The rohai kata are a family of kata practiced in some styles of karate. This kata was called meikyo by funakoshi sensei, and it is a tomarite style kata. In tang soo do and soo bahk do, practitioners have added a board or brick breaking element to the form, which can be performed using either a downward punch or palm strike. Matsumora rohai kata posted on august 17, 2018 author richard munson leave a comment the matsumora rohai form originated in and around the village of tomari, okinawa.
It was taught by matsumura, but it originated much earlier. Shop for books at and browse categories like young adult books, childrens books, mystery books, adult coloring books and cook books. Read download shukokai karate kata pdf pdf download. The various martial art styles that practice matsumora rohai vs matsumura. Rohai kata and bunkai performed by allen hartman shihan 6th dan kuniba ha shito ryu. We show a more grapplingbased application since there are many. There may be differences between the taekwondo version and the karate version of this form. The name translates approximately to vision of a crane or vision of a heron. The shotokhan version of rohai was written by funikoshi and itosou. Found this gem on our facebook page and noticed it wasnt on youtube.
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