Tachi Uchi no Kata

La premiere serie de kata dans le programme (1) du KNBK

Tachi uchi no kata (2) est une serie de 7 kata concue par Oe Masamichi, 18eme Soke (grand-maitre) du Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu.

Apres la restauration Meiji en 1868, la classe des Samourai fut abolie au Japon. Il devint important d'enseigner a l'ensemble de la population les techniques martiales des differents clans, afin que celles-ci ne soient pas perdues. Les modes d'enseignements changerent. Des formes simplifiees - non traditionelles - furent crees pour enseigner a de jeunes gens provenant de familles sans tradition militaire.

Les katas de Tachi Uchi no kata etaient a l'origine destines a etre enseignes a des eleves du niveau college. Ils sont bases sur la serie traditionelle Tachi Uchi no Kurai, enseignee plus tard dans la progression de notre ecole. 

Le but de cette serie est l'acquisition de la comprehension et le controle de la DISTANCE entre deux adversaires. Pour cette raison, il n'est pas necessaire d'y demontrer une attitude aggressive. (3)

Les mouvements individuels se nomment : 

Deai

Kobushitori

Zetsumyoken

Dokumyoken

Tsukadome

Ukenagashi

Mappo

Tachi Uchi no kata est ici demontre par Kono Hyakuren Hanshi (1898-1974)

 

 

 

 Notes : 

(1) Pour etre admis a passer le test de Shodan, un eleve doit demontrer une bonne comprehension des deux series Tachi Uchi no Kata et Tachi Uchi no Kurai (programme KNBK 2022)

(2) un autre nom pour la serie Tachi Uchi no kata est "Oe no mono", en reference a Oe Masamichi Hanshi

(3) La deuxieme serie de kata , nommee Tachi Uchi no Kurai, reprends certains des techniques de Tachi Uchi no kata, en leur donnant parfois des noms differents. Dans cette seconde serie, on cherche a developper en plus du sens de la distance, celui du TIMING, et une attitude plus agressive est utilisee.

 

Kenjutsu Seminar at Yoshukai Karate Dothan

You are invited to our first Bokken Week-end at the Yoshukai Karate Dojo in Dothan, AL on April 28, 29, 30. (Last week end of this month). During this seminar we will practice Kenjutsu and Jojutsu with partners and only use wooden weapons.

Crossed Bokken ready to attack, or separate...

Some people like to brag about being “naturals” at sword. I'm sure you've heard this before.... This is to say the least unfortunate. There is nothing natural about sword or stick fighting. It takes proper instruction, time and effort. Just as being an expert in Karate Kata or Heavy Breaking does not make you a fighter, practicing beautiful Iaido or Tameshigiri does not make you a swordsman. 

Shimabukuro Hanshi pressures Robin Ramirez

Short of actual fighting, paired practice is the best way to improve your distance and timing. It is also much safer... This is what we'll practice this week-end and will have fun doing it.

Programme : 

• Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu Kenjutsu : Tachi Uchi no Kurai and Tsumeai no Kurai
• Kasumi Shinto Ryu Kenjutsu : First set of Kata
• Shindo Muso Ryu Jo Jutsu : Kihon and first four Kata.

Instructor : Frederic Lecut, 3rd Dan MJER, 5th Dan Yoshukai Karate.

Schedule :

Friday, April 28:  6:30 to 8:30 pm

Saturday, April 29 : 10:00 am to 5:00 pm with one hour lunch break

Sunday, April 30 : 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Location : World Yoshukai Karate Dojo : 1791 Ross Clark Circle, Dothan, AL 36301

Cost : 1 Session $10.00, full week-end : $ 20.00

Shimabukuro Hanshi & Carl Long Hanshi

Contact : Frederic Lecut : (334) 798 1639, frederic.lecut@gmail.com

Outdoor practice

Now that the polar vortex left us, is a perfect time for outdoor practice. 4 of us met at Kiesel Park in Auburn, AL on Sunday (April 13) morning and trained for 2 hours. 

Here Travis Page and Jim Robertson practice Tsukekomi, the second waza of the Tachi uchi no kurai set of MJER.

Tsukekomi - 01

Tsukekomi - 02

Tsukekomi - 03

In this remarquable video, Masayaki Shimabukuro Hanshi and Carl Long Kyoshi demonstrate the details of the 2 waza Tsukikage and Suigetsuto. These kenjutsu waza are performed with a boken - a wooden sword. They are part of Tahiuchi no kurai set of the Muso Jikiden Eishin Ryu school of Japanese Swordsmanship.

Carl Long Sensei  goes a very long way to explain all the details of these 2 techniques, how it's done, and why it's done that way. This is very important, too often, in Iaido, Karate or other Budo, you see people perform techniques in a way that may be at times elegant, but is also wrong, because they were never told (or they forgot) what these techniques really were about. When you get to that point, you don't do Martial Arts anymore, but a sort of aerobics... If you can remember the details exposed here, and try to practice keeping them in mind, you should improve your own technique.

This segment is part of a set of 3 DVD available on line.

Buy them, train with them

(don't just leave them on a shelf...)