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Shiro Kuma asked in SportsMartial Arts · 1 decade ago

Anybody know about the 'Shiro Kuma' kata?

So, I was really bored, and tried to Googling my own nick name. Among the top results was a blog from a bujinkan practitioner, and a link to a wikipedia article on karateka Motobu Chōki, since he is supposed to have created his own kata called Shiro Kuma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motobu_Ch%C5%8Dki#Tra... )

Now, I'm not a karateka, and I don't think I have what it takes to fully appreciate what a karate kata entails, but I am curious. Does anybody have more information about the Shiro Kuma kata?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Nobody knows anything about this one , only the name .

    Choki Motobu had a lot of students ( wellknown names ) but most of them took only parts of his teachings and incorporated them into their own systems . But they ceirtainly gave him credit due .

    Even his son was not taught this kata . Only few members of Chokki Motobu original Daidokan Dojo survived the WW2 . His son Chosei Motobu made a super dvd about Chokki Motobu personal system , but Shiro Kuma is not there . Its forgotten treasure . But his jiyu hon kumite and kata Naihanchi is worth checking out nevertheless .

    Im sure sooner or later will come up some weirdo claiming that he found or knows this kata .

    Edit : @ scandal - im sorry, but in his interview from 2002 Chosei Motobu is said that he trained with his father only from age of 14 till 17 and then with Shinpan Shiroma .

    Its time to let go man . Shiro Kuma is lost .

  • 1 decade ago

    I don't believe that it is a "lost" kata at all.

    I'm sure his son does know it but will not teach it. It's a shame because Motobu Sensei was a true fighter and I am sure that kata is made up of great technique.

    He was not allowed to learn his Family's art because he loved to fight and started many fights. I believe that Shiro Kuma was based on the techniques he picked up while trying to learn from whoever he could.

    Sad.

  • 1 decade ago

    It seems as though it was never handed down. That's unfortunate :(

  • 1 decade ago

    First I've heard of it. But it is interesting.

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