The kata of Tomari - a Nerd life post

I was looking for something very different in the various blogs I follow, when I came across this translation by Andreas Quast:

“Tomari-te Kata” handed down in the Gōhakukai

This is of an article in Gekkan Karatedo, 2003* and seems to be complementary to my earlier blogs:

Nerd Life: The origins of Naihanchi

and

Shuri and Tomari, Matusumura and Matsumora, Naihanchi

There are nine kata detailed in total, 2 of which are said to have made it into the wider karate world, one which is said to have been inherited by the Gōhakukai (1) and six which are said to have been inherited by by Nakasone Seiyū (2).   What is more interesting in that the sources of the Kata in most cases are explicitly stated and the biggest single source is Matsumora Kōsaku (7 out of 9 kata).

Below I will list the kata with attributed sources, along with a video example if I could find one, which I did for six of the 9 (Kūsankū is a maybe for video):

• Tomari no Naihanchi - Matsumora Kōsaku (1829–1898) received three years of instruction in Tomari no Naihanchi from Uku Karyū (1800-1850). One of two kata said to be mainstream, with many different versions in existence.

Tomari no Naihanchi

• Wansū (Dai) - handed down from Teruya Kisō (Kishin?)( 1804–1864) to Matsumora Kōsaku. (2)
• Wansū (Shō) - handed down from Oyadomari Eirō (1878–1926) to Heianzan Ryōzen (1901–2000). (1)

Tomari no Wanshu 

Not sure which Wansū this is.

• Wankan - handed down from Matsumora Kōsaku to Iha Kōtatsu. (2)

Tomari-te Wankan

•  Chintō - handed down from Matsumora Kōsaku to Iha Kōtatsu. (2)

Tomari Chinto

• Tomari-te no Kūsankū  - handed down from Matsumora Kōsaku to Iha Kōtatsu (2)

Kusanku of Master Tatsuo Shimabuku

• Rohai -  handed down from Matsumora Kōsaku to Iha Kōtatsu (2)

Tomari no Rohai

• Passai - handed down from Teruya Kishin to Matsumora Kōsaku and Oyadomari Kōkan (1827–1905).  This is one of the most widely acknowledged Tomari kata, especially as Oyadomari Passai.

Oyadomari Passai 

• Rinkan - inherited from Nakasone Seiyū, no further information given in the article (2)

Hope you found this of interest, if you got this for, thank you for reading.

“Shuri-te, Naha-te toha kotonaru maboroshi no Karate – Tomari-te nazo ni semare!” (Extremely rare Karate different from Shuri-te and Naha-te – Approaching the Mystery of Tomari-te!) In: Gekkan Karatedō. February Issue 2003. Fukushōdō 2003.