首里手愛好会/Society_of_shurite_fans

空手の型をやっていて思うこと

古伝の型-ワンカン、ローハイ/Traditional Kata-Wankan、Rohai

玄制流の型に、ワンカンとローハイという型がある。玄制流のS.I.先生が言うには6段くらいの型とのことであった。S.I.先生は4段で昇段試験を受けるのを止めたと仰っていたので、ワンカン、ローハイは稽古されていないかも知れない(聞いたことがないので話の内容からの憶測です)。
祝嶺制献著の新空手道教範にこれらの型は載っていないが、玄制流宗家を名乗る方が出版された玄制流の教本には掲載されており、他に頼るものもないのでそれで覚えた。ただ、同書は他の型がかなり改変されているので、ワンカン・ローハイもオリジナルとは違うのだろうな、と思っている。
とは言え、他流派等の動画を見ていても何カ所かを除いて特に違和感はない。特に、ワンカンは松林流と技の構成が同じである。

→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIdA_ZK1-nw

疑問点は、例えばワンカンなら最後の突きである。最後に前蹴りと突きの動作が3回続くが、玄制流では最後の突きを右斜め45度に向けて行う。やっているとまるで、狭い道場で壁に邪魔されてやむを得ず方向を変えたのだろうかという感覚になる。何を意図しているのだろう。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE3Ksx_hPrM

ローハイは、玄制流では一つだけだが、他流派では初段から三段まであるようだ(型の中身は知らない)。諸手突きの動作は、玄制流では前手が上段外受け、後ろ手は上段上げ受け(平安二段の最初の動作と同じ)となっている。玄制流ではよく見られる動作である。その回数は他流派が諸手突き3回に対して玄制流では2回である。二段・三段は糸洲安恒氏の創作との説があり、玄制流には存在しないが、動作の違いは改変によるものだろうか(玄制流のローハイは適切な動画見当たらず)。

念のため松林流のローハイを探してみたところ、これもワンカン同様、技の構成がほぼ同じであった。諸手突きも二回。やはり、玄制流は松林流の影響を強く受けているように思われる。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzgerNzYetw

 

なお、無想会の新垣師範の動画でローハイの解説を見つけた。
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR9BDXpP-Pg

ここで鷺足立ちの箇所は相手を掴み、落としつつ膝蹴りを喰らわす動作だと解説されていた。鷺足立ちは、相手からの下段攻撃(蹴りや棒等による)を躱す動作かと思っていたので意外な解釈であった。鷺足立ちは玄制流の阿吽の型や動画で覚えたチンスやワンダウ等、幾つもの型に含まれている。一度解釈を考え直してみよう、と思う。

 

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There are two katas of Genseiryu, called Wankan and Rohai. The teacher of Genseiryu, Mr.S.I. said that they are katas of a 6-dan. Mr. S.I. said that he stopped taking the promotion test at 4-dan grade, so Wankan and Rohai may not have been practiced (it is speculation from the content of the story because I have not heard it).
Although these katas are not listed in the Shin Karatedo Kyohan written by Seiken Shukumine, they are listed in the Genseiryu textbook published by other person (before I described). There is nothing else to rely on, so I learned by it. It was However, I think that Wankan and Rohai may be different from the original, because other katas are considerably modified in this textbook.
That said, there is no particular discomfort when watching other styles of video, except at a few places. In particular, Wankan has the same technique composition as Matsubayashiryu.

→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIdA_ZK1-nw

The question is, for example, in the case of Wankan, the last point. At the end, the forward kick and thrust motions continue three times, but in the Genseiryu, the final thrust is performed at an angle of 45 degrees to the right. When I was doing it, I felt as if I was forced to change direction due to the obstacles (wall?) in the narrow dojo. What was it intended?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE3Ksx_hPrM

 

There is only one Rohai in the Genseiryu, but it seems that there are from the 1'st-dan to the 3'rd-dan in other factions (I do not know the contents of the katas). The thrusts of both hands are with the front hand being the upper outer receive and the rear hand being the upper lift receive(same as the first action of Heian 2dan) in the Genseiryu. The form is often seen in the Genseiryu. Although the number of the motion is 2 times in the Genseiryu, whereas the thrusts of both hands in other factions are 3 times. There is a theory that the 2nd-dan and 3rd-dan are created by Mr. Anko Itosu, but the difference in the movements of 1st-dan may be due to the modification (I can't find an appropriate video for the Rohai of the Genseiryu).

 Just in case, I searched for Rohai of Matsubayashi-ryu, and found that the composition of the technique was almost the same(like as Wankan). The thrusts of both hands are 2 times. After all, Genseiryu seems to be strongly influenced by Matsubayashi-ryu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzgerNzYetw

 

In addition, I found the commentary of Rohi in the video of the Aragaki teacher at the Musokai.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JR9BDXpP-Pg


Here, it was explained that the place where the heron was standing was the action of grasping the opponent and dropping the knee while dropping. It was a surprising interpretation because I thought it was a motion to avoid the lower attack (by a kick or a Bo(=pole or stick or rod)) from the opponent. The heron standing is included in several katas, such as Aun of the Genseiryu, or Chinsu/ Wandau learned in the video. Let's reconsider the interpretation.