We arn't getting anywere ,unless the surviving Kanbun students present their views of what they experienced with Kanbun ,which will vary anyway .M J Brelsford wrote:Glenn,
I could not agree with you more.
It is indeed a joy to look at the past and learn from it!
I have spoken in depth with many on Oki about this. The answer is always pretty much the same, “we do it the way Kanbun taught Kanei”. If there is a different way, I have yet to see.
Go figure…
Mark
I suppose all Kanei students will have a different perspective of how they were taught at the various stages of his teachings,this is natural .
Its been documented that Kanbuns training in china was severe by modern standards [his stories plus is son's ,its quite obvious he did not train in the modern manner ,and eventually when he presented his syllabus, it was presented in a totally different formula [the material ] than is in modern times .
Kanei.
After about three years " my father would have us
sparring " and we have a good idea what Kanbuns students were doing [Sanchin ] and they did not even have a kick to help out matters ,theres a massive differance in methods between what Kanbun was doing and current methods . and I am only pointing to the tip of a iceberg .