San-Cho Zai – Kata with 3 Sais
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Hi, Shihan Bolz, very obliged for the reply. Congratulations for the wonderful work.
Shihan Bolz and Nishiuchi are too busy to do the online stuff – I’m just one of their enthusiastic students.
Thank you very much. This was very education.
This was a feakin awesome video! 5+ stars dude!
ok, where is this school? iwanna go there and learn from these masters! they good!
Shihan Nishiuchi (in the video) teaches across the country and internationally, but does teach other sensei in Shihan Bolz’ (my sensei) dojo in California; there are a few other IOKA dojos (link in the info to the right of each video).
Did you ever train in the Shotokan karate dojo in California with Greg Scott? Because I used to train there, and my dad still teaches and trains.
Shotokan is a Japanese version of empty-hand karate, kobudo is Okinawan use of weapons, so different disciplines. I have only trained with Shihan Bolz.
i thought it was ecellent but when it said 3 sais i thought AT THE SAME TIME LOL
Only if he was a juggler…
if ur really careless n keep losing ur sais, maybe u need more than just 3.
i can’t bear to throw my sais like that. not an easy weapon to master. anybody noes who this master is?
We don’t actually throw them – we make the move then carefully place the sai on the ground. We did spend one class outside throwing into soft ground to get the feel for it.
really wish i could learn the at of sai… so sad i can’t find any masters in my region.
This kata is so cool! But why does he need to throw away his sais?
Not “throwing away”, throwing *at* something, like an opponent’s foot – it’s in his mind, you just can’t see it.
thats the reason u have three of them
i did this Kata today its hard when u first do it =(
It’s almost the same kata called Matayoshi-no-sai-dai-ni, but with a different name…good video !! thank you
May very well be the same, but since Matayoshi Shinpo changed his kata over time, the name wouldn’t tell whether it was the one taught in the early ’70′s or one Matayoshi sensei was teaching in the ’90′s before he died.
Kobudo kata is not as “strict” as karate kata in the sense of starting and finishing on the same spot. Properly executing the different ma-ai for blocks and strikes in kobudo will result in different length of steps in footwork. This will offset the finish position.
Not just kobudo – Okinawan karate doesn’t bother with returning to the starting point, since this, too, is for combat, not physical fitness. Karate styles created in Japan are different than their Okinawan origins.
Shorin-ryu katas always return to starting point. Some Okinawan Go-ju katas return to starting point (Sanchin, Gekesai, Chinto are the only ones coming to mind).
@Terriss0421 They can return to starting point, but it is not required that a kata does this (at least not in Uechi Ryu) – in competitions, some judges don’t know this and will marked down contestants that don’t end where they started, especially if they are used to judging only Japanese forms.
Ah, my apologies, I misinterpreted the topic of the conversation. You are absolutely right, I’ve seen many a kata marked down because of not returning to starting point.