in mystery, this kata is perhaps the most beautiful in karate. All rights and love to cspan for first broadcasting this. You can order your subscription to the magazine by contacting mr. Also his birth date is given as 1891 instead of the.
Garrett iithis site is dedicated to okinawan shoryn ryu matsumura seito. Dillman was always dedicated to sharing the works benefits for both health and selfdefense. Some talk about the health benefits, and this is abundantly true. Kaizen martial arts, 1506 stelton rd, piscataway, nj 2020. The following interview with hohan soken is made by ernest estrada. Shorinryu matsumura orthodox seito karate association usa.
Mc carthy spars no shock in describing the baffling incident. Read online notes on a century reflections of middle east historian bernard lewis baldwin speech in berkeley 1979 original video from cspan. We have all heard the legend of hohan soken and the modern expose of kyusho jutsu. Sensei figgiani, is the founder and president of shorin ryu karatedo international. George dillman is a controversial american martial arts instructor who popularized the use of pressure points also known as kyusho jitsu among the united states martial arts practitioners. You can only download videos in the youtube mobile apps. This site is dedicated to the memory of my late teacher, grand master hohan soken and to the memory of my teacher the old fusei kise if you are interested in shorinryu karate, with all of its traditional punches, kicks, blocks, kata, and weapons then you came to the right place. Adopted into the matsumura system by hohan soken as a tribute to the great okinawan master. We only have so many points, but the collective knowledge of all is infinite. Rohai not is in bushi sokon matsumura and nabe matsumura school. Downloads most popular media types from any website.
This 3 dvd set includes 8 kata of the okinawan white crane system, a student instruction manual, and full membership into the kobukan karate federation which includes patch and id card. Shorin ryu, george dillman, kyusho, old mans karate, body change and more. There is very lot footage of soken, and the majority of the footage that is shown can be found on youtube for free. The second video was especially interesting and it has so few views. The magazine is highly recommended by hanshi heilman. According to hohan soken, when bushi matsumura died he left the hands of his teachings to my uncle, nabe matsumura who was also known as nabe tanmei or old man nabe.
This article is within the scope of the wikiproject japan, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of japanrelated articles on wikipedia. Matsumura no kusanku kusanku dai bushi sokon school in video. Interview with hohan soken mutsumuras grandson page 2. Dont expect low, deep stances, spectacular high kicks and gymnastics. Videoder is a free video downloader available for windows and android. In the videos i have seen of soken relying on my memory. On this dvd, master george alexander, world renowned martial arts historian and karateka. A historical walking tour of seisan kata ikigai way. He helped pass on the legacy of matsumura shorin ryu. Soken hohans selfdefence will travel home facebook. Martial movements especially when done properly move the body in ways that are great for maintaining health well into old age just check out hohan soken doing kata as a very old man with a lot of energy.
Jan 10, 2020 download our new free guide history of karate. Also, for those who are interested in comparing the kata of higa seko, to that of yagi meitoku, or who want to compare hidetaka nishiyama to gichin funakoshi, or maybe nagamines shorin ryu to hohan soken s shorin ryu. Direct student of hohan soken and fuse kise the truth about hohan sokens notes, shorinji vs. Learn more about hohan soken in this free download. Interview with hohan soken mutsumuras grandson part i. For example he explains how the way hohan soken does kata in videos was not the way he intended them to be practiced, because he was just old. Interview with sensei hohan soken, mutsumuras grandson. Youtube video downloader browser extension addoncrop. Soken had to work in the fields as a youth in spite of his samurai heritage. If you were to start the kata so that your right hand is on the front half of the weapon, you would find that whenever the right side is forward, the front is in the right hand, and whenever left side is forward the front is in the left hand. Sifu liu is a practical, nononsense technician, not one wrapped in theory or philosophy. White crane hakutsuru home study certification course.
How do i download audio, music, or mp3 files from the youtube app. It includes a biography of soken sensei detailing his life in karate do. Shorin ryu karatedo international is an association of traditional martial artists united to better understand the history and culture of okinawan karatedo through the practice of. The following interview was conducted at the kadena nco club located at kadena air base, okinawa. Soken hohan orthodox karate association naihanchi katas with brief explanation.
Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Perhaps it had internalized to the extent that it was unnoticeable, or soken at his age wasnt able to ably perform these movements well, or perhaps he just. The style nishihira was taught was very difficult, and only handed down to a very few, carefully selected uchideshi internal students. Prometheus by george dillman overdrive rakuten overdrive. Hohan soken, soken hohan was an okinawan martial arts master who founded the shorinryu matsumura seito okinawa karate kobudo association biography. Twitter video downloader is completely safe and downloads videos directly from the. Sensei, you say that shorinryu matsumura seito karatedo is an old style with many secrets. However, in our third kata, called shishinokundai, it is different. Sensei teruo chinen is a figure in the history of karate who has earned the right to be called master.
He began training at age thirteen under his uncle, nabe matsumura. It definitely needs more reliable sourcing so that other editors can verify the details added so far. Hohan soken was a highly respected master in okinawa. Rick moneymaker posted hohan sokans secret notes a few years ago. This is the second part of an interview of hohan soken, the great okinawan karate master, by ernie estrada on september 10, 1978. Download video budo japanese okinawan masters of martial arts. This time, mark one end as front and the other as back.
These notes, as i implied in my original post, were never secret. Interview with master hohan soken christian karate. Downloading youtube videos onto your iphone, ipad, or android device to watch later is a great way to pass the time if you dont have wifi. Hohan soken 18891982 hohan soken was born and resided in gaja village, nishihara city, okinawa. Okinawan shorynryu matsumura seito karate do hozon kai phone. Up next 56 reflections dillman and hohan soken duration.
Download this app from microsoft store for windows 10. Our mission is to seek out and expose ideas and approaches to martial arts and selfdefence that add to our understanding and yours of this thing we all do. Tanmei is a title that means respected old man in okinawa. Personnel seito of the late sensei soken hohan, for two years. Present were soken hohan, one of his senior students, kisei fusi and the interviewer, ernie estrada. For 30 years, he ran the northeast karate championships. Visible proof in 1983 george dillman saw seiyu oyata perform a kyushojitsu knockout. I n every issue of blitz, we try to ask a few of the hard questions to keep the instructors out there on their toes, and our readers thinking beyond the box. A style which is believed influenced the development of okinawan karate including gojuryu and much of shorinryu karate including hohan soken s white crane karate. The form is done to the haunting melody of the shakuhachi or japanese bamboo flute. The role of master hohan soken in hakutsuru white swan, the most coveted of okinawas karate techniques. Thompson m from youtube a discussion with james coffman, direct student of hohan soken and fusei kise, he reveals the facts about the fabled notes and brings further light to real kyusho, shorinji vs. Unfortunately, the history and circumstances surrounding nabe are.
Secret notes all languagesto translate all pages, click on goggle translate bar at the top of page to select your language. White crane okinawa hakutsuru form dvd karate kata rare. Nov 14, 20 official karate magazine fall 20 issue the new actionpacked 20 fall issue is here. Successor in the lineage of matsumura shorin ryu was hohan soken 18891982. Kusarigama from what ive seen and my experience is by no means exhaustive would seem to be a mainland japanese thing, while nichogama seems to be an okinawan development. Matsumura no rohai joshodan, hohan soken matsumura school in video. Official karate magazine fall 20 issue by officialkaratemag. He was born may 25, 1889 in nishihara, okinawa he was the nephew of nabe matsumura who was the grandson of matsumura sokon he began karate training at under his uncle. The art of the white crane video download warrener. Shihan lindsey is a highly respected senior shorinryu practitioner in the states.
He trained in okinawa with hohan soken and fuise kise. Kyushos opening to public information was initiated with a set of secret notes from hohan soken of matsumura shorin ryu, prior to his passing. It includes newly discovered lost footage of hohan soken. If youre an okinawa karate practitioner and curious about politics, youve probably read the links wherein patrick mc carthy describes yabiku takaya, who was once soken s personal secretary according to john sells in unante. Hohan soken was born on may 25, 1889 and lived in gaja village, nishihara city, okinawa prefecture during the 24th year of meiji. Get steven burtons dim mak secrets northern dragons right now. Soken hohan orthodox karate association sensei charles garrett matsumura basic exericse.
See more ideas about karate, martial arts and karate kata. They should be of interest to anyone engaged in the study or pressure points or tuite. To preserve and assist public to the knowledge of okinawan shorinryu matsumura seito karate do. Need to unit all the shorin ryu styles, not to change one. White crane okinawa hakutsuru form dvd karate kata rare bushi. This was due to a political reorganization in the ryukyu islands and all of japan as a result of the.
Kise was soken s protege prior to soken s death in 1982 before kise created the kenshinkanthe name was recently changed again. Chinto kata performed by grandmaster hohan soken of matsumura seito. Slight of build but with powerful external and internal strength in his karate techniques, he is a living example of the virtues of gojuryu karate training. Notes on a century reflections of middle east historian. Hohan soken sensei performing hakutsuru in his backyard. In addition to studying white crane karate with okinawan grand master hohan soken, roy suenaka also learned the old okinawan art of tuidi. Okinawan martial arts master, hohan soken founded the shorinryu matsumura seito okinawa karate kobudo association. Hohan soken soken hohan was an okinawan martial arts master. The kata was brought to kumemura by chinese visitors from fukien province, and perpetuated by bushi mtsumura, kenwa mbuni, shinko matayoshi, gokenki, and hohan soken. This video includes newly discovered lost footage of hohan soken as well as a biography of soken sensei detailing his life in karate do. Enjoy the wisdom, knowledge, skills and favorite fighting techniques of the masters in our s. Interview with hohan soken, mutsumuras grandson part i the following interview was conducted at the kadena nco club located at kadena air base, okinawa. Normal speed and then slowed down for further study. Soken hohan orthodox karate association pinan katas soken hohan orthodox karate association.
The last of the great old time karate warriors part 2. I would not waste your money, just search for master soken on youtube and you will have everything that this dvd has to offer. I cant help but think of spongebob getting wideeyed over the krabbypatty secret recipe whenever anyone mentions secrets in the martial arts sssseehcrits. In addition to videos, the tool also lets you download gifs. There are a few videos out there of hohan soken doing kata in his later years, but you dont really see his footwork or koshi movement. The software lets you download 4k videos from not only youtube, but. He was born in a okinawan samurai class, but due to the abolishment of the samurai he was forced to live a life of a commoner.
Steven burtons dim mak secrets northern dragons free. Hohan soken the life of a grand master this historic video is a documentary on hohan soken, 10th dan and founder of matsumura seito shorin ryu karate. Article on hohan soken posted by senseinathan november 19, 2012 1 comment on article on hohan soken i also own and have read roy suenakas book called complete aikido it. Do association hopes to bring together, all of those who have trained in the matsumura tradition, about okinawan shorin ryu matsumura seito karatedo. He was born may 25, 1889 although at least one text puts his birth year as 1891 in nishihara, okinawa he was the nephew of nabe matsumura who was the grandson of matsumura sokon. The documents were handouts for students of soken s matsumura seitoha school. How to download youtube videos on your iphone, ipad, or.
Interview with hohan soken mutsumuras grandson extreme. Still, the manner in which hohan soken holds them may be particular to a style or his own way of doing it. It is an old art rarely seen today that may predate karate itself. The japanese wiki gives the persons name as hohan soken rather than hohan soken, so that needs verifying. Rohai means vision of a crane and was originally a tomarite kata. This interview was conducted at the kadena nco club located at kadena air base, okinawa. He immediately recognized that this was what hohan soken had done. Rating is available when the video has been rented.
History of okinawan shorin ryu matsumura seito karate. Meeting with grand master soken with memories first visit i first met sensei hohan soken in december of 1961. Present were soken hohan and one of his senior student, kise fusei. Master hohan soken matsumura rohai kata matsumura seito shorinryu karate. Kyusho discussion with sensei james coffman youtube. This presentation is close to two hours in length and is perfect for martial arts schools to play as a history lesson. Having trained under the likes of harry smith, danny pai and hohan soken, dillman was one of the mostawarded competitors on the tournament circuit in the 1960s and 70s, and received advanced instructor certifications in a wide variety of martial arts. Hohan soken kusanku matsumura seito shorinryu karate similar to. On this video master george alexander, world renowned martial arts historian and karateka, expertly performs and explains the kata. Shrouded inmystery, this kata was brought to kumemura by chinese visitors from fukien province, and perpetuated by bushi matsumura, kenwa mabuni, shinko matayoshi, gokenki, and hohan soken. Shoka soken hohans orthodox karate do association youtube. I think that this was just a sad attempt of george alexander attempting to make money again. The ancient and lost pressure point and dimmak chart from master hohan soken dim mak secrets a4 ring binder work book to take to training classes.
If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project, participate in relevant discussions, and see lists of open tasks. It was initiated to preserve this vital knowledge in the martial arts for future generations, with added modern explanations, new clarity and functionality. Hohan soken refused to be fusei kise teacher any longer in 19778, telling kise that he can no longer use the name matsumura seito. Dillman is a member of black belt magazines hall of fame, and in 1997 was named black belt magazine s martial arts instructor of the year. This rare hakutsuru kata of kumemura village, okinawa fully demonstrated on this video, is perhaps the most beautiful in karates repertoire of forms. Gokenki hohan soken takaya yabiku chuck chandler lawrence vellucci.
Okinawan shorynryu matsumura seito karate do hozon kaistyle shoka soken hohan s orthodox karate do association soken hohan s self defense will travel dojo name charles garrett earned. My own application for the beginning of chinto iain abernethy. Get video downloader professional for edge microsoft store. The following are claiming to be 10th dans in matsumura seito shorinryu karate this is what i personally know about these men. The danger of reminding soken sensei of the old methods of playing was that he would often stand up, grab you, and then apply one of these painful methods of common people entertainment he enjoyed watching americans squeaking like a mouse who had been stepped on.
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