Kusanku Dai by Okinawa Dento Karatedo Shinkokai (ODKS, 一般社団法人 沖縄伝統空手道振興会; 'Kata of Shorin-ryu' list)

Record 048 · Kusanku / Kanku · 1922

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Kusanku Dai

Okinawa Dento Karatedo Shinkokai (ODKS, 一般社団法人 沖縄伝統空手道振興会; 'Kata of Shorin-ryu' list)

“Kusanku Dai: the ODKS version.”

ODKS lists Kusanku Dai as a kata. Style: Shorin-ryu (Kobayashi line). Kata group: Kusanku / Kanku. Written 公相君(大). Dated 1922: name documented 1922 (Funakoshi); Itosu line via Chibana dojo 1919 (ODKS).

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Dating

name documented 1922 (Funakoshi); Itosu line via Chibana dojo 1919 (ODKS)

  • “In his 1922 “Ryukyu Kenpo Karate,” Funakoshi also lists an additional 16 kata (Funakoshi, 1922) including: an additional Passai kata (listing both Dai & Sho) and Kushanku kata (listing both Dai & Sho), Gojushiho, Chinte, Jiin, Wandau, Rohai, Jumu, Wando, Sochin, Niseishi, Sanseiru, Suparinpei, Wankan, Kokan, and Ushu.” · fightingarts.com