Shuji no Hanbo Sogo-Kumite | 周氏の半棍 綜合組手

Shuji no Hanbo Sogo-Kumite (or 周氏の半棍 綜合組手 in Japanese) consists of five comprehensive fighting sequences of Hanbo (or semi Bo) versus Bo that are derived from the Shuji kata of Ryukyu Kobujutsu. To begin with, Shuji (周氏; also transcribed as ‘Shūshi’) – literaly means ‘Mr. Shū’. According to tradition, the Bojutsu Master Shū from Shanghai lived around the year 1831 at the rear of the Sōgenji in Okinawa, Naha, Asato. Within Ryukyu Kobujutsu, three versions of Shuji kata are preserved. Next, Kumite (or 組手 in Japanese) means ‘sparring’. Thirdly, ‘sogo’ (or 綜合 in Japanese; sōgō) means ‘composite’, ‘synthesis’, ‘integration’, or ‘putting together’. It has become customed to translate these forms of Kumite as ‘comprehensive’. In this video (recorded on 9 December 2024), budoka Johan Oldenkamp, a former national champion from the Netherlands, performs the five comprehensive fighting sequences for the (three) Shuji kata with the Hanbo. For more information, go to:
https://Ryukyu-Kobujutsu.org