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    Koryu Goju Ryu Karate Jutsu: Basic Principles (English edition)
    Koryu Goju Ryu Karate Jutsu: Basic Principles (English edition)
    Koryu Goju Ryu Karate Jutsu: Basic Principles (English edition)
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    Koryu Goju Ryu Karate Jutsu: Basic Principles (English edition)

    By Heinrich Büttner

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    Traditional Okinawa Goju Ryu Karate and Kobujutsu in Kenshikai Attitude According to Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBooks on Demand
    Release dateAug 2, 2018
    ISBN9783752826715
    Koryu Goju Ryu Karate Jutsu: Basic Principles (English edition)
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    Heinrich Büttner

    Heinrich Büttner was born in Bamberg, Bavaria and began his training in Karate 1974 and has continued training ever since. He first travelled 1997 to Okinawa where he meets his Kobudo teacher Gakiya Yosiaki. After training with Dr. Hokama he decided to refocus on learning Okinawan Goju-Ryu Kenshikai instead, which represents the older methods. Since 2008 he is the representative of Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro and Okinawa Goju Ryu Kenshikai in Germany.

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      Koryu Goju Ryu Karate Jutsu - Heinrich Büttner

      Acknowledgments

      My special thanks go to my teachers Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro, Gakiya Yoshiaki, Yogi Jyusei, Patrick McCarthy, and Koda Toshio. They taught and supported me for many decades whilst I saught to learn and practice Karate and Kobujutsu. Without the support and help of my teachers I would have never got this far.

      I also thank my students, especially Tanja Ganzemüller. Jochen Kiltz and Goran Mesic, who with words and deeds helped me write this book. A special thanks to my student Michael Hyland and his mother for the translation into English.

      An especially big thank you goes to my Mother. Without her I would surely never have started Karate and would not have progressed on my way.

      Heinrich Büttner, December 2016

      Contents

      Introduction by the Author

      Introduction by Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro

      Roots of Karate

      The Beginning of the Chinese Kempo

      Martial Arts coming to Okinawa

      Ban of Arms

      The Development of Karate in Okinawa

      The Emergence of Naha-Te

      The four main schools of Karate in Okinawa

      Aragaki Seisho 新垣 世璋 (1840 ~ 1920)

      Higaonna Kanryo 東恩納寛量先生 (10th March 1853 ~ 23rd December 1915)

      Kyoda Juhatsu 許田 重発先生 (5th December 1887 ~ 31st August 1968)

      Go Kenki 呉賢貴 (1886 ~ 1940)

      Miyagi Chojun 宮城長順先生 (25th April 1888 ~ 8 October 1953)

      Graph of the Higaonna Line

      Graph of the Goju Ryu Line

      Higa Seiko 比嘉世幸先生 (8th November 1898 ~ 16th April 1966)

      Yagi Meitoku 八木明徳先生 (6th March 1912 ~ 7th February 2003)

      Toguchi Seikichi 渡口政吉先生 (20th May 1917 ~ 31st August 1998)

      Miyazato Ei'ichi 宮里栄一先生 (5th July 1922 ~ 11th December 1999)

      Fukuchi Seiko 福地精幸先生 (4th September 1919 ~ 18th July 1975)

      Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro 外間哲弘先生 (*14th September 1944 ~ )

      The Princes Amawari, Gosamaru and Uni-Ufugusuku

      Stamps with Karate-Motifs

      Junbi Undo 準備運動 (Warming Up Exercises)

      Hojo Undo 補助運動 (Additional exercises)

      Nigiri Game 握りがめ (Gripping Jars)

      Chi Ishi 据石 (Stone Weights on Wooden Poles)

      Ishi Sashi石錠 (Stone Padlock)

      Tetsu Geta鉄下駄 (Iron Sandals)

      Makiagi Kigu 巻揚 (Wrist Roller)

      Makiwara巻藁 (Padded Striking Post)

      The Stances of the Okinawa Goju Ryu 立ち技

      Basic principles of Stances

      Commonality of all Stances

      Sanchin Dachi 三戦立ち (Three Battle Stance)

      Musubi Dachi 結び立ち (Attention Stance)

      Heiko Dachi 平行立ち (Parallel Stance)

      Shiko Dachi 四股 立ち (Horse Stance)

      Zenkutsu Dachi 前屈 立ち (Forward Stance)

      Nekoashi Dachi 猫足立 (Cat foot Stance)

      Unsoku-ho 運足法 (Foot Movements)

      Step Movement in Sanchin Dachi

      Step Movement in Zenkutsu Dachi

      Yori Ashi 寄り足前/後ろ

      Tsugi Ashi 次足

      Oi Ashi 追い足

      Mawate 回て/回る (Turning)

      Defensive Techniques 受け技

      Jodan Age Uke 上段揚げ受け

      Chudan Yoko Uke 中段横受け

      Gedan Uke 下段受け

      Chudan Kake Uke 中段掛け受け

      Chudan Ko Uke 中段弧受け

      Chudan Ura Uke 中段裏受け

      Gedan Shotei Harai Uke 下段掌底払い受け

      Kuri Uke くり受け

      Mawashi Uke / Tora Guchi 回し受け/虎口

      Kick and Strike Techniques 突き/打技

      Hand Techniques 手技

      Seiken Zuki 正拳突き

      Ura Zuki 裏突き

      Age Zuki 揚げ突き

      Shuto Uchi (Suihei) 手刀打 （水平）

      Shuto Uchi 手刀打

      Mawashi Zuki 回し突き

      Haito Uchi 指刀打

      Shotei Ate 掌底当て

      Uraken Uchi (Mae) 裏拳打 （前）

      Kentsui Uchi 拳追打

      Mae Hiji Ate 前肘当て

      Mawashi Hiji Ate 回し肘当て

      Foot Techniques

      Hiza Geri 膝蹴り

      Mae Geri 前蹴り

      Mawashi Geri 回し蹴り

      Yoko Geri 横蹴り

      Kansetsu Geri 間接蹴り

      Kata 形 or 型

      Kata Sanchin 参戦 [三戦] (Three Battles, Three Conflicts)

      Kata Saifa 砕破 or サイファー

      Selected Bunkai of the Kata Saifa 選択分解型砕破

      Kihon Kata Ichi for Bo-Jitsu

      Recollections 思い出

      About the Author

      Literature

      Introduction by the Author

      Here comes yet another book on the market dealing with Karate. Yes one can look at it like that. I have written this book because for many years my students have asked me to share my knowledge with them.

      I am constantly being asked: What is Karate? This question can only be answered with another question: which type of Karate are you thinking of? Sport Karate, competition Karate, Karate with self-defence in mind, Karate as a way, traditional Karate, empty hand or Chinese hand"?

      What therefore is Karate? For me it is a matter of how it is spelt. China-Hand 唐手 or Empty Hand 空手. It was in 1905 that Chomo Hanashiro changed the spelling and shortly afterwards, in 1908, that Itosu Anko wrote, his famous letter to the Ministry of Education demonstrating the importance of Karate in the education of young people, that the old Karate had died.

      Source: en.wikipedia.org

      Group training developed out of single tuition, students could now select their teachers. They were no longer elected by the teacher as before. The Japanese militarism and nationalisms played a big part. Karate became more superficial, more systematic and, most of all, simplified with the aim to be able to teach the masses.

      Today Taekwondo, Thai boxing, Kung-Fu, and of course Karate or Karatedo are some of the most well-known martial arts.

      Within most of these sports different disciplines can be found fights judged by a point system be they with or without contact. Also contactless disciplines like so called formation competitions (Kata, Hyong, Taolu, Kuen, Poomse, Xing) which resemble more a floor exercise or a dance demonstration are judged by a jury.

      During my lessons I try to turn this around and want to teach my students in individual tuition the old ways of Chinese Hand just as I had the pleasure to be taught many years ago by my teacher Hokama Tetsuhiro 10th Dan Hanshi. Though during my lessons, influences acquired from Patrick McCarthy 9th Dan Hanshi also play a large role.

      What then is Karate 唐手? If you put the sporting aspect to one side, then it is a way of self-defence. It is certainly not just gymnastic exercise without any reason and purpose.

      I wish all my readers a lot of enjoyment during the course of reading this book.

      Heinrich Büttner

      Introduction by Dr. Hokama Tetsuhiro

      Having seen Büttner Sensei’s book I found it most interesting.

      I opened my Karate museum in 1987. Since then around 7000 people from 174 nations have come to visit, they have found many interesting things here, especially those concerning the history of Karate. I am a kind of tourist guide to the historical sites, like tombs of past masters and other interesting places. I also offer sightseeing tours to sites of interest relating to Karate from Okinawa.

      My museum holds many books on Karate from all around the world. These books give a lot of insight into the technique of Junbi Undo and many more.

      Büttner Sensei has been coming to Okinawa for many years to train and to research the history of Karate and Kobudo. He trained with Gakiya Yoshiaki and Yogi Jyusei Okinawa Kobudo and with me Okinawa Goju Ryu Karatedo. On top of that he did a lot of his own research.

      In his book there is a chapter which relates to the history, the grand masters of Goju Ryu Karatedo, the techniques, and Katas.

      I think it is difficult for anybody to write about a foreign land.

      Together with his students Tanja, Jochen, and Goran he achieved a great piece of work with this book; and in my view he has a great future.

      This book is the result of hard work and I hope many readers will enjoy it.

      Hokama Tetsuhiro

      PhD in Karate

      10th Dan Hanshi Goju Ryu Karatedo and Okinawa Kobudo

      President of Karate Museum in Okinawa

      Hall of fame USA (2011), Holland (2011) und Canada (2015)

      Roots of Karate

      Ancient cultures and the origin of fighting

      All creatures have the instinct to defend themselves against their enemies. Even a small child tries to protect itself from being hit on the head by using their arms and hands. This involuntary reaction is an instinctive reflex of self-defence. It is therefore quite natural to assume that the elements from which Karate originate, evolved from this instinct at the beginning of mankind. The traditions of martial art developed from different people in different cultures, particularly within the ancient civilizations in Central Asia, Egypt, Crete, and Greece. If the historians are to be believed, the origin of civilization lies in Mesopotamia, the land between Euphrates and Tigris. There, in the Sumerian fort city of Urq, archaeologists have found shards of clay depicting illustrations of men wrestling and boxing.

      1) Sumerian, 2) Egypt, 3) Crete late Minoan period, 4) India, 5) China, 6) Okinawa

      Map of Mesopotamia (Wikipedia)

      Although there is no substantiated evidence at which point of time techniques similar to Karate were developed, there are however many indications towards it. The 4300 years old Egyptian tomb of Ptahshopte in Saqqara depicts on its wall men in stances resembling Karate stances. Further indications are two small Babylonian artworks from the time 2000 to 3000 BC. Each show the characteristics of basic blocking techniques, which we use in Karate today.

      Boxer and fencer in Tomb of

      Ptahshopte in Saqqara

      Boxer in light thongs and with

      wrist-bandages from the city of Ashunnak

      (Louvre Paris)

      Juvenile Boxers from Thera

      (Archeologic Museum Athens)

      In Greece there is a depiction of

      Pankration, introduced to the Olympic

      Games in 648 BC. This saw boxing and

      wrestling techniques, including kicks,

      holds, locks and chokes on the ground.

      The only thing not acceptable was

      gouging out the opponent's eyes. The

      fights

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