Free Download Ryusho Sakagami – Ancient Martial Arts of Ryukyu Islands. Series II: Sai of Tsukenshitahaku. リュウショウ サカガミー。 琉球 古 武 道 シ リー ズ II. サイ《聿堅志多伯の釵》
Tokaido Co. Ltd. | 1972 | ISBN: N/A | 日本語 / English | 24 pages | PDF | 3.7 MB
Although today interest in and development of karate are reaching highlevels in all parts of the world, the ancient martial arts of the Ryukyu Isalnds (especially Okinawa) that are an integral part of true karate- Bo, Sai, Nunchaku, Tonfa, Tempei, Tetsuko, Nichokama, and Suruchinare on the verge of oblivion. However, recently some of the men who are devoted both to karate and to the more ancient martial arts are doing much to sponsor a reevalutaion and revitalization of the forerunners modern karate.These kata were passed on from generation to generation and to the present by word of mouth It is thought that many more kata once existed than are known today, but gradually time and teachers weeded out those that were either unsuitable or difficult to remember. Most of the names of the kata are either those used by the men who devised them or refer to place names.
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