Koryu Uchinadi Spring Camp, Galway, February, 2013

Damo W

Hi Guys,

Renshi Ante Brannbacka and Shidoin Jim Sindt will lead a weekend of Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo-jutsu on the 23rd and 24th of February 2013 in Galway, Ireland.

http://www.irkrs-ireland.com/pb/wp_17774b01/wp_17774b01.html

Two areas running simultaneously, 10:00—17:00 both days.

Day 1
Area 1—Nepai Kata: Functional application practices and two person drill.

Area 2—Ne-waza: Karate grappling methods, for civil defence.

Day 2
Area 1—Yamaneryu Bo-Jutsu: Unique bo-justsu kata and two person drills.

Area 2—Gyaku-waza: escapes and counters, a group of close quarter self defense practices.

There is a limit of 50 places on this seminar on a first come first served basis, please contact us at info@irkrs-ireland.com with any questions or if you require an information pack.

Ante Brannbacka
Is a seasoned martial arts teacher. With over 25 years of experience, he has been a direct student of Hanshi Patrick McCarthy (Koryu-Uchinadi) since 1997. He has studied and trained in jujutsu, iaido, boxing, BJJ and submission wrestling and is the chief instructor and Shibucho for Koryu-Uchinadi in Finland. He holds a Masters Degree in Education.
Renshi Level instructor
Koryu Uchinadi 5th Dan

Jim Sindt
Is a very dynamic and sought after instructor who has been training under Hanshi McCarthy since 1995. He has also been fortunate enough to travel to Okinawa to train as a personal student of the late grandmaster of Matsubayashi Ryu –Nagamine Shoshin.
Koryu Uchinadi 5th Dan
Yamanneryu Kobudo 4th Dan
Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu 4th Dan

Koryu Uchinadi seminars are designed to introduce and expand upon, the historical research, theoretical concepts and functional applications practices of old style karate as taught by Patrick McCarthy Hanshi to benefit both beginner and advanced practitioner of traditional karate.

I will post more details, asap.

Damo W

Kata

(Model Examples & Postures)
Probably one of the most common reasons behind the popularity of international seminars these days is the genuine desire to truly understand the nature and application of traditional kata. Most of Koryu Uchinadi’s success over the years has been built up around seminars on kata and their highly functional application practices.

Once a closely guarded, secretive practice, kata is the very reason karate, as an art, has been preserved and passed down to this day. Its heritage can be traced back to the Chinese progenitors of quanfa. Sadly, the unique formula once used to help deliver the contextual intentions culminated in kata was lost in the wake of the modernization of Karate, which obscured the original defensive application principles. It can be argued that the North Asian, Confucian-based pedagogy is partially responsible for the widespread confusion in relation to kata. Specifically, a culture of learning and replicating “the classics”, rather than understanding them results in a gradual degradation of meaning. The result, when coupled with the cultural mystique surrounding the martial arts, has been a lack of recognition concerning the most logical scenarios addressed by kata.

Koryu Uchinadi approaches kata as classical configurations. Specifically, the kata seminar provides an entry point for negotiating HAPV through the classical forms contemporaneously practiced. Using contextual scenarios participants are able to rediscover the link between the ritualized movements of kata and their corresponding defensive principles, as originally intended, before exploring related henka.

In addition, participants are introduced to a framework in which they are better able to understand how universal defensive principles were ritualized into model examples, and how these templates were ultimately configured into kata.

Nepai
There is no certainty as to how Nepai found its way to Okinawa simply because there is no definitive source from which to call upon. We are, however, certain that Chinese quanfa practitioner, Wu Hsienhui [Go Kenki] introduced one such version [see here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkDFzJjlGiw ] to Okinawa when he taught it to Kyoda Juhatsu and Mabuni Kenwa. Kyoda’s style, Tou-On Ryu, still preserves [Go Kenki’s] Nepai. It seems clear that Mabuni’s Nipaipo is, in fact, Nepai, albeit different from the Tou-On Ryu version. Unquestionably, both Nepai and Nipaipo are from the same source.

Damo W

Ne/Osae-waza

(Grappling & finishing holds)
This seminar will explore the forgotten heritage of karate — the plethora of tactical situations that go beyond punching and kicking.

Ne-Waza is not the principal source of Self-Defense used in the art of Karate, it is nonetheless, an indespensable component of effective fighting and also reflects a forgotten aspect from this arts early origins found in Tegumi.

Ne-waza is also something that every student of karate, irrespective of style or politics, should gain some level of proficiency in. As all of self-protection can be bridged together by the same habitual acts of physical violence they seek to address, winding up on the ground is sometimes an inevitable outcome.
While almost everything we do in percussive impact-based traditions is to avoid ever going to the ground, if and when such a thing was to ever happen, taking immediate control of the situation is of the utmost importance, and it is at this point in time that ne-waza reveals its true value. We doubt anyone could dispute the sense it makes to be well prepared and never need ne-waza than to wind up on the ground one day with the safety of your life or well-being left only to chance.

'When Hanshi McCarthy [Koryu Uchinadi Kenpo-jutsu] first introduced Tegumi style drills more than ten years ago his detractors promptly criticized him as having fabricated such wrestling practices. However, a few years later, after readers discovered the historical evidence of Tegumi (Okinawa's plebeian form of grappling) in Nagamine Shoshin's book, entitled "Tales of Okinawa's Great Masters", critics and cynics quickly retreated back to the safety of their keyboardladen armchairs, and many have now adopted the practice as their own. With the rise in fame and popularity of Brazilian Jiujitsu etc., the karate world has finally begun to recognize the importance of what McCarthy Sensei was openly criticized for and teaches regularly.’

Damo W

Yamanneryu Bo-jutsu

The learner will be introduced to Yamane Ryu Bojutsu. In comparing this content with other styles it will become immediately apparent that there is a significant difference between modern kobudo and that of Oshiro-ha Yamaneryu. While an entire dissertation might better illuminate the obscurity surrounding this phenomenon, a simple explanation tells us that such differences came about largely due to kobudo unfolding alongside modern karate. In the same way that old-school Okinawan karate conformed to the powerful forces of Japanese-ness, so too was modern kobudo similarly influenced. Introduced to the mainland of pre-war Japan during an era of radical military escalation, the original practice & purpose of karate & kobudo took on characteristics uniquely Japanese and have, for the most part, remained that way.

Damo W

Gyaku-waza

Gyaku-waza is the art of protecting oneself against unprovoked acts of physical violence.

The term, Gyaku-waza, literally means reversal-techniques, and describes a group of close-quarter self-defense practices originally developed to be used against being violently seized and controlled by an aggressive opponent. Dating back to a time before the development and propagation of modern styles, these old-school self-defense practices are based entirely upon those original empty-handed and one-against-one domestic acts of physical violence, which habitually plagued the 19th century southern Chinese culture, from where this art evolved.

Gyaku-waza represents the pathway between physical engagement, responding appropriately and controlling or submitting an opponent, without the use of lethal force.

Once cloaked in an iron-clad ritual of secrecy these time-honoured, and highly functional prescribed application practices, employ an impressive collection of fighting tactics ranging from percussive impact, joint manipulation, limb entanglement, nerve pressure and cavity seizing, to blood and air deprivation, balance displacement, and controlling an opponent in both a standing clinch and or on the ground.

The attack scenarios range from the classical wrist, hair and garment grabs, being seized from various standing positions, the dangerous clinch, headlock, full nelson, and various kinds of bear hugs, to different kinds of chokes, joint locks and limb manipulations, single/double leg takedown, and defending oneself on the ground, including escaping the mount, passing the guard and dealing with back control, along with being punched and kicked in the face by the attacker while down.

From a defensive point of view, Gyaku-waza is a complete method in and of itself without the need for additional measures.

Doug Cartel

Damo, it looks like you're having a bit of a conversation with yourself here. Can you knock it on the head please?

If people want to ask you about your seminar you're free to discuss it, but if not you're going to have to let it drop.

Damo W

Doug Cartel wrote: »

Damo, it looks like you're having a bit of a conversation with yourself here. Can you knock it on the head please?

If people want to ask you about your seminar you're free to discuss it, but if not you're going to have to let it drop.

Sure, I thought I'd give a little info on the weekend and split it up into the relevant days/areas, rather than putting it all in one long mail. (Couldn't do it all in one go....)

Feel free to delete or I will if you want.