- Kūsankū (クーサンクー) or Kōshōkun (公相君) was a
Chinese martial artist who is said to have
visited Okinawa during the
Ryukyu Kingdom in the mid-18th century....
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karate and is
practiced mainly in the Shuri-te lineage. It is also
called Kūshankū (クーシャンクー), Kōshōkun (公相君) or Kankū (観空).
Variations of Kūsankū include...
- 'Chatanyara
Kushanku', the kata was
taught to
Teruo Hayashi by
Nagamine Shoshin.
Chatanyara kushanku is one of many
variants of the po****r '
Kushanku' family...
- Wadō-ryū:
Pinan Nidan,
Pinan Shodan,
Pinan Sandan,
Pinan Yodan,
Pinan Godan,
Kūshankū, Naihanchi,
Seishan and Chintō.[full
citation needed] However,
after his...
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Funakoshi modified the
Pinan forms to
Heian forms,
introducing his
version of
Kushanku (actually
renamed Kanku Dai). The 5 kata were
Pinans Shodan, Nidan, Sandan...
- of Shotokan: Funakoshi's
Original 15 Kata; Part 2 - Pinan, Naihanchi,
Kushanku & P****ai Kata [1]
Nathan Johnson –
Barefoot Zen: The
Shaolin Roots of Kung...
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known disciple was
Bushi Takemura. He
developed a
version of the kata (型)
Kushanku that is
still trained in Genseiryū and
Bugeikan today. One of Takemura's...
- was nine
years old, he
started the
study of the
karate katas Channan and
Kūshankū from Su****a Ueshima, an Akō
police officer who was
originally from Okinawa...
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Shotokan and Motobu-ryū both,
primarily soft
mainly natural Primary: Pinan,
Kushanku, Naihanchi, Seishan, and Chintō. Secondary: Jion, Wanshu, Jitte, Rohai...
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scholars theorize about the
legendary Chinese master known in
Okinawa as
Kushanku,
being in fact Wang
Zongyue Doc Fai-Wong; Hallander, Jane Tai Chi Chuan's...
