Shirotaru-no-kon by Kiyan Shinen

Before there were major categories of Ryukyu, Matayoshi, Yamane, or the now popular sub-sections (teacher centric groups, Kan or Kai), Kobudo was teacher derived and place based (Kochinda, Urasoe, .). Somewhere between Mura-Bojutsu (now viewed as Matsuri bo) and old fighting practices of the warrior class. An example; Kiyan Shinen (1914-1997) a renowned student of Kina Shosei (Kobudo) and Nagamine Shishin (Matsubayashi-ryu) demonstrates the kata Shirotaru-no-kon 白樽の棍.