yamanni-ryu

[daizyblackbelt]

out of curiousity...

I've been studying Yamanni-ryu bo and sai somewhat second hand for the last few years and i love it. it's gorgeous to watch (very much unlike traditional, karate influenced bo katas it is flowing, graceful) and brutally effective.

it's being propagated by Sensei Toshio Oshiro (http://www.oshirodojo.com/kobudo.html) who is under orders from his master to spread this previously secret art throughout the world

its two most taught weapons are the bo and sai, though the style incorporates others.

is there anyone else around who is familar with this style?

[GOM]

We used to practise some Yamanni bo and sai kata a fairly long time ago, maybe 10 years or so. But, for some reason that I don't know of, my instructor decided to drop Yamanni styled kata. There is still a little Yamanni influence in our Kobudo kata though.

[username8517]

One of the 8th Dans in our system back in Okinawa holds a fairly high rank in Yamanni-Ryu (what rank that is I'm not entirely positive) so we get to work on some of it when there are seminars. Over the course of the past six months I've been shown the first bo kata and basically been working on it at home. I think there might be a few small details on it that I need to iron out, but at least I can get through it well enough to hold me off until the next seminar.

Also, I've heard that there are some legitimacy issues with people trying to claim senior rank. How true it is I don't know as I haven't seen any documentation supporting either side of the arguement.