New Koppojutsu DVD

The sample for the new Koppojutsu DVD is now up on Quest's website,

http://www.queststation.com/news_mov...19_sample.html

[Kizaru]

Wow. That's pretty interesting.

If anyone is curious about the Japanese stuff written in white lettering on black background, it says:

”骨法とは　　　
骨を打つ、砕く
ということではない”

"If you're speaking of KOPPO, it's not things like striking and breaking bones."

”骨法とは　　　
技術の最も大切なこと
骨（コツ）微妙な呼吸　　
具合、調子という意味”
"If you're speaking of KOPPO, it's the most essential things of a technique; "KO" (KOTSU) means subtle "breathing", ways and conditions."


The official QUEST translation may differ, but I think that's the gist of it.

[arnisador]

Ah, I always thought koppojutsu did indeed mean bone-breaking techniques! Did I misunderstand, then?

[Grey Eyed Bandit]

Nope, but I suspect Hatsumi sensei would say that looking at koppojutsu as mere bone breaking techniques is a bit of rigid thinking. Try this one out:

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bi...p/jwb/j-e/dict

[Don Roley]

Originally Posted by arnisador

Ah, I always thought koppojutsu did indeed mean bone-breaking techniques! Did I misunderstand, then?

There is a saying in Japanese that literally translates as "to have a bone." It means that there is some knack or key element involved. Without the bones, humans would just be bags of flesh unable to stand. The 'bone' in this expression means that which allows the item to 'stand' i.e. work.

But I think that many people probably made some assumptions when they first started translating things into English with their limited contacts with Hatsumi and limited knowledge of things Japanese. We are still trying to clean up the mess in many areas.

Speaking ot the new koppojutsu DVD, some suppliers have their DVD's in stock and are now shipping them out

[Kizaru]

And someone posted this here at martialtalk under "Budo ryuha Daijiten Translations":

Translator’s Notes:

.....

# "Koppo" is made up of two characters, the first can be read as “Hone” to mean "bone" or "Kotsu" to mean "trick, knack or skill". In modern Japanese, the katakana "kotsu" is most often seen to mean "trick or knack", whereas in Pre World War 2 Japanese, "kotsu" was most often represented with the same character used to write "bone". Why? When you’ve got the knack, it’s just in your bones.
The second character in "Koppou" is "Hou" which means "method" or "law". The combination of "Kotsu" and "Hou" has it’s own reading of "Koppo" which could be clumsily translated into English as "Bone Method". Although, if we look it up in a Japanese dictionary, we can see that it’s got a variety of meanings, all of which could be applied to the ryu. The first meaning being "the framework or organization of bones in the body. The skeleton." The second, "The roots of provisions. Fundamentals."

Budovideos now has some screenshots of the new DVD,

http://www.budovideos.com/shop/custo...349&cat=&page=