Hozoin Yari

[Otagiri Tatsuzou]

Bumped into the following link for Hozoin spear history and technique:
www4.kcn.ne.jp/~hozoin/E-index.html

Dave Lowry's Hozoin article:
www.koryubooks.com/library/dlowry10.html

Songs from the Way of the Spear ( ):
blacksword.net/journals/jrn961103.html

[Otagiri Tatsuzou]

Die Kata der Hozoin ryu

Die 35 Kata der Hozoin ryu gliedern sich in jeweils 14 originale Omote- (Basis, offensichtliche Techniken) und 14 Ura-Formen (Fortschritt, verdeckte Techniken), sowie 7 Shin-Formen, (Neue Kata), die auf Takada Matabei zurückzuführen sind. Die folgenden Übersetzungen der Kata-Namen verzichten absichtlich auf eine deutsche Sinngebung oder Deutung, da Namen in den Kriegskünsten oft auch Metapher oder Umschreibungen sind, die nur Eingeweihten der Ryu offenbart sind.

Omote und Ura (jeweils 14 Kata gleichen Namens)
Touyou Ankommen Verwendung
Ichijitsu Eine Säge
Nenge Klebrige Blume
Goka Fünftes Kapitel
Hankamuri Halbe Krone
Jikka Zehn Nummern
Makiyari Rollende Speer
Aikurai Gemeinsamer Grad/Rang
Hikiotoshi Verursache Fall
Kuda Röhre
Tsukinuke Schlag Ausweichen
Uroko (Fisch) Schuppe
Aizuyobi Signal Aufwachen
Toome Weitsicht

Shin-shikake (7 neue Kata)
Gyakusurikomi Entgegengesetzte Mischung
Nuketsuki Ausweichen Stich
Irechigai Eintreten Differenz
Utetsuki Rechte Hand Schlag
Egaeshi (Lanzen) Griff zurückgeben/zurückkehren
Hayauma Schnelles Pferd
Hichou Fliegender Vogel

www.page-five.de/TENSHU/hozoin.htm

The same kata can be found here:
www4.kcn.ne.jp/~hozoin/E-kata.htm

[Otagiri Tatsuzou]

www.vans-pro.co.jp/kobudo/houzouin.html

The following includes a brief GIF animation. I could not get the Quicktime or MPEG to play.
homepage3.nifty.com/jijing/MAIC/japanese/hozoin/kamayari.html

[Otagiri Tatsuzou]

Two translations of doka by Ueshiba-sensei.

Surrounded by a forest
of enemy spears -
enter deeply and
learn to use
your mind as a shield.

When surrounded
by a forest
of spears,
know that you must use
your own mind as a shield.

Torimakishi
yari no hayashi ni
iru toki wa
kotate wa onoga*
kokoro tozo shire

www.hosmanek.com/aikido/page22.htm

This line appears as "kotate was onoga" but I think that would be wrong.

[Otagiri Tatsuzou]

Not Hozoin at all, but why let that stop me ...
www.katorishinto.it/Krs08.htm

[Yamamori]

Otagiri said:

Two translations of doka by Ueshiba-sensei...

Which Ueshiba? If it's O-sensei, there's some great footage of him dealing with just this situation - at bayonette point, at the center of about 10 guys. He moves and they all fall down like dominoes in hakama.

[Otagiri Tatsuzou]

Any Japanese literati want to help me?

I sent an English inquiry about the first two videos several weeks ago, but have received no reply. Could someone, in Japanese, email the contact address and find out if these videos are available. I would like to purchase them but appear to need an intermediary. If you can take PayPal or a credit card or whatever ... I would appreciate your help.

www4.kcn.ne.jp/~hozoin/video.htm

Ron Broberg

[raito]

Otagiri said:

www.vans-pro.co.jp/kobudo/houzouin.html

The following includes a brief GIF animation. I could not get the Quicktime or MPEG to play.
homepage3.nifty.com/jijing/MAIC/japanese/hozoin/kamayari.html

The Qt and MPEG point to files that don't appear to exist. A little spelunking got me to a 'this site moved' warning. Apparently, the guy didn't change the video links, just the pages.

[Otagiri Tatsuzou]

This site has some sojutsu video including one Hozoin (same as from the Hozoin site cited above?)

budogu.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/page51.html