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Two articles on gojushiho/useshi: A third piece to be published shortly... Video comparison of Matsumura useshi, Itosu useshi, and Funakoshi useshi, with references to Toyama koryu useshi and Mabuni useshi: The clip shown is from “Hohan Soken: The Life of a Grand Master“, by Yamazato Productions, and is for educational purposes. This is the kata ūsēshi (ueseishi/useshi/useishi/ueseshi), known as gojūshiho (gojushiho) in Japanese, both meaning “54 [steps]“. The former name is the Okinawan pronunciation of Mandarin Chinese. There are many versions of ueseishi (gojushiho), written by Master Gichin Funakoshi in his text “Karate Jutsu“ (“Ryukyu Kenpo Karate“) to be individual kata. When more than one version was known, it came to be standard practice to name one version of the kata
