Taikyoku Shodan

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 

lunge punch – front stance – mid-level 


7  oi-zuki – zenkutsu-dachi – chudan

lunge punch – front stance – mid-level 


8*  oi-zuki (KIA'H) zenkutsu-dachi – chudan

lunge punch – front stance – mid-level 


9  gedan-barai – zenkutsu-dachi – gedan

down block – front stance – low-level 


10  oi-zuki – zenkutsu-dachi – chudan

lunge punch – front stance – mid-level 


11  gedan-barai – zenkutsu-dachi – gedan

down block – front stance – low-level 


12  oi-zuki – zenkutsu-dachi – chudan

lunge punch – front stance – mid-level 


13  gedan-barai – zenkutsu-dachi – gedan

down block – front stance – low-level 


14  oi-zuki – zenkutsu-dachi – chudan

lunge punch – front stance – mid-level 


15  oi-zuki – zenkutsu-dachi – chudan

lunge punch – front stance – mid-level 



16*  oi-zuki (KIA'H) zenkutsu-dachi – chudan

lunge punch – from stance – mid-level 



17  gedan-barai – zenkutsu-dachi – gedan

down block – from stance – low-level 


18  oi-zuki – zenkutsu-dachi – chudan

lunge punch – from stance – mid-level  



19  gedan-barai – zenkutsu-dachi – gedan

down block – front stance – low-level 


20  oi-zuki – zenkutsu-dachi – chudan

lange punch – from stance – low-level 



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