In okinawan the name rohai means vision of the white crane. The name translates approximately to vision of a crane or vision of a heron. Matsumura no rohai shitoryu matsumora rohai another kata of the matsumora style from the tomari region. This kata was called meikyo by funakoshi sensei, and it is a tomarite style kata. The way you describe the kata makes it seems like the korean kata no pae, which is often given the name rohai for reasons that i have yet to find.
We show a more grapplingbased application since there are many. Video of rohai being performed by toshiaki gillespie. The shotokhan version of rohai was written by funikoshi and itosou. This traditional taekwondo form is also used in shotokan karate. Complete karate jutsu kata of shindo jinen ryu 9784863440012 by japan karate and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. In tang soo do and soo bahk do, practitioners have added a board or brick breaking element to the form, which can be performed using either a downward punch or palm strike. Read download shukokai karate kata pdf pdf download. Itosou wrote three rhohai kata for funikoshi, funikoshi did not like the first two, threw them out. Rohai kata and bunkai performed by allen hartman shihan 6th dan kuniba ha shito ryu. Found this gem on our facebook page and noticed it wasnt on youtube. A couple years ago, we were requested to analyze rohai kata.