Pangai-noon

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Pangai Noon (roughly translated: "half hard, half soft") is a southern Chinese martial art from the city of Fuzhou , which is in the Fujian region (formerly also: Fukien). It is the basis of the later Uechi-ryū .

history

Pangai Noon was taught by a Chinese named Shushiwa (that is the name in Japanese; probably in Chinese: Shu Shabu), who possibly developed this martial art himself from various Kung Fu styles (in particular the animal styles of the dragon, the tiger and the crane ) has developed. Shushiwa was born in 1874 and died in 1926 .

What is certain is that Shushiwa taught Pangai Noon to a man named Uechi Kanbun from Okinawa . Uechi Kanbun later brought this Pangai Noon back to Okinawa. It comprised three kata , namely Sanchin , Seisan and Sanseiryu, as well as muscle and hardening exercises. It was important to Uechi Kanbun to teach exactly the Pangai Noon that Shushiwa had taught him, which he later referred to as “Pangai Noon Karate Jutsu”. Thus the Kung Fu style became a style of karate , although initially nothing changed in the techniques.

It was only after the death of Uechi Kanbun that the martial art was renamed "Uechi Ryu Karate" and later (especially by Uechi Kanbun's son) through various Kata and Kumite forms it was developed into its own karate style, which is based on the Pangai Noon , but is no longer identical to the original martial art as a whole.

Uechi Kanbun allegedly spent too little time in China to learn a fourth kata. It should be noted that Uechi Kanbun lived in China for 13 years, during which he only learned Kata Sanchin for the first three years. Shushiwa is said to have assured Uechi Kanbin that he had learned a "complete" martial art and that no kata was missing. This seems plausible, because Shushiwa and Uechi Kanbun were probably very good friends, and Shushiwa even recommended Uechi Kanbun to open a martial arts school in China, which he did. Shushiwa would certainly not have done this if he had not yet taught Uechi Kanbun the full martial art. In addition, Shushiwa had formally awarded him the title of master with license to teach in Pangai Noon in 1904. This also speaks in favor of the transmission of a complete system. Nevertheless, there is speculation that the fourth kata could have been a form called "Suparinpei", although the execution may not correspond to the form in Goju Ryu Karate.

What is known today about the Pangai Noon comes from Uechi Kanbun. It is unclear whether other students of Shushiwa received the martial art (in China).

Main differences to Uechi Ryu

The Pangai Noon consisted of only three kata. Five more Kata were added to the Uechi Ryu, which had been developed by Uechi Kanbun's son and other students. In Pangai Noon there were probably no fixed kumite forms, while in Uechi Ryu a large number of kumite forms have been developed. Some techniques, such as the typical punch of karate (zuki or tsuki), were not part of the pangai noon, but were included in the uechi ryu.

literature

  • Alan Dollar: Secrets of Uechi Ryu Karate: And the Mysteries of Okinawa. Cherokee Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-9651671-1-9 .