Pinan Go Steps 1) Bow into Mokuso and slide out into Yoi Dachi. Looking to your left, step back and begin block. Turn hips into left Kokutso Oachi (KKD) as you block left Chudan Uchi Uke (CUU). Perform a straight punch with your right hand. Reach out with your left hand and cover your fist. […]
Sanchin Steps 1) Bow into Moksu. Upon the command, step out with your right foot into Sanchin Dachi (SD) and perform a double CUU. Tense your hands and feet at the same time.2) Chamber your left hand and slowly punch straight out. Bring the fist straight back across the body and perform CUU.3) Bring your
Yantsu Steps 1) Bow into Mokuso and come out in Yoi Dachi. Chamber both arms back with the hands intight fists. Coming straight out, perform double Haito (ridge hand) to temple.2) Chamber hands and perform double fisted punch to face.3) Stack your hands to the right side of your body and snap a right Uraken
Gekisai Dai Steps 1) Bow into Mokuso and slide out into Yoi Dachi. Looking to your left, step back with your left foot, turn your hips to the left 90degrees into sanchin dachi SD and perform JU with your left hand. Step into right ZD and punch jodan level with your right hand. Step back
Tsuki No Steps 1) Bow into Moksu and come out in yoi dachi. Step back with your right foot into KD as you turn your hips to a 45-degree angle. Perform a GB with your left hand and follow with a right reverse punch chudan level, across your body due to hip alignment.2) Step through
転掌 Tensho Tensho means rolling or fluid hand, literally translated as “revolving palms”, from the characters Ten 転 (revolve) and Shō 掌 (palm of hand). Tensho is the soft and circular (Yin 陰) counterpart to the hard and linear (Yang 陽) Sanchin kata. Not only was Tensho one of Mas Oyama’s favorite kata, he considered
最破 Saiha Saiha (known also as Saifa) means extreme destruction, smashing or tearing, from the characters Sai最, meaning utmost, and Ha 破, meaning rip, tear or destroy. The word Saiha can also mean great wave.
征遠鎮 Seienchin Seienchin means conqueror and subdue over a distance, or attack the rebellious outpost. From the characters Sei 征, meaning subjugate or attack the rebellious, En 遠, meaning distant, and Chin 鎮, meaning tranquilize. In feudal Japan, Samurai warriors would often go on expeditions lasting many months, and they needed to maintain their strength and spirit over a long period of
In our Black Belt Kata class this weekend (7/16/2022) we focused on the the last (on our list of black belt katas), the longest, and the most complex kata, Sushiho. According to Shihan Cameron Quinn’s book, “The Budo Karate of Mas Oyama”, Sushiho 五十四歩 translates to Fifty Four Steps. In his book he writes: This
