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2007's version:
A short report about Ryûkyû Kobudô Tesshinkan, its history and how it is practised in Germany. The sequences you watch have been filmed during trainings, competitions, shows and some have been made for this video especially. Unfortunately the entire spoken text is German. Here is its translation:
In 1911 YABIKU MODEN, a student of the SHURI-TE-master ITOSU, founded the RYÛKYÛ KOBUJUTSU KENKYÛ KAI in order to preserve RYÛKYÛ KOBUJUTSU, which was about to die out.

In 1955 TAIRA SHINKEN, a student of MODEN YABIKU and of FUNAKOSHI GICHIN, too, founded the still today existing RYÛKYÛ KOBUDÔ HOZON SHINKO KAI. He wanted to fulfill the work of his master YABIKU MODEN and was able to preserve 36 kata. He has been responsible for the change from KOBUJUTSU to KOBUDÔ.

His masterstudent AKAMINE EISUKE led this organization from master TAIRA's death in 1970 until his own one in 1999. Unfortunately some kata were lost meanwhile.

After master AKAMINE had died, the head of RYÛKYÛ KOBUDÔ HOZON SHINKO KAI broke up and one his most highly-ranked students, master TAMAYOSE HIDEMI founded on May 22nd in 1999 the RYÛKYÛ KOBUDÔ TESSHINKAN in order to preserve and hand down this KOBUDÔ unchanged he has been taught by master AKAMINE EISUKE. By awarding TAMAYOSE-Sensei with 9th Dan and KAICHÔ-title by OKINAWA KEN KOBUDÔ RENMEI the RYÛKYÛ KOBUDÔ TESSHINKAN was recognized as independent style de facto. Since that time RYÛKYÛ KOBUDÔ has been spreading into USA, CANADA, GERMANY, RUSSIA, Czech Republik, Great Britain and the Baltic.

Kobudô Kwai Germany represents that stile by technical supervision of Frank Pelny, a direct student of Master Tamayose. The Kobudô Kwai Germany yearly organizes a particular TESSHINKAN-Europe-Championship and many Tesshinkan-seminars. Taking part in German Championships the TESSHINKAN-Kobudôka are always able to reach the front places.

The handling of eight weapons is taught in TESSHINKAN:
Bô - the long staff, Tekkô - knuckledusters, Nunchaku - a threshing flail, Sai - iron-truncheon, Tunfa - the grip of a rice mill, Tinbe and Rôchin - shield and a short spade, Kama - the sickle and Êku - the oar. In Germany, where Tekkô and Nunchaku are prohibited by law, legal substitutes are used instead of these.

Particular characteristics of TESSHINKAN are clearly defined techniques and the distinct use of hip-movements to support a techniques strength. For methodical reasons at the beginning of kobudô-training the main emphasis is put on the right development of hip-movements. Therefore this style may appear relatively statical and unaggressive. But watching professionals lets this style appear as very dynamic and aggressive. All in all the TESSHINKAN KOBUDÔ goes with the principles of SHÔTÔKAN KARATE well. TAIRA SHINKEN, the founder of RYÛKYÛ KOBUDÔ and teacher of AKAMINE EISUKE, had been a student and assisstent of FUNAKOSHI GICHIN for eight years. Master Funakoshi himself has also been an expert in SAI and BÔ.

In 2004 Frank Pelny and Sebastian Edelmann developed a KYÛ-examination-programme authorized by Tamayose Sensei. In 2007 the first book about TESSHINKAN written by Frank Pelny was published. It is the first book to show the public the techniques of TESSHINKAN KOBUDÔ. Furthermore there are a series of teaching plates about TESSHINKAN.

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