Showing posts with label Jitte. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jitte. Show all posts

Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Some notes on Jitte

Please remember: none of videos and books can replace a practice in dôjô!

I provide the names of techniques as well as their numbers according to the book of Nakayama Masatoshi "Best Karate. Vol. 7. Jitte, Hangetsu, Empi". Kodansha International, 1985. If some other names are used, then the source is provided.

1. uhai tekubi chûdan osae uke, hidari ken hidari koshi - hips are in hanmi. This is a slow and powerful movement.

2. migi teishô gedan osae uke, hidari teishô chûdan oshi age uke - hips are in shomen. This is also a slow and powerful movement.

4. migi shô tekubi migi sokumen chûdan kake uke, hidari ken hidari koshi - slide to the right (yori ashi) while doing block.

5. migi teishô migi sokumen chûdan yoko uchi, hidari ken hidari koshi - don't move your left foot close to your right foot, but step half of the distance to the right, then step to kiba dachi. Remember bunkai in order to perform the steps correctly, you are moving out of the attack line. Don't turn your hips too early into kiba dachi.

6.-7. and 11.-13. General note: don't turn your hips too early into kiba dachi. Keep hips in shomen while stepping forward and make a power turn into kiba dachi.

15.-18. For a better understanding I would strongly recommend to take a partner with jô or bo or any suitable stick and try the techniques.

I will update this list further, adding some more notes. Please watch the announcement list above!

I sincerely hope that this will help you to perfect the kata further. Osu!

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Supplementary materials for kata training - дополнительные материалы для тренировки по ката: Jitte

Please remember: none of videos and books can replace a practice in dôjô!

Jitte (十手) - "Ten hands" ("10 рук"). There are several explanations of the name. 1) the techniques of the kata gives you a strength of ten men, 2) the techniques of the kata allows to fight again ten opponents, 3) the name of the kata comes from the name of the old weapon jitte (or jutte). Andre Bertel states in his blog that Asai Sensei said "the real meaning of Jitte is that there are ten practical fighting applications within this kata. But all of these use the body heavily but with the limbs light".

It is said that a Chinese castaway taught Jitte together with some other katas in the Tomari region on Okinawa. Funakoshi Sensei could possibly learn this kata from Itosu Anko Sensei.

The techniques of Jitte can be used again bo or jô (long staff or short staff). And, moreover, Jitte can be performed with bo or jô in your hands.

Tora Jo dôjô: Some notes on Jitte

Books:
Nakayama Masatoshi "Best Karate. Vol. 7. Jitte, Hangetsu, Empi"
Hirokazu Kanazawa "Shotokan Karate International Kata (Vol. 2)"
Fiore Tartaglia "Shôtôkan-Kata ab dem Schwarzgurt"

Internet:
"Hangetsu, Jitte & Gankaku" by Andre Bertel
Joe Swift "Roots Of Shotokan: Funakoshi's Original 15 Kata. Part 3 - Seisan, Wanshu, Chinto, Jitte & Jion Kata" - the article with interesting historical information!

Videos:
Jitte performed by Enoeda Keinosuke in the JKA kata film (1960)
Imura Takenori Sensei - Jitte with bunkai

Information about jitte (jutte) weapon:
Video about jitte weapon

Kata Training am Freitag - Kata training on Friday - Тренировка по ката в пятницу: 25.03.2011, 20 Uhr, Freiburg dôjô (Merianschule‏)

Thema des Kata Training am Freitag, 25.03.2011, um 20 Uhr (Merianschule): Jitte! Jeder, die Kata erinnern oder neu erlernen möchte, ist herzlich willkommen. Osu!

Topic of Kata training on Friday, 25.03.2011, at 20:00 (Merianschule): Jitte! Everyone, who want to recall the kata or to learn it, is welcome. Osu!

Тема тренировки по ката в пятницу, 25.03.2011, в 20:00 (Merianschule): Jitte! Приглашаю желающих вспомнить или выучить ката потренироваться вместе. Осу!

Tora Jo dôjô: Supplementary materials for kata training - дополнительные материалы для тренировки по ката: Jitte

Tora Jo dôjô: Some notes on Jitte