KURURUN FA
KAISHU KATA - "Empty hand Kata"
KURURUNFA - "tranquility forever; to stop the destruction"
This kata was transmitted from the Chinese Master Ryuryu Ko
to Sensei Kanryo Higaonna, but its original creator it is ignored.=
"Kururunfa" contains a wide fan of open hand techniques, as well as
several techniques that demand a special coordination between the hand (or arm)
movements, and the hip movements.=
As "Seisan", "Kururunfa" (Kururunha, Kududunfa or Kududunha)
has soft movements followed by hard movements; although in "Kururunfa" the
differences between hard and soft techniques are more marked. Slow movements are
continued by a pause, and then it continue with explosive and devastating
techniques; and - in this way - to repeat the cycle again.=
One of the most advanced Katas in GOJU RYU, takes her name from a sequence of
techniques that - in the correct positions - show several escape forms to
the "catch key" known as DOUBLE NELSON, very used in
several fight forms.- These sequences and positions are
called KURURUN FA NO KAMAE.=
In the book of the GOJU KAI JAPAN KARATE FEDERATION the name of this Kata
appears as it is shown in the KANJIS of the figure, whose transcription to
ROMAGI it is KURU TON HA.=
KURURUN FA would not have a literal translation, but a philosophical meaning
that would vary in function of the interpretation of each School.=
For Master Seiichi Akamine, creator of
KENSHIN RYU Style and
Philosophy, the meaning of the name arises from the conjunction of the ROMAGIS
KURU, UN and HA; that could be translated as MODELING
THE DESTINY OF A SCHOOL or, in other words, TO MAKE THE WAY, WALKING.
Nevertheless, Master Akamine also called it KURU TON FA, since - being
expert in KOBUDO - he executed it with an arm called TONFA.=
Other Masters understand that the combined ROMAGIS would be KUMO, KU, KURUMU, UN
and HA; and that the meaning would be TO WRAP THE SCHOOL (or TO WRAP THE DESTINY
OF THE SCHOOL) IN NINE MOONS, in metaphor that mentions "the reborn", or "the
never die".=
The simplification of the ROMAGIS KURUMARU, UN and HA, would mean TO WRAP UP IN
THE DESTINY OF A SCHOOL, in other words MELTING WITH THE SCHOOL, or TO BE THE
SCHOOL; that it is another of the philosophical meanings that some
Masters give to the Kata KURURUN FA.=
This range of interpretations - that don't embrace what technically the Kata
teaches, neither the execution of the same one, usually happen in styles
so ancient as GOJU RYU.=
Kururunfa it is practiced by other styles. Then arise other interpretations and
translations as BETRAYING THE DESTINY OF A SCHOOL; giving to the expression
"TO BETRAY THE DESTINY" the meaning of "MODIFYING THE DESTINY" with the
effort, if in this way it was necessary.=
Some historians believe that nine schools were betrayed by some trust students,
and that - in the fight that was begun - different techniques arose. Combining
these techniques with others, it would been created the Kata KU URU UN HA
(in honor to those who fought saved the Schools) that would mean "SKY DESTINY OF
THE NINE BETRAYED SCHOOLS.=
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KANJI
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ROMAGI KURU
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No longer of its meaning, the important thing is that this Kata show very advanced techniques, as well as positions (such as SOTO HACHI MONJI DACHI), and not very habitual displacements in GOJU RYU'S forms. - Even, some GOJU RYU lines of CENTRAL JAPAN execute a traffic from SHIKO DACHI, going by UCHI HACHI MONJI DACHI, to arrive to SOTO HACHI MONJI DACHI. These positions, together with the corresponding BUNKAI, have a lot to do with the name of this Kata.= |
FERNANDO PRIETO
6th. DAN GOJU RYU
PRESIDENT JKF GOKU-KAI URUGUAY