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TAIKYOKU SHODAN Taikyoku Shodan (Kihon Kata) Kata History Taikyoku Shodan - first cause - is the first Kata all students learn. It contains just one stance, one block, and one attack, making it easy for beginners to assimilate. Yet the Kata is also known as the most difficult to master, for beneath the simplicity of it's movements lie the underlying principles of Karate-do.  The Embusen is a capital letter 'H'. The Moves. The Kata exercises the following moves and stances, in sequence, and takes around 26 seconds to complete at high speed: 1  gedan-barai – zenkutsu-dachi – gedan down block – from stance –low-level  2  oi-zuki – zenkutsu-dachi – chudan lunge punch – front stance – mid-level  3  gedan-barai – zenkutsu-dachi – gedan down block – front stance – low-level  4  oi-zuki – zenkutsu-dachi – chudan lunge punch – front stance – mid-level  5  gedan-barai – zenkutsu-dachi – gedan   down block – front stance – low-level  6  oi-zuki – zenkutsu-dachi – chudan  l

  UNSU! Unsu (or Unshu in Okinawan) is one of three Shotokan kata that can be traced back to Seisho Aragaki. Indeed, Unsu possesses certain techniques characteristic of an "Aragaki kata" such as teisho-awase-zuki   in  sanchin-dachi ,  the  tenchi   (heaven and earth) position , and kensei   (feinting). Translations of the term Unsu include "Cloud Hands," "Hands in the Clouds," and even "Parting the Clouds." The name of the kata implies that your hands are like clouds, ever changing and capable of discharging lethal force in the blink of an eye.  Unsu is another kata thought to have been derived from an Okinawan folk dance, perhaps paying homage to the gods Fujin (god of the wind) and Raijen (god of thunder and lightning). It has been said that the kata embodies a storm, with the kata's techniques symbolizing wind, lightning, tornadoes, etc. Another school of thought suggests that Unsu originated from one of the Shaolin forms based on t