Kusarigama of Isshin Ryu 一心流 (Type 3)

Kusarigama of Isshin Ryu 一心流 (Type 3) - Kata 13 (1 Ura)

The NHK video series is in some ways a benchmark presentation by the Ryuha involved. The Isshin Ryu video presents 13 kata - I have shown details of 12 of the kata in separate posts, one being omitted due to it being overly similar to another. I have made some notes on the syllabus as a whole in a later section however it is relevant here to say the first two groups of 12 have the same name and are related (omote & ura) - so #1 and #13 are similar but different. I have made posts in the order in which they appear in the video. I will use these posts to draw some conclusions.

The entanglement is done with the sword static - there is no attempt to pull or disarm the sword.

The sword is not pulled but thrusts from the entanglement. Note the turn to 'cross step' to the swords left side.

Spear (Yari) in Owari Kan Ryu 尾張貫流 (Kudayari & others)

Owari Kan ryū is known for its use of the kuda-yari (tube spear). The e (shaft) is run through a kuda (metal pipe) that’s in the front hand of the practitioner. Interestingly the school’s students start training by doing shiai (competition) and only after considerable training they learn the school's kata (forms). Most classical schools that practice shiai do so after learning kata. Thrusting using the kuda. Cross-stepping. Thrusting attack with kuda. Wide stance. Shiai. Shiai using a spear with a cross piece. The original demonstration from which these stills were taken is here:

Australia’s Turning Point – Signals Intelligence leading to the Battle of the Coral Sea

Australian/American Signals cooperation was not only important in stopping the Japanese advance to Australian shores but marked the beginning of Australia embedding its forces with the United States rather than simply furnishing troops for the British. Whilst the British, in my opinion , had a long history of using Commonwealth troops to either protect their colonial interests or to take on deployments with high expected rates of attrition, when Australia faced the real possibility of invasion with the vast majority of its troops and equipment deployed overseas, it was the Americans, whose interests in the Pacific aligned with our own, that were on hand to push the Japanese back from our shores. The Battle of the Coral Sea saw the beginnings of the deployment of Australian sea power under direct American command, a joint approach that would continue to the present time – it was, however, Signals Intelligence that led the way to the embedding of US/Australian forces and played a ma...

New Practical Jujitsu Page & Videos

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