This introductory lesson goes over all the things one should know about our style and history, as well as a few thanks to teachers.  Learn about the founder of Kukishinden, the rescue of Go Daigo, the famous battle where Kuki earned his name and who was responsible to keeping the information alive after the firebombing of scrolls in World War 2. 

Lecture 2 begins with a meditation to prepare our mind and body for training.  This Bo Staff method is much more than simply fighting, it is also a way to enhance our lives and health through regular practice.  Class 2 is warm ups, techniques, and a review of Kamae or stances from class one - a previous video series available on Udemy called Kukishinden Basics by Spencer Bolejack.  This lecture prepares us for the first two kata which begin in the next class.

This lecture will train you in our first two kata from Kukishin Ryu.  Footwork, handling, angling, distance, and timing are all explored from multiple camera angles.  We then begin the training with our partner, and finally change the timing to simulate fighting to better understand the feel of each movement.  Continue your own training by using counters, and counters to counters, as well as free flow follow ups with locks chokes takedowns and body weapons as skill and safety allow.  Keep an eye out for future videos covering these options in detail.

Lecture 4 explores Ura Suso Otoshi and Ippon Sugi.  We begin by slowly learning on our own and move into partner training with different feeling and slight variations of technique.

Our final lecture on this ryu introduces new warm ups and handling drills for Bo Staff and finishes with Taki Otoshi, our kata 5 from selected examples of Kukishinden Ryu.  In closing you will get to see a little footage of recording the soundtrack for this video and my helpful crew.  You will also see other things I do and learning opportunities, as well as my custom blade smithing business and where to find out more information. 

This is a free bonus included for students who would like to train more material for traditional Bo Staff.  Kobudo Kata are power striking styles and more traditional in their format for solo practice.  This lecture covers most of the complete form, giving the student an addition style and school of thought as well as new techniques to add to their arsenal for self defense with a staff. 

Part 2 of my free bonus offering for you.  This is a last portion of a traditional Bo Kata from a harder power striking style.  Thank you for joining me for training, please stay in touch.