Meibuken Genbu Kata -- Meibukan: Meitatsu Yagi

[@drkahara]

Meibuken - the house of the warrior who thinks brightly. This is the literal meaning. I see it for this video for the first time and I'm impressed. At least now I know how Meitasu Yagi looked like back then. Good show of the great Hanshi.

[@NewEnglandBudo]

Yagi Sensei really placed a lot of ko uke into his kai-ha kata.

[@Merrick]

And rear hand placed in front of "the mark" rather than traditional hikitae

[@thesilentgate]

@drkahara Meibukan translates to "House of the pure-minded warrior."

[@MattHenderson108]

Strange that on Lenzi's tapes of Toguchi, a translator quotes Toguchi as saying "Ko-Uke should not be relied upon" but that is one of the trademarks of his additional kata as well. You also see Toguchi using Ko-Uke a lot in pictures and in Kihon. I love using this type of "receiving" and I believe it is hallmark Goju-Ryu. Let's talk soon, JP. M

[@NMCK69]

This and other nuances come partly from travels / research--Baqua and Hsing-I (sp); Dai Sensei and an Uchi Deshi (my teacher, Ikemiyagi Sensei) studied in Taiwan with the masters there, most notably, Master Hung--my teacher spent the better part of three years time there studying with Master Hung in Baqua and Hsing-I. Our 4 "training kata," the Tai-Chi series, were influenced by what was learned and brought back via my teacher. Later kata (above) were developed in part from these studies also.

[@drkahara]

I don't know about more than one translation, but the one I wrote there is the literal. I had to learn it in the "Young Teacher's assistant" course I took a few months ago. Now I have to get ready because in January I shoud have a test for a black belt and I have a belt and a silver medal from the open contest in Italy went on between 5th to 8th of November.

[@mfhalb]

Is it customary in this style to NOT point the toe at the end of the kick?

[@gauravnba]

The head kick (straight kick to the chin) is traditionally hit with the heel. We point the toe in the straight groin kick and round-house kick.

[@drkahara]

I know that, thesilentgate. We just wrote the same meaning in different words' taht's all.

[@MDIS]

Meibukan seems to be rather popular in America ? Hmm

[@CalacaRoja]

There are Meibukan dojos in the United States, México, Colombia, Chile and Argentina

[@kamrynm9780]

Canada too!

[@FreeRunner5000]

@lastremainingsanity lets see you do better