sai- techniques?

[petreliu]

I practice karate, and i would like to start practice katas with sai (or jittes). Does someone know good books about katas and weapon techniques in the same book. (if not , they can be in different books). I´m specially interested in books that presents the bunkai against , for example sword, sai, bo etc.

Jussi Petrelius

[Jussi Häkkinen]

Well, you could have posted this into kobudo area, but I guess that you could benefit from Bushi no Te -book, written by Ilpo Jalamo. However, learning from book or video isn't very effective - I recommend you to find a teacher and study kobudo with him. If that isn't possible, try to attend to as many kobudo seminars as possible.

[TomMarker]

http://budogu.com/shopsite_sc/store/...roduct504.html
"Ryukyu Kobujutsu: Nunchaku, Tonfa, Sai"


Nunchaku and Sai by Ryusho Sakagami.

Bassai Dai works very well with the sai if you know that.

Isshin-Ryu has some very interesting sai kata, including one very similar to the empty handed Kusanku. Sai looks easy, but there are some complicated fine points you will need a competent instructor to fix. I thought I was pretty good with them until a 4th dan tore me apart and basically told me I had no business doing the kata until I practiced the basics a lot more

Since then, I've gotten a little better, and can do a passable Chatanyara no Sai. Killer workout for the hands.

[Sochin]

I also like most things by Fumio Demura, his sai book included. Worth the price, and is very complete.

[TomMarker]

Second that.

His book was the first I bought on the subject, and I can't believe I didn't mention it.