Shotokan 松濤館
A style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (1906–1945).
Gichin was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularising Karate-Do.
A style of karate, developed from various martial arts by Gichin Funakoshi (1868–1957) and his son Gigo (1906–1945).
Gichin was born in Okinawa and is widely credited with popularising Karate-Do.
Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.
Shōtōkan Ranks Rank is used in karate to indicate experience, expertise, and to a lesser degree, seniority. Shotokan uses a system of coloured belts to indicate rank. Dan level belts are invariably black, with some schools using stripes to denote various ranks of black belt. Gichin Funakoshi himself never awarded a rank higher than Godan (5th dan black belt). Kihon Kihon basics is the practice of basic techniques in Shotokan Karate. Kihon Kata, or Taikyoku Shodan, was developed by Yoshitaka Funakoshi, the son of Gichin Funakoshi, as a basic introduction to karate kata. (Yoshitaka also developed Taikyoku Nidan and Sandan) The kata consists of successive restatements of the theme of gedan barai - oi tsuki. Kata Kata is a set sequence of karate moves organised into a pre-arranged fight against imaginary opponents. The kata consists of kicks, punches, sweeps, strikes and blocks. Body movement in various kata includes stepping, twisting, turning, dropping to the ground, and jumping. In Shotokan, kata is a performance or a demonstration, with every technique potentially a killing blow (ikken hiatus), while paying particular attention to form and timing (rhythm). Note that the Kata(s) appropriate to each rank or grade are described in the accompanying image. Kumite Kumite, or sparring (lit. Meeting of hands), is the practical application of kihon and kata to real opponents. The formalities of kumite in Shotokan karate were first instituted by Masatoshi Nakayama wherein basic, intermediate, and advanced sparring techniques and rules were formalised. Shotokan practitioners first learn how to apply the techniques taught in kata to hypothetical opponents by way of kata bunkai. Kata bunkai then matures into controlled kumite. |
Shōtōkan
Sensei Keinosuke Enoeda
Keinosuke Enoeda 榎枝 慶之輔 4 July 1935 – 29 March 2003
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