Basic karate moves video8/30/2023 ![]() This kata is taught to beginners but is considered a black belt kata. The concept of qi, the powerful energy force, is also introduced in the kata. ![]() ![]() It requires total mental concentration and coordination of the mind and body. In this kata, all muscles are tensed throughout while techniques are performed coordinating with breathing. The whole kata is performed in sanchin dachi stance which is a high and practical stance, looking simple but very difficult to get right. It has the simplest techniques of all the katas but is the most difficult to master. This is the most important kata of the Goju Ryu style. Heishu katas or heishugata are performed while under constant tension of the whole body. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Antonio Diaz – SUPARINPEI () Heishu katas This kata is a part of the grading requirements for the third-degree black belt.īelow are 4 performances of this kata by Takayuki Miyakozawa Sensei, Sadayuki Taira Sensei, Morio Higaonna Sensei, and Atsuko Wakai (four time world champion). These techniques include unexpected hand, foot, and body movements. Sepai involves both 45-degree attacks and four directional movements constituting both long-range and close-range combat techniques. Six represents color, voice, smell, taste, touch, and justice as in Sanseru. One is the attack of 18 pressure points with 18 being half of 36 meaning one set of attacks and defenses from the Sanseru kata. Like Sanseru, there are a couple of interpretations of the meaning of the kata name. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Goju ryu kata. This kata is a part of the grading requirements for brown belt and first-degree black belt.īelow are 4 performances of this kata by Zenei Oshiro Sensei, Tetsuji Nakamura Sensei, Morio Higaonna Sensei and Tetsuya Furukawa Sensei. Shisochin is said to be one of Chojun Miyagi’s favorite katas in his later years who said it suited his body well. It also includes blocks, circular movements, and powerful linear attacks. Shisochin has many open hand techniques such as yon hon nukite or spear hand and teisho uchi or palm strikes. The name reflects the four palm-heel strikes at the beginning of the kata.Īnother interpretation of ‘four directions’ is that it represents the four elements: Wood, Fire, Metal and Water with man representing Earth. ![]() Shisochin means ‘ to destroy in four directions‘ or ‘ four directional battle‘. Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Seiyunchin Kata & bunkai () Shisochin 四向戦 Students are required to perform this kata for their yellow belt grading.īelow is a beautiful demonstration of this kata by Sandra Sanchez, a multiple time world kata champion from Spain. Gekisai Dai Ichi is taught as the first kata in the Goju Ryu Karate syllabus. Gekisai Dai Ichi, therefore, means ‘ to attack and destroy number one’. They are also a means to strengthen and prepare students physically for future rigorous training. Realizing that Sanchin was a difficult kata for beginners and wanting to introduce a more basic karate form to a wider audience, Chojun Miyagi Sensei created Gekisai Dai Ichi and Gekisai Dai Ni in 1940. Gekisai Dai Ichi 撃砕第一īefore the creation of Gekisai Dai Ichi and Gekisai Dai Ni, new students of Goju Ryu karate were taught Sanchin for years before being introduced to other katas. There are 10 katas in this group: Gekisai Dai Ichi, Gekisai Dai Ni, Saifa, Seiyunchin, Shisochin, Sanseru, Sepai, Kururunfa, Sesan, and Suparunpei. This state allows the techniques to be executed with speed and power and the body is only tense for a brief moment at kime points. Kaishu katas or kaishugata literally means ‘open-hand kata’ but practically means these katas are performed with the body remains open, relaxed, and in a ready state. Mastering a kata, even lower-level ones, and being able to use it effectively in actual combats, requires years of dedicated practice.īelow is a list of 12 Goju Ryu karate katas divided into 2 groups accompanied by videos of performances by masters and world champions. Though not as many as some other karate styles, quantity does not equal effectiveness or quality. Goju Ryu karate style has only 12 katas in total.
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