About Me
- Gordon Richiusa
- The owner and director of Five Birds Industries, has been a martial arts student for almost 50 years. He has also been a teacher of English Composition,Film as Literature, Creative Writing, Scriptwriting and Martial Arts for 2/3 of that time. Like any good journalist, he never made himself the story. On June 19th, 2010, Gordon was inducted into the Martial Arts Masters Hall of Fame. The next year he published his first novel, SHIDOSHI:The Four Ways of the Corpse and was then inducted into the U.S.A. Martial Arts Hall of Fame and the Legends Hall of Fame, both with Book of the Year awards. Barbara Rich, his wife and Gordon have been working and writing together for 10 years. She is the author of The Gradual Diet and is known as Ageless1der to family and friends. She is also one of 15 contributors to The Five Principles of Everything.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Sushi No Kon Sho
"The Universe Breathes both Hard and Soft."
In Five Birds Martial Arts we use a variety of weapons and in a variety of ways. In this video we see the "hard" end of the spectrum when it comes to the long staff. Sushi No Kon Sho (or any weapons form) is best learned from a skill and knowledgeable instructor. There are a number of excellent texts and videos to teach the basics, but there is no substitute for the immediate feedback that is inherent in a good, student-teacher arrangement. This is especially true in Martial Arts instruction, and even more so in weapons training. The great Okinawan master, Fumio Demura made this kata a classic for anyone interested in the use of weapons. The podcast above is for those interested in seeing the various ways that a "hard" kata can be interpreted. The ultimate value of this podcast will become more apparent when the Chinese Staff Set and the Five Birds two-person kata is also posted for comparison.
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