It has come to my ears another story about Tatsuo Shimabuku concerning the Kusanku kata. A Sensei has told his students that Tatsuo Shimabuku was lying in bed one night wondering what he could or would do if some one broke in and felt the kusanku kata fit that bill.
If appears the context is that Tatsuo-san may have created the bunkai of the kata to fit this scenario but I have my doubts. I have done a considerable amount of research and like many urban legends of Tatsuo-san it cannot be verified and/or validated from any expert sources. It may well be true but I tend to doubt those things unless verified and validated from an expert reliable source. That can only be found in one or two American sources of which one I am very familiar with as to stories involving Tatsuo Shimabuku-san.
It is very interesting the stories that have been told about the remarkable career of Tatsuo Shimabuku Sensei and Isshinryu. Sometimes I have to wonder to myself how such things get started to begin with and how they are readily believed simply because a Sensei said it was so. My Sensei, who is a friend and mentor, told me some stories that I later found to be untrue but that didn't and does not diminish my respect and friendship with him.
It is a shame we don't question things more even if it seems plausible and it comes from a source considered "expert." I can no longer even count the times I have proven my views and stories as inaccurate to find new and accurate information. Some times is means losing some of the glitz and glory of a good story but it is better to have the truth, at least the truth at the moment of the story, etc.
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