Tachimura no Kusanku from KishimotoDi, a rare pre-karate Shuri-Te system.

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I have no idea who runs this YouTube channel, but they made a video about KishimotoDi. Always nice to see this dying art get some publicity. They could have done it without stealing the karate Vitruvian Man logo I commissioned, though

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that really is what it's called in taido, too. taido's a form of martial arts that developed out of okinawan shurite in the '50s and '60s, for the record, which, uh, *also* adds layers to the part where she's planting a foot square in the face of the sunny old symbol of japanese imperialism!

On the lineage of KishimotoDi

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This seminar has come and gone, but I am now booking seminars in 2025!

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