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
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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.