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by kenshindoryu
Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:43 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: New Wado Kata Bunkai Book
Replies: 20
Views: 30657

Re: New Wado Kata Bunkai Book

"Wado is not just about its technical aspects or concepts or even about the sum of its parts, It is about its wado ryu essence that dwells in the realm of its nature."

Nice quote Reg,

Is this from a longer interview or book?
regards
by kenshindoryu
Sun Sep 13, 2015 1:49 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: New Wado Kata Bunkai Book
Replies: 20
Views: 30657

Re: New Wado Kata Bunkai Book

Thanks Reg We do, of course, practice Wado's paired kata, like most Wado clubs. They are indeed a huge historical repository of technique and principles. But in all honesty, I see no evidence in any of the major Wado groups that this practice has provided its practitioners with any significant close...
by kenshindoryu
Sat Sep 12, 2015 3:45 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: New Wado Kata Bunkai Book
Replies: 20
Views: 30657

Re: New Wado Kata Bunkai Book

Hi Gary The quotation was to reference the changes made by Master Otsuka rather than to act as a comment on his style. For example, the raising of the shutouke/shutouchi 'blocks' to head height from the chudan-level of Shotokan. In our interpretation of the kata meaning we ensure that this change is...
by kenshindoryu
Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:20 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: New Wado Kata Bunkai Book
Replies: 20
Views: 30657

Re: New Wado Kata Bunkai Book

And to follow the argument to a logical conclusion, presumably drop the kata altogether and move towards a purely Shindo yoshin ryu koryu art. I imagine that Otsuka included the kata in Wadoryu as he saw some value and, as his grandson says, that part of that value was to match the movements to juji...
by kenshindoryu
Sat Sep 12, 2015 9:27 am
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: New Wado Kata Bunkai Book
Replies: 20
Views: 30657

Re: New Wado Kata Bunkai Book

Hi Reg I would say that. The techniques all relate to the wado version of the kata and not, for example, the Shotokan version. The techniques are all applying 'ju' or aiki principles which require no undue strength, tai sabaki and irimi are evident, as is noru. Although you haven't identified a tren...
by kenshindoryu
Fri Sep 11, 2015 2:14 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: New Wado Kata Bunkai Book
Replies: 20
Views: 30657

Re: New Wado Kata Bunkai Book

Done, Thanks. The book was written to look at bunkai from a uniquely Wado perspective as I believe that the changes Master Otsuka made from Shotokan were to make them more relevant to HIS techniques. As such, the current trend towards homogenous applications, irrespective of style, I don't think wor...
by kenshindoryu
Thu Sep 10, 2015 7:30 pm
Forum: Wado Talk
Topic: New Wado Kata Bunkai Book
Replies: 20
Views: 30657

New Wado Kata Bunkai Book

Just released on Amazon: Wado Ryu Kata Bunkai Applications to every movement in the Pinan Kata series, taken from jujitsu and aikijutsu using wado principles. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wado-Ryu-Kata-Bunkai-Applications/dp/1514342405/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1441913233&sr=1-2&keyw...