In the Taira lineage of Kobudo that I learned from Minowa sensei and Yoshimura sensei there are several old and technically complex bo kata that are taught including: Chinen Shiki Yanaka no kon (知念志喜屋仲の棍), Choun no kon (趙雲の棍), Chatan Yara no kon (北谷屋良の棍), Tsuken bo (津堅棒), Sesoko no kon (瀬底の棍), and Soeishi no kon (添石の棍). Oddly enough, as was recently... Read more → ...
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