Nunchaku & Stick Encyclopedia Book by Busen Arakawa (Preowned)

Busen Arakawa was a master martial artist and the founder of Sokan-Ryu Kobudo. He was a senior student of Kanki Izumikawa, an instructor in Hawaii, a student of Shinken Taira, and a famous "God of the Nunchaku" who authored several books and booklets on kobudo.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

• The Origin of the Double-Jointed Stick

• The Emergence of Nunchaku

• Japanese Nunchaku Before Bruce Lee

• Double-Sectioned Stick and Three-Sectioned Stick

• From China

Tradition

• Occurrence in Okinawa

• The Mystery of the Nunchaku String Hole

Development of Sokan-ryu Sosetsu Kondo

• The Founding of Sokan-ryu Sosetsu Kondo

• Improvement Period of Sokan-Type Nunchaku

• Sokan-ryu Fudo-gaeshi

• Birth: The Prototype of the Sokan-Style Double-Jointed Stick

• The Spirit of Sokan-ryu Sosetsu Kondo

Martial Arts and Courtesy

• The Spirit of Courtesy

• Dojo Etiquette

• Terminology Used in Sokan-ryu Nunchaku Do

Form of the Sokan-ryu Double-Sectioned Stick

• Reinforcement Around the String Hole

• Material

• Length and Weight

• Connecting Strings

  • Two Strings

  • One String

  • Wool Braided String

  • Leather String

  • Iron Chain

  • Simple Leather Connecting String

• Anti-Slip

• Sounding Hole

• Decorative Tassel

• Care and Coating

• Weapon Decoration

• Procedure for Making a Sokan-Style Double-Jointed Stick

Characteristics of the Sokan-ryu Double-Jointed Stick

• Function

• Usage Tactics

Basics of Double-Jointed Stick Grip

• Club Grip and Anti-Slip

• Crystal Fist Heart

• Straight Line Grasp

• Slash Grasp

• Right Angle Grasp

Martial Arts Posture

• Standing Double-Jointed Staff Carrying Etiquette

• Upright Posture

• Double-Jointed Stick Carrying Posture

• Switching Between Hands: True and Approximate

• Holding and Sheathing a Double-Jointed Staff

• Standing Bows

  • Superior Bow

  • Mutual Bow

  • Battle Bow

Sitting Double-Jointed Stick Carrying Etiquette

• Sitting and Placing the Double-Jointed Stick

  • Seiza and Lower Back

  • Bottom of Body Base

  • Arms and Hands

  • Knee Opening Angle

  • Tanden and Breathing

• Seated Bows

  • Superior Bow

  • Mutual Bow

  • Standing Bow

  • Battle Bow

• Picking Up the Double-Jointed Stick and Standing

• Training Clothes

  • Wearing Training Clothes

  • Folding Hakama

Basic Way of Standing

• Strengthening Legs and Hips

• Foundation of the Feet

• Stances

  • Musubidachi

  • Hachijidachi

  • Fishing Foot Standing

  • Natural Standing

  • Fudo-dachi

  • Hindoku-dachi

  • Bent Stance

  • Split Side Bent Stance

  • Cat Stance

  • Sumo Stance

  • Heron Stance

  • Cross Stance

  • Iaido Standing

Subsidy Campaign

• Starting Practice: Toukimo

• Winding Swing Exercises

  • Forward and Backward Bending

  • Side Bending

  • Upper Body Torsion

  • One-Hand Inversion

  • Right-Hand Rotation

  • Vertical Swing

  • One-Hand Turning

  • Alternating Left and Right Vertical Swing

  • Left-Hand Rotation

  • Cross Swing

  • Alternating Left and Right Continuous Rotation

  • Alternating Up and Down Continuous Rotation

Practicing Basic Techniques

• Preparation Before Starting Practice

• Basic Techniques

  • Upper-Level Strike

  • Upper-Level Thrust

  • Rotating Upper-Level Strike

  • Upper-Level Block

  • Middle-Level Block

  • Lower-Level Block

  • Follow-Up Cart

• Upper Hit

Basic Swing Techniques

• Kotegaeshi

  • Repackaging

  • Horizontal Return

  • Cross-Turned

  • Waterwheel-Turned

  • Fudo-gaeshi

• Fudo-gaeshi Movement Practice

  • 90-Degree Turn

  • 180-Degree Turn

  • 270-Degree Turn

  • 360-Degree Turn

• Practicing Basic Swing Techniques

• Moving in a Straight Line with Fudo-gaeshi

• Circular Movement Practice of Fudo-gaeshi

Practicing Kata

• Three Elements of Kata

  • Speech of the Kata

  • Degree of the Warrior's Five Costumes

  • Kata's Final Performance

• Types

  • Sect Type

  • Fudo Type

• Double-Barreled Staff Stance

Sokan-ryu Self-Defense Nunchaku

• Length of the String

• Tying and Untying the String

• Nunchaku Self-Defense Kumite

Double-Jointed Stick Advanced Forward Striking Practice

• Typing Practice

• Aiming Practice

• Trial Folding Practice

Practicing Bodo

• Material and Shape of the Stick

• Holding and Carrying the Stick

• Grip Positions

• Changing the Grip

  • On-the-Fly Grip

  • Forward Grip

  • Sliding Grip

• Basic Stick Technique Practice

  • Upper-Level Strike

  • Middle-Level Thrust

  • Upper-Level Strike Block

  • Four-Way Strike Block

  • Upper and Lower Tier Support

  • Pipe Thrust

The Style of the Pole

• The Staff of Mercy and Martial Arts

• Proposed by the Zhou Clan

Four-Way Striking Practice with Double-Jointed Sticks

• Double-Jointed Stick vs. Six-Foot Stick Pair Demonstration

• Entry and Exit Etiquette for Group Demonstrations

• Five Copies of Nunchaku vs. Six-Foot Stick Basic Set Martial Arts

• Nunchaku vs. Six-Foot Stick Ouyou Group Enwu (Three Copies)

• Nunchaku vs. Six-Foot Stick Ouyou Group Enwu (Five Copies)

Seated Group Performs Martial Arts

• Sitting Posture and Double-Jointed Stick

• Sokan-ryu Iai-Type Nunchaku

• Unannounced Practice

• Making Surprise Announcements

• Sitting Posture Four-Way Strikes

  • Forward Strike

  • Right Strike

  • Left Strike

  • Backward Strike

Double-Sectioned Stick vs. Six-Foot Stick

• Sitting and Placing/Holding the Stick

• Nunchaku vs. Six-Foot Stick Zafa Group Performance (Eight)

A List of the Sokan-ryu Double-Sectioned Staff

• Chronology of the Sokan-ryu Sosetsu Kondo

Afterword

Language: Japanese

Length: 294 pages

Publication date: 1985