Karate Kata Niseishi Video

Niseishi which means '24 steps', below is a karate kata video of Niseishi.

The history of Niseishi is unclear, but many believe that it originates from one of the Chinese "Dragon" kung fu styles. Master Gichin Funakoshi changed the kata and the name to nijushiho. The Shotokan karate version of this kata is very dynamic and athletic in it's execution, relying on very long movements and stances, whereas the original niseishi has much shorter stances and karate moves within the kata.

Niseishi has moto dachi which is like a mini front stance, neko ashi dachi (cat stance), shiko dachi (diagonal straddle stance) and Heisoku Dachi. Toes & heels together, (closed foot stance).

Karate Classes With A Master!

Shihan Minakami 8th Dan recently visited the UK, where there were several karate classes for beginners and advanced karateka. His karate is of an extremely high level and his basic karate moves are very hard to master. I have never seen anyone move like shihan Minakami and can't wait to train with him again.

Shihan Minakami focused on basic karate moves, especially choku zuki or straight punch, everybody loved his unique teaching style and ability to get his very advanced karate concepts accross to not only the black belts, but also the junior grade karateka.

All the members at Biggleswade karate club are looking forward to Shihan’s next visit and hope to someday resemble their karate master in technique and character.

Learning Karate At Home - Kizami Tsuki or Jab Punch

Kizami zuki or jabbing punch is a a karate technique using the front arm. In karate classes, the karateka practice a few different versions of this move -
1. From zenkutsu dachi (front stance), punch with the front arm, leave the punch out, as you punch, be sure to pull the hikite arm back strongly, with the body finishing in the hanmi or side facing position.
2. From zenkutsu dachi (front stance), punch with the front arm, snap the punch back, making sure you have a strong hikite, which also snaps back strongly to jyu kamae.  
3. From jyu kamae or fighting stance, keep your guard up and punch with the lead arm, similar to a boxers jab, with no hikite.

Master Masatoshi Nakayama - Unsu

Shotokan Karate - Kata Unsu (M. Nakayama)

The great karate master, Masatoshi Nakayama was born in 1913, in Yamaguchi Prefecture Honshu Japan.

After graduating from university he went to Peking, to study Chinese. The young karate master practiced kung fu whilst staying in Peking.

Master Nakayama was very close to the founder of Shotokan Karate, Master Gichin Funakoshi and when master Funakoshi passed away, master Nakayama became the 2nd chief instructor of the famous JKA or Japan Karate Association.

He was responsible for the world wide expansion of shotokan Karate, throughout the 1960's and 1970's where fantastic karateka who had graduated from the JKA Instructor Training Program, were sent abroad to set up karate dojo and spread the word of shotokan karate and the JKA.

learn Karate At home Soto Uke

Soto uke or outside block is one of the basic karate moves that is practiced in the karate dojo. The block comes from outside the body, to inside. The basic soto uke uses the inside of the forearm to block, the more advanced block, simply uses the open hand and is a very small karate technique.

Soto uke ou bloquer l'extérieur est l'un des mouvements de base de karaté qui se pratique dans le dojo de karaté. Le bloc vient de l'extérieur du corps, à l'intérieur. Le ukulélé soto de base utilise l'intérieur de l'avant-bras à bloc, le bloc plus avancés, utilise simplement la main ouverte et est une technique très petites karaté.

Soto uke oder außerhalb Block ist eine der grundlegenden Karate-Bewegungen, die in der Karate Dojo geübt wird. Der Block kommt von außerhalb des Körpers, nach innen. Die grundlegenden soto uke nutzt die Innenseite des Unterarms zu blockieren, die weiter fortgeschrittenen Block, nutzt einfach die offene Hand und ist ein sehr kleines Karate-Technik.

Shotokan Karate Japan Karate Association

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The Japan Karate Association (JKA), is still the home of shotokan karate, still the one place in the world, all shotokan karateka turn to for guidence.

Karate For Beginners - Learn Karate The Old Way?

Karate teaching currently is made up of kihon (basics), kata (forms) and kumite (sparring) and although the common karate moves were very much the same, the way karate was studied in the early 19th century, bears minor similarity to the karate that is taught these days. They simply practiced kata and kata applications. The karateka on Okinawa would attack with very strong techniques that would test their partner to the limits and test their kata defences.

Saying that, there are karate dojo, that still practice the 'old way', taking karate moves from the kata and putting them into a self defence application, with the karateka attacking and defending, as if their lives depend on the outcome.

Many people struggle when learning a new karate kata, but if it is taken slowly and one technique at a time, it really can be a painless experience. Try not to over analyze early on, get the order of each move in the kata. so at this stage try and understand where each step, jump, spin, angle and karate technique is and in what order.

So first, try and get the pattern of the kata and everything in the right place. By the way, this is where people who do not understand kata, say 'OK, I know that kata, show me another!'

Once you understand the order of the karate techniques within the kata, start putting groups of techniques together. If you have a kick, kick, grab, punch, it is probably a kata sequence. Take these four karate moves and practice them slowly, start trying to get the moves to flow, then start to speed things up, it is at this time you should start to learn the kata applications of each technique.

Every kata has it's own timing and rhythm, so check to make sure you have the combination of karate techniques right.

So now you should have the sequences down and understand the applications of each karate move, so speed up and really go for it!

When putting all the kata sequences together, try and get them to flow, start slowly then gradually speed up, remembering the timing of each sequence.

Make your karate kata strong, but try not to move in a robotic way and on the opposite side of things, try not to make your kata a floppy soft dance! Many karateka fall into one or the other to strong or to weak.

Attitude is everything in the martial arts, be sure to have a strong fighting spirit when practicing your kata.

I feel kata is the number one reason anyone should practice karate, if it isn't, then another martial art should be the order of the day.

Linden has been training and teaching karate for over 30 years and loves to share his knowledge and experiences from the karate dojo. Supplement your karate training with these free online videos, karate lessons for beginners.

The Japan Karate Association Promotional Video

The JKA is the most authoritative and by far the largest karate organization in the world, the Keeper of Karate's Highest Tradition.

No other organizations approaches karate with greater intensity of purpose, or maintains such a large and dedicated professional staff of highly-trained, highly paid full-time instructors.

At the JKA, karate is not merely a sport, it's a martial art whose aim is the harmonizing of mind and body for balance, strengh, perseverance, patience - for total confidence and self-mastery.

learn karate at home Heian kata karate bunkai video

Kata bunkai sample video below. learning karate kata bunkai or applications, is an important part of shotokan karate kata. This video sample below, shows clips taken from the heian kata series. heian shodan,heian nidan,heian sandan,heian yondan,heian godan.

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The martial arts have been around for thousands of years, used for fighting and health, depending where on the planet you live! People have less and less time, we are rush, rush, rushing around, so finding time to learn the martial arts is difficult, the video below gives an alternative to attending a karate dojo.

Learning Karate The karate Front Kick

Video clip taken from the Karate For Beginners video series. Access some free karate videos today!

Mae geri or front snap kick is one of the first karate moves a new karateka will practice when they first attend a karate class.

Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th Dan

Master Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th Dan is a true karate master and gentleman. To me Master Kanazawa is what the martial arts are all about. Do not get me wrong, the fighting side of the martial arts is important, but now I am getting older, I look to the old masters for guidance and many of them steer away from fighting and move towards the health side of karate.

Health is everything, and there is nothing better than karate classes for a healthy mind and body. Where I live it is very quiet, if I lived somewhere more dangerous, my days would definitely be spent practicing kumite, however old I was.

Below, the great master performs Bassai Dai beautifully!

Jion Karate Kata

The Jion kata below is the shotokan karate version of the kata. Jion is a very physical kata and is the second longest brown belt kata after Kanku Dai. Although the karate moves are mainly basic, there are some advanced techniques within the kata. If you are learning karate at home, jion is a good training kata.

Shotokan Karate Kata Hangetsu

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Hangetsu is an intermediate shotokan karate kata. Usually practiced at brown belt. Hangetsu is a training kata, specifically working on the breathing and kime, with the majority of karate moves in the kata being slow and strong. This is also the first time the stance hangetsu dachi is used.

Rare Master Gichin Funakoshi Video Clip

A very rare video clip of the founder of shotokan karate, Master Gichin Funakoshi. Basic Kihon ippon kumite.

Learn Karate Online - Gyaku zuki or Reverse Punch

This basic karate technique, starts from the back leg, if you are punching with the right arm, drive the right leg, back and into the floor, transferring the driving force through the back leg, to the hip. The hip then teams up with the back leg and they both drive the right side of the body around and forward. You should also use the right side of the body to push and the left side of the body to pull. Just before the rotation completes, the left arm (hikite), starts to pull back and the right arm starts to execute the punch. Everything should stop at the same time, as the punch completes, kime (focus) the mind and body on the point of contact. The whole body focuses for a split second, the obvious muscles to tighten are the arm and stomach muscles, but more important are the tightening of the muscles, thigh, inner thigh, back of the thigh and gluteus maximus (buttocks), because without these being strong the karate reverse punch, will be weak. More karate articles.

Shotokan karate kata - Kanku Dai

Shotokan karate kata, Kanku Dai. This kata is an intermediate karate kata in the Shotokan karate system. The kata contains many of the karate moves and combinatiions, that are found in the heian kata series. The original name for Kanku Dai is Kusanku and the name derives from a Chinese martial artist, who taught the karate kata to the Oknawan karateka. Free Karate For Beginners Videos.

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For free karate videos. They kumite is the spirit of karate and kata is the soul! I agree with that statement. With hundreds of karate kata, being practiced by millions of karateka all around the world, it seems they also agree! Ossu

Learn Karate At Home - Kizami Zuki or Jab Punch

Next in this karate for beginners series, is Kizami zuki or Jab punch. The video shows this basic karate move without the snap back and the more advanced snap back from kamae.

Karate For Beginners - Soto Ude Uke or Outside Forearm Block

Soto Ude Uke, outside forearm block .

One of the first basic karate moves practiced in karate classes.

http://karateclassesonline.com has a series of free karate tutorials, covering the basic karate moves of the shotokan karate system. Learn karate at home with these videos, but they should be used in conjunction with dojo practice. Download this free kihon kata PDF
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Tekki Shodan - Shotokan Karate Kata

Tekki Shodan, literally meaning "Iron Horse Riding, First Level", is the first of a series of three kata practiced in many styles of karate. The other two kata in the series are Tekki Nidan and Tekki Sandan.
The Tekki series of kata were renamed by Gichin Funakoshi from Naihanchi to Tekki. Naihanchi was derived from an older, original kata, Nifanchin. Nifanchin was brought to Okinawa via Fuzhou, China, at some point in the long history of trade between the two kingdoms. It was broken into three distinct segments, possibly by master Anko Itosu, Tokumine Pechin, or Motobu Choki. The kata are performed entirely in Kiba dachi ("Horse riding stance"). The name Tekki itself (and Nifanchin) translates to "Iron Horse." The Tekki series of kata are great conditioning for the legs and with practice, develop explosive power in the legs. In the earlier days of karate training, it was common practice for a student to spend 2-3 years doing nothing but Tekki, under the strict observation of their teacher. Motobu Choki, famous for his youthful brawling at tsuji (red-light district), credited the kata with containing all that one needs to know to become a proficient fighter.Performed by Linden Huckle of http://www.zanshinmkd.com

Basic Karate Strikes on the Focus Pads

Really basic karate moves, without the snap back on many of them. Striking pads, bags and shields is an important part of karate practice.

Tekki Shodan Shotokan

Tekki Shodan, performed by Ohta Sensei JKA
"Training in Kata is spiritual as well as physical. In his performance of the Kata, the Karateka exhibits humility, gentleness and a sense of decorum no less than boldness and confidence, thereby integrating mind and body through a singularly unique dicipline".

Learn Karate - Reverse Punch

Here's a great video showing gyakuzuki (reverse punch), one of shotokan karate's trademark karate moves.This short karate Kumite (sparring) clip, is from the JKA (Japan Karate Association) All Japan Championships (1985).

Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th Dan

The awesome Kancho Hirokazu Kanazawa 10th dan. One of the best karate masters ever!

If you are just starting to learn karate a home, this is the master to follow, awesome karate and a gentleman. Ossu

Karate kata bassai dai

Bassai dai, an intermediate brown belt kata, used by many shotokan karateka, to not only grade through the brown belt ranks, but also used for shodan (1st dan) grading exams.

The shotokan bassai contains many unique turns and karate moves, and to done correctly, require tremendous agility ad skill.

Watching the likes of the great shotokan masters, like Sensei Enoeda, kanazawa, Yahara, Osaka, etc, it soon becomes clear, when you yourself try to replicate their kata, how skillful and precise these masters are. Well, just mentioning these great masters, inspires me to get practicing.

Ossu
Linden
Free Shotokan Bassai Dai PDF Download

Karate kihon kata

The shotokan kihon kata is shown in the first few weeks of someones karate classes. The shotokan kata video blow, is just a slide show, here is a kihon kata PDF

Karate For Beginners

Karate Moves - Chokuzuki (straight punch)

The first punch practiced at karate classes is chokuzuki (straight punch), below is a video demonstrating this karate move from the front and side. Showing arm rotation, timing and distance.

Chokuzuki is pronounced (cho-koo zoo-key) and is practiced from shizentai (natural stance).


Karate training video below

Learn Karate At Home - Forming A Karate Fist - Seikin or Forefist

A quick karate training video showing how to form karate seikin (fore-fist), try and make sure the fingers roll tightly at the half way point, which will help with the forming of the fist, especially if you are trying to learn karate at home.