Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Chotoku Kyan's Bo

Hanshi Dan Smith just returned from Okinawa, where he's working with his instructor, Hanshi Zempo Shimabukuro, on a new book. While there, he witnessed the presentation of legendary karate grandmaster Chotoku Kyan's personal bo to Zempo Sensei by the Kyan Family. Hanshi Smith wrote a nice piece on the presentation on his Seibukan Blog. It has a great video clip on the bo and Hanshi Shimabukuro describing how it was constructed, facts about size and shape of old bows, and demonstrates its use. http://www.seibukan.us/Blog/EntryId/18/April-Visit-to-Okinawa-Kyans-Bo.aspx
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5 comments:

  1. JohnApril 13, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    Very interesting... I wonder if I can find a palm tree bo? I'd love to have one to hand down generation to generation.

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  2. Jim MatherApril 14, 2011 at 3:45 PM

    I imagine if he lived where you live he'd have made it of pine or oak. ;-)

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  3. JohnApril 14, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    Got ya Hanshi =)

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  4. oldtaijiApril 15, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    Wonderful to see such a relic of martial art history..

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  5. Jim MatherApril 15, 2011 at 5:56 PM

    I've not touched the Kyan bo. But when I've had the opportunity to touch or hold similar items in the past, it's always felt like I could feel the hands of the user and connected directly with the past. It's a treasure.

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