Shudoso
Kata Series
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34m
Shudoso, also called the monk form, is presented in dedication to Robert Trias, the first man to open a martial arts school in this country and a major figure in the preservation of Kosho Ryu. The form was located on rare 16mm film at a garage sale by Art Keawe, one of Trias's chief instructors, and was originally taught to only a handful of Trias's students. Hanshi Juchnik performs the form at full speed and in slow motion, walking through the sanchin dachi opening, ibuki and nagare breathing, the stepping sequences, and bunkai applications, with the form preserved as a Trias kata while the bunkai remains rooted in Kosho Ryu and the Octagon.
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