Ryufa and the dragon's hand

A rare footage of Shukomine teaching the orignal kata Ryufa, showing the use of dragon's hand (ryu-no-te). This technique was characteristic of Izumigawa/Akamine/Higa's old Goju-ryu teaching, and it was one of the personal technique of Akamine in kumite. It is found also in the Ichikawa/Ohtsuka's teaching (Izumigawa lineage). It is a typical Naha-te technique. Notice that in the original Akamine style, the Goju (pre-war) was diferent of today in the kata program and in he use of open hand and nekoashi-dachi in kumite.

This passage is transmitted wrongly by some schools supposedly from the Akamine's lineage. See as do it rightly below.

Kosaku Matsumora, the forgotten master

Old movie about Tomari-te.

Kosaku Matsumora