Nakamura no Sai

[mattys]

I was wondering if anyone possessed a recording of this kata which I could download. I was taught this kata by my sensei about a year ago and recently I have found information telling me that I have been doing this kata incorrectly, though my sensei taught it to me that way. In any case, I was wondering if anyone had any videos or clips or whatever of Nakamura no Sai.

[swdw]

You may not have been taught in incorectly, but differently. There are so many variations on weapons kata that telling someone there's is wrong is often out of place.

There are so many variations of the Tokimine no Kun kata it'd make your head spin, but the variations mostly aren't wrong, just different. Do it the way you were taught. If you've introduced your own mistakes into the kata, that is the time you need to be corrected.

[Sauzin]

Ummm, let's see, Nakimura no sai was first called Kuniyoshi no sai by Odo. Now just to make sure we are talking about the same kata this is a rather repetitive kata that goes something like:

-Bow

-Open in horse stance double low

-Step left foot forward & mid block

-Step & mid block

(Key 1)

-Step & head strike

-Step & head strike

-Shuffle & right low block

-Punch left, then punch right

-Shuffle & double low block

-Large drawback shuffle & double punch

-Bend wrists up & double collar bone strike

-180 turn counterclockwise & left side block

-Shuffle & low block

-Punch right, then punch left

(End of Key 1)

-Turn 90 degrees clockwise & right side block

-Shuffle & right low block

-Left punch then right punch

-Turn 180 degrees counterclockwise & left side block

-Shuffle & left low block

-Right punch then left punch

-Turn 90 degrees clockwise with right foot forward & right hand head strike

(Repeat Key 1)

-Step right foot forward into horse stance

-Side block with right hand while hook punching with left.

-Turn 90 degrees clockwise to side & right low block

-Punch left then punch right

-Turn 90 degrees counterclockwise by stepping back with left foot into horse stance

-Side block with left hand will hook punching with left.

-Turn counterclockwise & low block with left hand

-Punch right then punch left

-Turn 90 degrees clockwise with right foot forward & right hand head strike

(Repeat Key 1)

-Look to right & step left foot on the ground right foot up in crane stance & right low block (sai out)

-Step down right foot forward and right low block

-Punch left then punch right

-Look behind and step right foot on the ground left foot up in crane stance & left low block (sai out)

-Step down left foot forward and left low block

-Punch right then punch left

-Turn 90 degrees clockwise with right foot forward & right hand head strike

(Repeat Key 1 only don’t do the last low block & two punches)

-Step & right head strike

-Step back into horse stance and left side block

-Stab with right hand through left side block (kia)

-Step back and right mid block

-Jump falling into leaning stance right leg forward & low block left high block right.

-End kata in horse stance double low

-Bring feet together

-Bow

Unfortunately I don’t have a digital copy of this kata. Now if this sounds like the kata you are doing what you could do is link a copy of you doing it and I could point out any differences. Or if you notice something different in the description here we can talk about it.

[SaiFightsMS]

I am going to move this to the weapons area.